How to simulate a mouseclick on a web app in IE

[c.haslam]

I am using a manufacture's web app to enter data into his system. I have managed to get data entry into his form working OK, but now I need to print a report via his Print button. So far, I have been looking at MouseClick with MouseCoordMode set to window.

The script will be run on various PCs, some of which have a different display resolutions from mine. I am running 1024x768. I have tried a simple macro to get the x,y positions when the mouse is hovering over the i in Print on my PC and on another PC. MouseGetPos() returns the same x position on both PCs (mine at 1024x768 and the other at 1280x 800), but different y positions.

I do see that when IE is maximized, ypos1280 / ypos1024 = winheight1280 / winheight1024, but if IE is smaller than maximized, this relationship does not hold.

Can anyone point me to a method for calculating the ypos for various window sizes (and display resolutions)?

Or:

Is using _IEAction a better approach?

[water]

I would suggest to use the IE UDF. After reading your post I think _IEAction is the way to go.

[c.haslam]

Thank you for your reply. Perhaps you can help me further.

I see Example 1 in the help for_IEGetObjByName():

Local $oIE = _IE_Example("form")

Local $oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "submitExample")

_IEAction($oSubmit, "click")

_IELoadWait($oIE)

I see, in the IE.au3 code, that "submitExample" is a name attribute.

But looking at the code in the page I see something similar to:

<a href="#" onclick="pPrint(document.form, aLoc)">Print</a>

You will see that the a href has no name attribute.

So how do I get a first parameter for _IEAction()?

(I have shortened the value of the onclick attribute because of commercial confidentiality.)

[garbb]

Could you try something simpler like _IELinkClickByText which will just click on a link based on the text?

[c.haslam]

Many thanks. _IELinkClickByText works.

IE.au3 is amazing. Not surprisingly for such a large and powerful library, there is a fairly steep learning curve. I really appreciate your coaching.