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[Valnurat]

I'm trying to attach to an element in IE, but I really don't have any idea how to start. This is what I done:

 

If not WinExists("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer") Then
    Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://service-now.com/")
    _IELoadWait($oIE)
EndIf
Sleep(10000)
if WinExists("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer") Then
    WinActivate("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer")
    Local $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "display: inline-block;")
    Local $oText = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "filter")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oText, "create new")
endif

I can't see the text "create new" has been typed.

 

This is what I can see when I'm using Debugbar:

 

<form style="display: inline-block;" action="javascript:void(null);"><input title="Type filter text" align="left" id="filter" accesskey="f" type="text" placeholder="Type filter text"><a title="Clear" id="nav_filter_controls" style="visibility: visible;"><img width="16" height="16" src="images/icons/nav_clear_2.png" border="0"></a></form>

I hope someone can help me.

[water]

You need to add some kind of error checking to your script. Which of the calls to _IE* returns an error?

[Valnurat]

I can see that _IEFormGetObjByName is returning an error.

 

--> IE.au3 T3.0-2 Warning from function _IEFormGetObjByName, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch

[Jfish]

You are using the style tag as the form name.  That is probably the first problem.

[Valnurat]

Ok. I'm not sure what I have to look for.

<div class="nav_controls nav_filter_spacing" style="white-space: nowrap;"><div style="float: right;"><button title="Show navigator controls" class="menu-button icon-menu" id="perspective_switcher" aria-label="Show navigator controls"></button></div><div class="nav_filter_wrapper"><div class="nav_filter_container"><button class="menu-button icon icon-star-empty" id="navigator_favorite_switcher"></button><form style="display: inline-block;" action="javascript:void(null);"><input title="Type filter text" align="left" id="filter" accesskey="f" type="text" placeholder="Type filter text"><a title="Clear" id="nav_filter_controls" style="visibility: hidden;"><img width="16" height="16" src="images/icons/nav_clear_2.png" border="0"></a></form></div></div></div>

 

[Jfish]

Not my strength but I don't see a name or id for the form so I think you may have to iterate a collection object to find the form (I am open to being corrected on that by folks that are more familiar with it).

[Danp2]

A couple of suggestions for you:

• Your script will fail if the page is already loaded in IE ($oIE never gets defined).  I would eliminate the first If...EndIf and just call _IECreate with the $TryAttach option, like this:

  Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://service-now.com/", 1)

• You can use _IEFormGetCollection to retrieve the form object by index. If there's only one form, then this will get the object for you:

  Local $oForm = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)

   

 

[Valnurat]

I tried to do this:

Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://service-now.com/", 1)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Sleep(10000)
if WinExists("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer") Then
    WinActivate("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer")
    Local $oForms = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)
    Local $iNumForms = @extended
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Forms Info", "There are " & $iNumForms & " forms on this page")
    Local $oForm
    For $i = 0 To $iNumForms - 1
        $oForm = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, $i)
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Form Info", $oForm.name)
    Next
endif

The 1st msgbox say 1

The 2nd msgbox do not show anything.

[Danp2]

Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://service-now.com/", 1)
_IELoadWait($oIE)

_IECreate already performs an _IELoadWait by default, so you should be able to drop the explicit one.

The 2nd msgbox do not show anything.

That makes sense because you have previously determined that the form has no name. ;-)

[Valnurat]

Ok. I will delete _IELoadWait.

 

I'm just trying to find solution on what you said about Form and index.

If I do what you said:
 

Local $oForm = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)

Can you then tell me what I should do?

[Danp2]

Have you tried this?:

Local $oText = _IEGetObjById($oIE, "filter")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oText, "create new")

 

 

[Valnurat]

Sorry to say, but it does not work.

 

It does not fill out field with "create new"

[water]

Does any of the _IE* functions return an error?

[Danp2]

Sorry to say, but it does not work.

It does not fill out field with "create new"

Not very helpful response.

Does any of the _IE* functions return an error?

This is key. Run the script and post the results from the Scite output window.

[Valnurat]

Right now I only have this:
 

Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://service-now.com/", 1)
if WinExists("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer") Then
    WinActivate("ServiceNow - Microsoft Internet Explorer")
    Local $oText = _IEGetObjById($oIE, "filter")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oText, "create new")
EndIf

This is the output in Scite output windows

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Users\DKSOKVK\Documents\RAD Studio\Projects\SSCreateNewIncident.au3" /UserParams    
+>13:58:11 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.15.920.938.0 SciTE v.3.6.0.0   Keyboard:00000406  OS:WIN_10/  CPU:X64 OS:X64    Environment(Language:0809)
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\DKSOKVK\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\DKSOKVK\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE 
>Running AU3Check (3.3.14.2)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:C:\Users\DKSOKVK\Documents\RAD Studio\Projects\SSCreateNewIncident.au3
+>13:58:11 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.14.2):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "C:\Users\DKSOKVK\Documents\RAD Studio\Projects\SSCreateNewIncident.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
--> IE.au3 T3.0-2 Warning from function _IEAttach, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch
+>13:58:13 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>13:58:13 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 2.417

 

[Jfish]

I decided to go to that site in your code.  I admit I did not study the page for very long but I did not see any forms (other than search).  A search of the source code shows that search appears to be the only form.  Are you sure the form you are after is on that page? Maybe it would help if you could state specifically what field you are trying to set on that page (with words not code)? 

[water]

I couldn't find a form or an id "filter" in the source code.
You are sure we are on the correct page?

[water]

Or do you talk about https://store.servicenow.com/$appstore.do#!/store/home where you can filter the results?