Trying to click buttons in IE. Where do object names come from?

[wisem2540]

#include <IE.au3>
Local $oIE = _IE_Example("form")
Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "ExampleForm")
sleep(5000)
$oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "submitexample")
_IEAction($oSubmit, "click")

so this example seems to work. But where does the name "Submitexample" come from? How can I find the names of other buttons?

Edited October 24, 2012 by wisem2540

[DaleHohm]

Really? Look at the webpage created by $oIE = _IE_Example("form") - I put the HTML source for the form elements right on the page... llok around.

Dale

[wisem2540]

Maybe my initial question was unclear. What I meant to ask was....

How can I find the button info of buttons on OTHER webpages. What I am trying to do is automate webclicks on an unrelated page. I apologize for being unclear, but I still believe the sarcasm was not needed...

thanks

[JLogan3o13]

Right-click on any page, view source, do a lot of reading.

[wisem2540]

I tried that. There is no option to right click on this page. Also, when I use Autoit Window Info, it treats the whole page as one "control" (does that make sense?) So there is no way to get the info of each button. Is there a way around this?

[DaleHohm]

Try not to waste our time with poorly worded questions and you'll probably avoid what you called sarcasm.

There are many DOM inspectors available - I suggest DebugBar (see my sig).

Dale

[wisem2540]

Awesome, I was able to use the "Spy" option in the debugger to find the source code. So i thought I would try something simple like clicking the OK button. According to the source, the object name is "btnok"

So i tried a controlclick command, but that didnt seem to do it. Will that not work with IE?

thanks

[Rogue5099]

Try:

#include<IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("WEBSITE", 0, 1, 1)
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "FORMNAME")
$oSubmit = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "btnok")
_IEAction($oSubmit, "click")

[wisem2540]

Im sorry. I am really having trouble grasping this. It appears I keep getting NO MATCH for thr form name. I have automated several things with autoit, but never anything with IE. I apologize for the ignroance

Edited November 9, 2012 by wisem2540

[JLogan3o13]

How about a sample URL that you're trying to manipulate? Otherwise we're just shooting in the dark.