IE value does not post to field

[jrumbaug]

I'm puzzled.

I can find the elements and have confirmed the names. But the values do not change with this script.

;;;; go through new screen and insert ID & BIRTH
    Local $cID = "00401889792"
    Local $cBirthDate = "07/21/2004"
    $oForms  = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE )
    For $oForm In $oForms
        $oElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection ($oForm)
        For $oElement IN $oElements
            If $oElement.name = "txtMemberId" Then
                _IEFormElementSetValue( $oElement , $cID )
                $oElement.value = $cID         ; redundant attempt to assign value
                MsgBox(1, "found ID",@error )  ; pops up and confirms name found
            EndIf
            If $oElement.name = "txtDob" Then
                _IEFormElementSetValue( $oElement , $cBirthDate )
            EndIf
        Next
    Next

Is there a better way to assign a new value??

Thank in advance

Jim Rumbaugh

[DougShields]

Your code works fine for me using the "q" element on Google.  Check the return code, @error, and @extended from _IEFormElementSetValue() to see if it believes it was successful or why not.  You might also add a call to _IEFormElementGetValue for debugging purposes.

In the what-else-to-look-for bin I would check for any other properties, events, JavaScript, etc. attached to the field that might be messing things up.  E.g. an onchange or onclick event could be changing what you set

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("https://www.google.com", 1)
$cID = "00401889792"

$oForms = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE)
For $oForm In $oForms
    $oElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oForm)
    For $oElement In $oElements
        If $oElement.name = "q" Then
            $rc = _IEFormElementSetValue($oElement, $cID)
            MsgBox(0, "Result", $rc & ", " & @error & ", " & @extended & ", " & _IEFormElementGetValue($oElement))
        EndIf
    Next
Next

[Scriptonize]

Sometimes webpages play tricks with you

Maybe this approach will work for you.

;textfield edit_250 (Connection name or number)
$hInpBox = _IEGetObjByName($oIE,"account_name")
_IEAction($hInpBox,"focus")
_IEFormElementSetValue($hInpBox,$sConName)

Edited March 18, 2015 by Scriptonize

[sherkas]

Ive found several issues lately where some (as mentioned above) require a focus, input added, and then a blur event called.

[jrumbaug]

I solved my problem. It was a mistake on my part. (kinda). Even though the fields were found, the fields were found in the wrong form. The form I needed was in a frame. My code was sending the values to a form on the main page. This works:

$oFrame = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIE, 0)
    $oForms  = _IEFormGetCollection ($oFrame )
    For $oForm In $oForms
        $oElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection ($oForm)
        For $oElement IN $oElements
            If $oElement.name = "txtMemberId" Then
                $oElement.value = $cID
            EndIf
            If $oElement.name = "txtDob" Then
                $oElement.value = $cBirthDate
            EndIf
        Next
    Next

How I found the error:

I checked for the value of the variable before I re-assigned it. When it reported some unexpected value I new I was pulling data from the wrong spot.

Thank you all for help

Jim Rumbaugh