_IELinkClickByText with IE11 not working

[kevin42036]

Hi all, I am very new to Autoit and scripting in general and have a quick question. I found out about _IELinkClickByText and tried including it in my script but nothing happens. I tried running an example that somebody else posted and still, nothing happens. Only the browser opens up. Does anybody have any ideas? I am using IE11 if that makes any difference. Any input is appreciated!
 

#include <IE.au3>

$delay = 0
$wait = 5000


$sURL = "http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?"
$oIE = _IECreate($sURL, 0, 0, 0)
$HWND = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
WinSetState($HWND, "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
_IEAction($oIE, "visible")
_IELoadWait($oIE, $delay, $wait)


_IELinkClickByText($oIE, "General Help and Support")

The following code will only bring me to the URL suggested but does not click on the "General Help and Support" link

Thanks!

[BananaFish]

Hello Kevin,

Tried out your code as you've posted it and it also doesn't work for me.

I got a hunch that the Text entered into the _IELinkClickByText might have to be complete or perhaps there is a duplicate on the page somewhere and the function isn't resolving to any of them. 

So I ran this to see what the full text for the link is:

$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?")
$sText = _IEBodyReadText ($oIE)
ConsoleWrite($sText)

And it appeared to be this : "AutoIt General Help and Support"

Adding Autoit in front of the text seems to make it work. Here is the working code with the change in it:

#include <IE.au3>

$delay = 0
$wait = 5000

$sURL = "http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?"
$oIE = _IECreate($sURL, 0, 0, 0)
$HWND = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
WinSetState($HWND, "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
_IEAction($oIE, "visible")
_IELoadWait($oIE, $delay, $wait)

_IELinkClickByText($oIE, "AutoIt General Help and Support")

 

Edit: Fixed spacing

Edited January 19, 2017 by BananaFish

[Danp2]

@BananaFish That's my finding as well.