jammin17 0 Posted January 1, 2013 I am trying to select a value from a selected dropbox on a webpage so I can insert the value into a string variable..... here is the sample html: <div class="m-form-set"> <label><label for="player_email_player_id">To:</label></label> <select id="player_email_player_id" name="player_email[player_id]"><option value="">Select a player</option> <option value="96181">John Doe</option> <option value="142740">Jackie Chan</option> <option value="136216">Pine Tree</option></select> </div> Thanks for your help in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danp2 890 Posted January 1, 2013 Have you looked at _IEFormElementOptionselect and it's examples? [UDF] WebDriver Latest version Wiki FAQs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jammin17 0 Posted January 1, 2013 No, I have not, thanks for the direction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jammin17 0 Posted January 1, 2013 I am however using google chrome, will that make a difference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jammin17 0 Posted January 1, 2013 i am not sure how to use this in this manner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danp2 890 Posted January 1, 2013 I am however using google chrome, will that make a difference?Yes. It would have been helpful if you had included this little detail in your initial post. What I posted was intended to be used with IE. Sorry, but I don't know of any way to do this with chrome. [UDF] WebDriver Latest version Wiki FAQs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jammin17 0 Posted January 1, 2013 Is there a control function that will copy it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrewManNH 1,304 Posted January 2, 2013 It shouldn't matter what browser you're using if you're trying to get the contents of the webpage into a variable, use the _IE functions and it won't matter which browser you prefer, because it won't actually use the browser it will get the page information from the webserver, not the browser window. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way!I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from.Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites