interacting with certain objects in browsers

[MaybeTomorrow]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forums.

I came across autoit when looking for a way to automate certain actions. I've done quite a few mouseclick-send-sleep-loops, but it's time for me to start scripting properly

I'm having trouble findding the correct helpfile on how to find cetain objects in browsers and then interact with them.

I've really tried to tackle this by myself, but the time has come to ask for help.

i'm looking to:

- Identify a specific text or object in my browser and click (or otherwise interact)

(think of buttons or text in a browser, flash objects etc)

Could someone pls forward me to the right direction on where to find/how to do this?

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum,

It depends on the browser you use. If it's Internet Explorer then AutoIt comes with an UDF (User Defined Library). Check the examples in the help file especially function _IEDocGetObj, _IEGetObjById or _IEGetObjByName.

BTW: As a new user make sure to read the forum rules!

Edited July 30, 2012 by water

[MaybeTomorrow]

Excellent, thank you so much for your reaction, will try to use it,

My default browser is Chrome, but let me see if i can workout if IE works.

I've also read the forum rules and see what you are referring to. *noted*

My main objective is to learn programming in autoit, since it was adviced to me over C++ and the like.

For my job i sometimes have to do alot of repeat work and testing, i'm looking to speed that up.

[water]

There is also an UDFs available for FireFox but for the IE UDF you will get most support here.