UDF, wrong data type

[Annonyreeder]

Hi, ive been recently learning the UDF commands with _IE, i have read through the tutorials and am starting to understand them alot, however for this perticular project i cant understand why my code is not working

Here is an example of the scrip im using

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate()
_IENavigate($oIE, "[url="http://172.30.238.40/CAisd/pdmweb.exe"]http://172.30.238.40/CAisd/pdmweb.exe[/url]")
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "login")
$oQuery = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "USERNAME")
$oQuery2 = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "PIN")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oQuery, "place your search string here")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oQuery2, "place your search string here")
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Exit

However when i use the script it opens up the page but i then get the following error message

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IEFormGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_NoMatch
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementSetValue, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementSetValue, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormSubmit, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

Here is an example of the webpages elements

Form

<form name="login" action="/CAisd/pdmweb.exe" method="post">

Username box

<input name="USERNAME" class="focusField" id="USERNAME" onfocus="this.className='focusField';" onblur="this.className='';" type="text" size="20"/>

Password box

<input name="PIN" id="PIN" onfocus="this.className='focusField';" onblur="this.className='';" type="password" size="20"/>

What does it mean by invaliddatatype, this has worked for every other form ive tryed (google,yahoo,other login pages ect)

Thanks.

Ant.

Edited April 23, 2013 by Annonyreeder

[water]

After each call of an IE* function I would check for errors. So you can be sure that the next function relying on the result of a previous function works as expected.

[Annonyreeder]

Thanks, but that isnt the problem, i can see its not seeing the form

'Warning from function _IEFormGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_NoMatch'

But i just don't know why? it works for everything else :S

[water]

Looks like the name of the form isn't "login".

I suggest you check the source code of the page.

[Annonyreeder]

i think i might of worked this out, the inputnames/ (login boxs) seem to be inside of this code

"<table id="tbl001" cellSpacing="10">"

Could i have to get th eTable ID instead of the form name? or do i have to get the form name and then the table ID within the form and then the input name of the login box? and if so how would i go about doing that? please n thank you

[Danp2]

I don't believe the issue is with the tables. Take a look at _IEFormGetCollection in the Help file and some of the examples there.

[jdelaney]

_IELoadWait after the navigation is always helpfull too. (even though the _IENavigate states it waits)