IE Combobox selection

[rtorno]

I need help. I am self-taught and don't have any formal training in programming. I am trying to select an entry from a dropdown list in IE but I don't know how to do it. Below is the result from inspecting the drop down element using Chrome. 

<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ddlContracts" type="text" class="rcbInput" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddlContracts_Input" value="Accenture" readonly="readonly" autocomplete="off">

How do I use _IEFormElementOptionSelect and what is a "form"?

I apologize for this newbie question. Your help is much appreciated.

[MikahS]

An HTML form is a section of a document containing normal content, markup, special elements called controls (checkboxes, radio buttons, menus, etc.), and labels on those controls.

Here is an example using _IEFormElementOptionSelect() taken right from the helpfile :

; Open a browser with the form example, get reference to form, get reference
; to select element, cycle 10 times selecting options byValue, byText and byIndex

#include <IE.au3>

Local $oIE = _IE_Example("form")
Local $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "ExampleForm")
Local $oSelect = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "selectExample")
_IEAction($oSelect, "focus")
For $i = 1 To 10
    _IEFormElementOptionSelect($oSelect, "Freepage", 1, "byText")
    Sleep(1000)
    _IEFormElementOptionSelect($oSelect, "midipage.html", 1, "byValue")
    Sleep(1000)
    _IEFormElementOptionSelect($oSelect, 0, 1, "byIndex")
    Sleep(1000)
Next

_IEQuit($oIE)