Unsuccessful with getting text on web page by ID

[scttech1967]

Forgive me for being a total noob on my AutoIT skills, but I'm having a heck of a time retrieving the text from a web page text box. See code & html below. Any help appreciated.

; Code doesn't find & display
Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.latlong.net")
$oDiv = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "lat")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Form Element Value", $oText)

Code from web page
<div class="col-6 m2">
<label for="lat">Latitude</label>
<input type="text" name="lat" id="lat" placeholder="lat coordinate" />
</div>

[Danp2]

You retrieved an input element, but you never retrieve any values ($oText is unassigned). Also I see issues with using _IEGetObjByName instead of _IEGetObjById (this input element doesn't have a name).

Try --

Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.latlong.net")
$oLat = _IEGetObjById($oIE, "lat")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Form Element Value", $oLat.value)

 

[scttech1967]

I can't believe I missed that! Seems that I tried every variation and had the return value in the message box. Thank you @Danp2 !!