How to press button on webpage using IE udf?

[fusion400]

Hello i want to be able to click the button "Ny Spellista" using the IE udf.

How can it find the button and click on it i don't want to use au3 recorder or imagesearch? There must be a way to programatically click it with some command in the IE udf. That can detect the html code.

The code is below:

#include <IE.au3>
$o_IE = _IECreate("http://web.site.com")
sleep(2000)
Local $oInput, $oInputs = _IETagNameAllGetCollection($o_IE)
For $oInput In $oInputs
consolewrite($oInputs)
If $oInput == 'Ny spellista' Then
_IEAction($oInput, "click")
_IELoadWait($o_IE)
EndIf
Next

The HTML code for button is shown below:

<table style="margin-left: 18px;" border="0" width="85%">
         <tbody><tr>
             <td vAlign="top" width="30">
                
                 <span class="button"><a onclick="newplaylist_popup()">Ny spellista</a></span>
             </td>

I hope someone can help me with my problem.

Edited November 13, 2012 by fusion400

[jdelaney]

the button is a link, so you can do the loop with _IELinkGetCollection, or you can use _IELinkClickByText (which seems more likely for you)

#include <IE.au3>
$o_IE = _IECreate("http://web.site.com")
_IELoadWait ( $o_I )
_IELinkClickByText ( $o_IE, 'Ny spellista' )

[fusion400]

the button is a link, so you can do the loop with _IELinkGetCollection, or you can use _IELinkClickByText (which seems more likely for you)

#include <IE.au3>
$o_IE = _IECreate("http://web.site.com")
_IELoadWait ( $o_IE )
_IELinkClickByText ( $o_IE, 'Ny spellista' )

Thanks but it does not find any match.

I also used this code but it does not find any match either

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("http://web.site.com")

Local $sMyString = "Ny spellista"
Local $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $oLinks
    Local $sLinkText = _IEPropertyGet($oLink, "innerText")
    If StringInStr($sLinkText, $sMyString) Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

[jdelaney]

don't forget the load wait...added some message boxes to verify conditions are met:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://msn.com")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Local $sMyString = "Maps"
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
MsgBox ( 1,1,$oLinks.length)
For $oLink In $oLinks
Local $sLinkText = _IEPropertyGet($oLink, "InnerText")

ConsoleWrite ( $sLinkText & @CRLF )
If StringInStr($sLinkText, $sMyString) Then
MsgBox ( 1,1,"found link")

     _IEAction($oLink, "focus")
     _IEAction($oLink, "click")
     ExitLoop
EndIf
Next

edit...i also like to focus prior to click

Edited November 13, 2012 by jdelaney

[fusion400]

don't forget the load wait...added some message boxes to verify conditions are met:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://msn.com")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Local $sMyString = "Maps"
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
MsgBox ( 1,1,$oLinks.length)
For $oLink In $oLinks
Local $sLinkText = _IEPropertyGet($oLink, "InnerText")

ConsoleWrite ( $sLinkText & @CRLF )
If StringInStr($sLinkText, $sMyString) Then
MsgBox ( 1,1,"found link")

     _IEAction($oLink, "focus")
     _IEAction($oLink, "click")
     ExitLoop
EndIf
Next

edit...i also like to focus prior to click

I tried and there are a bunch of links listed if i do consolewrite($sLinkText)

but none that matches "Ny spellista" must be something in the website that keeps it from finding this button and click on it.

I have used another tool called Automate that can find it. But i don't like Automate because it can't create executable files.

It locates it by HTML tag A and then does a search for " Ny spellista " and finds it and clicks on it. Without a single line of code written.

The website is dynamically generated from PHP code.

[jdelaney]

well, you can always attempt to use my signature, and find it via XPath...or, see if a wait after IELoad will allow the collection to include your link (if it's added after page loads)

[fusion400]

well, you can always attempt to use my signature, and find it via XPath...or, see if a wait after IELoad will allow the collection to include your link (if it's added after page loads)

Ok i will try XPath and see if it works an added sleep did not change anything.

I got confused with Xpath what would be the correct code to find "Ny spellista" using your udf?

Edited November 13, 2012 by fusion400

[jdelaney]

sample usage:

#include "C:AutomationEFLBrowser_generic.au3"
#include <Array.au3>
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://msn.com")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Local $sMyString = "Maps"
$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[contains(.," & $sMyString & ")]")
If IsArray($aObjects) Then
ConsoleWrite("Found matching elements=" & UBound($aObjects) & @CRLF)
_IEAction($aObjects[0], "focus")
_IEAction($aObjects[0], "click")
Else
ConsoleWrite("NO matching elements=" & @CRLF)
EndIf
Exit

or, you can do this

$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[.=" & $sMyString & "]")

just change the URL, and the variable to match your own

Try it with these...i need to do some debugging on the function when not searching based on attribute:

Local $sMyString = "newplaylist_popup"
$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[contains(@onclick," & $sMyString & ")]")

Edited November 13, 2012 by jdelaney

[fusion400]

sample usage:

#include "C:AutomationEFLBrowser_generic.au3"
#include <Array.au3>
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://msn.com")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Local $sMyString = "Maps"
$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[contains(.," & $sMyString & ")]")
If IsArray($aObjects) Then
ConsoleWrite("Found matching elements=" & UBound($aObjects) & @CRLF)
_IEAction($aObjects[0], "focus")
_IEAction($aObjects[0], "click")
Else
ConsoleWrite("NO matching elements=" & @CRLF)
EndIf
Exit

or, you can do this

$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[.=" & $sMyString & "]")

just change the URL, and the variable to match your own

Try it with these...i need to do some debugging on the function when not searching based on attribute:

Local $sMyString = "newplaylist_popup"
$aObjects = BGe_IEGetDOMObjByXPathWithAttributes($oIE, "//a[contains(@onclick," & $sMyString & ")]")

Great this worked brilliantly. Thanks alot for all the help.