String button click

[Shizu]

Hello.

 

I have small problem. I want to navigate internet explorer using <IE.au3> to click the button. I do not know what's the href or any other destination information. I just know how the button will be called for example :

I want IE to open any site, then click the link called "NEW ARTICLES"(not a graphic button, just a hyperlink). 

 

Is it possible to do something like this ? 

[JLogan3o13]

@Shizu welcome to the forum. You are not going to be able to "open any site" and click the button the same, as the button is not going to be coded exactly the same on every site. Your best bet is to look through the help file and the _IE* functions, try the examples contained therein on a specific website you would like to automate. Then, if you run into trouble, post your code and we will do our best to assist.

[Subz]

Here is a really basic example to get you started:

#include <IE.au3>

Local $sURL = "https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_IELinkGetCollection.htm"
Local $oIE = _IECreate($sURL)
Local $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $oLinks
    If StringStripWS($oLink.InnerText, 7) = "_IEAction()" Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "Click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

 

[Shizu]

For example: 

I want to open site ebay(I know how to do it) and then click the hyperlink  Brighten Up (http://imgur.com/a/U65Yo). I do not want to use the source of it

Quote

<a href="http://www.ebay.com/cln/decouverte/brighten-up/392994973019" _sp="p2057337.m2572.l4724" title="Collection of products named Brighten Up">Brighten Up</a>

. I want autoit to search for the string Brighten Up and then save it to variable or click it directly. Is it possible ? Any specific command of _IE ? 

Thanks for replies. 

Edited April 4, 2017 by Shizu

[Subz]

The example I posted does exactly this, did you test, the example above goes to the url 

"https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_IELinkGetCollection.htm"

It then searches all links for the word "_IEAction": 

;~ Search for the word "_IEAction()"
If StringStripWS($oLink.InnerText, 7) = "_IEAction()" Then

It then clicks that link

[mikell]

Following JLogan's recommendations you would have found in the helpfile something named  _IELinkClickByText ...

[Shizu]

Thank you guys, I'll try it soon. If I have any more questions I'll ask you in this topic, so do not close it if possible. Cheers.