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I'm trying to automate some report generation from a series of iFolder servers using the IE UD. This involves clicking links on forms within a frame. The first form, in the frame "MAINFRAME" I can successfully use _IEFormGetObjByName and then _IEFormImageClick, I then click on a link in "NAVFRAME" which loads a new form into "MAINFRAME", inside a table. This form has no name attribute. Where I'm struggling is how I can correctly reference the button I need to click in this form. The script is below, together with the HTML for the parent page and the relevant frame. I have tried several methods including using the same form object, treating it as a frame and using frame in=mage click. I have been unable to find a way to click the required button. Help appreciated!

#include <IE.au3>

$Username = 'if_admin' ;InputBox('iFolder Server Reports', 'Please enter the iFolder admin account User name', '')
$Password = '1folder' ;InputBox('iFolder Server Reports', 'Please enter the password for the iFolder admin account', '', '*')

$oIE = _IECreate('https://ifolder.cheshunt.hertscc.gov.uk/iFolderServer/Admin/Reporting.htm', 0, 1, 1)
_IELinkClickByText($oIE, 'Continue to this website (not recommended).')
$oFrame = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE, 'MAINFRAME')
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oFrame, 'mainform')
Local $oUsername = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "User")
Local $oPassword = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, 'Password')
_IEFormElementSetValue($oUsername, $Username, 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue($oPassword, $Password, 1)
_IEFormImageClick($oForm, '/iFolder/adminconsole/buttons/btnlogin_en.gif' , 'src')
$oFrame2 = _IEFrameGetObjByName ($oIE , 'NAVFRAME' )
MsgBox (0 , 'Error' , @error )
_IEFormGetCollection ($oFrame2)
MsgBox (0 , 'Error' , @error  & @CRLF & @extended)
_IELinkClickByText ($oFrame2 , 'User Accounts' )
MsgBox (0 , 'Error' , @error )
_IEFormImageClick ($oForm , '/iFolder/adminconsole/buttons/btnExport_en.gif' , 'src' )
MsgBox (0 , 'Error' , @error  & @CRLF & @extended )
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=utf-8">
    <TITLE>iFolder Management Console</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET   COLS = "100% "  >
    <FRAMESET  ROWS = "80,92% "   BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0" FRAMEBORDER="NO">
        <FRAME SRC="Reporting.htm&TITLEFRAME" NAME="TITLEFRAME" SCROLLING="NO" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" NORESIZE>
        <FRAMESET   COLS = "220,100% "   BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0" FRAMEBORDER="NO">
            <FRAME SRC="Reporting.htm&NAVFRAME" NAME="NAVFRAME" SCROLLING="NO" MARGINWIDTH="4" MARGINHEIGHT="4" NORESIZE>
            <FRAME SRC="Reporting.htm&Login" NAME="MAINFRAME" SCROLLING="YES" RESIZE>
        </FRAMESET>
    </FRAMESET>
</FRAMESET>
<NOFRAMES>
<BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE">
<P>
</BODY>
</NOFRAMES>
</HTML>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=utf-8">
<TITLE>MAINFRAME</TITLE>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/iFolder/adminconsole/html/hf_style.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE" LINK="#000066" ALINK="#000066" VLINK="#000066">
<P>
<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR class="smalltext">
<TD COLSPAN="5" class="tablehead1" nowrap>
User Accounts</TD>
</TR>
<TR class="smalltext">
<TD COLSPAN="2">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<FORM action="Reporting&UserAccounts.cgi&iFolderServer=" method="POST">
<tr><td colspan=2>Show user accounts on iFolder server <select name="SelectiFolderServerName"><option>All<option>iFolder_Cheshunt01</select>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="/iFolder/adminconsole/buttons/btndisplay_en.gif" WIDTH="86" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" value="Report" name="Reporting=Report">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="/iFolder/adminconsole/buttons/btnExport_en.gif" WIDTH="86" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" value="Report" name="Reporting=Export">&nbsp;</td></tr></form></table>
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_IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)

EDIT:

try use:

$oForm = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)

instead of

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oFrame, 'mainform')
Edited by mlipok

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