How to select a radio button in an iframe

[Luke101]

How would I click a radio button in an iframe. Here is the code for the iframe. The Iframe content is loaded by ajax

<IFRAME style="WIDTH: 100%; HEIGHT: 100%" id=DialogIframe src="/aveksa/main?ReqType=Dialog&amp;TableID=ActivityByWorkitemTable&amp;Action=Content&amp;PageNum=1&amp;isAjax=true&amp;PageID=WorkflowWorkItemPageData&amp;icon=changeRequest.gif&amp;Oid=2346%3AWPDS%3A1&amp;ObjectClass=com.aveksa.gui.objects.workflow.GuiWorkflowWorkItem&amp;PageSubTab=WorkItemMainPageData" frameBorder=0 name=DialogIframe></IFRAME>

here is an exmple of the radio:

<INPUT type="radio" name="nodeUserData_acm.trans.script.value" id="nodeUserData_acm.trans.script.valueCanceled" class="InputValueFld" style='white-space:nowrap;margin-left:0px;margin-right:5px;_margin-right:0px;width:13pxheight:13px;cursor:pointer' value="Canceled"  onClick="changeState(this)"  />

Edited July 19, 2012 by Luke101

[MrMitchell]

What code have you got so far? You can try _IEFormElementRadioSelect()

[DaleHohm]

What code have you got so far? You can try _IEFormElementRadioSelect()

Preceded by one of the _IEFrameGet*() functions so that you can drill into it.

Dale

[Luke101]

here is the code I have so far but it does not work:

_IENavigate($oIE, $url1])
Sleep(500)

$theFrame = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIE, 2)
$oForm1 = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "WorkItemForm")
_IEFormElementRadioSelect($oForm1, 1, "Canceled", 1, "byIndex")

Edited July 20, 2012 by Luke101

[MrMitchell]

Preceded by one of the _IEFrameGet*() functions so that you can drill into it.

Dale

Quick question: If _IEFormElementRadioSelect() only works on Forms, according to the Help File, what good does it do to get a reference to the Frame? Or are they interchangeable? Just wondering...discrepancies like this have already come up a couple times recently... like in thread where you can use _IELinkClickByText() with a Form object even though Help File didn't mention you could.

[DaleHohm]

There is no discrepancy - here or in the other thread you mention. That other thread contains a false conclusion.

In general, frame objects ($oFrame) and InternetExplorer.Application objects ($oIE) can be used interchanably and it is stated as such in each place it applies in the documentation.

Dale

[MrMitchell]

In general, frame objects ($oFrame) and InternetExplorer.Application objects ($oIE) can be used interchanably and it is stated as such in each place it applies in the documentation.

Dale

I appreciate you helping to clear it up but I'm still confused... plain and simple the Help File states the first parameter for _IEFormElementRadioSelect(), $o_object, needs to be "Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Form object" which I read as it can be either or. No where that I can see does it say you can use a Frame object instead of an Application object. If this applies to this function, why don't I see it? Other functions, like _IEDocReadHTML() say specifically you can supply an IE Application, Window or Frame.

Let me put it another way... If this was my first day using IE Functions, where exactly would I stumble upon the fact that I could use a Frame instead of Application for this or any other function it applies to if it isn't already specifically stated such as in the _IEDocReadHTML example I just noted above?

Again..thank you very much for taking the time to point me in the right direction

[DaleHohm]

The documentation you are referring to is, in fact, trying to be too precise. It should simply state that the first parameter must be a Form object.

Dale

[Attckdog]

Just because no one else asked; is the Form collection returning the correct form that contains the element you're after?

also can you post the HTML of what you are trying to interact with?

[Luke101]

Hi I have solved this issue with this code:

_IENavigate($oIE, $url")
 $o_frame = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIE, 1)
 $actionInput = _IEGetObjById($o_frame, $actionId)
 _IEAction($actionInput, "click")
 $comment = _IEGetObjById($o_frame, "comment")
 $comment.value = $performMessage