manipulating IE 'tags'...?

[Burgs]

Hello,

  Here are a couple of code snippets relating to the '_IETagNameGetCollection'  command that I found in some other posts:

Func download ()
Local $innerText 
Local $tags = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "select")

For $tag in $tags
    $innerText = $tag.GetAttribute("Console_Widget_Nm")
    
    If $innerText = "RMD_Division" Then
       _IEFormElementOptionSelect($tag, "L")
    ElseIf $innerText = "Status_Type" Then
       _IEFormElementOptionSelect($tag, "Active Only")
    EndIf
Next

EndFunc

also:

Local $sCNumber = "C Number", $iCNumber = "0"
Local $oIE = _IECreate("https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp", 1)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Local $oTds = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "td")
For $oTd In $oTds
    If $oTd.InnerText = $sCNumber Then
        $iCNumber = $oTd.NextElementSibling.InnerText
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next
MsgBox(32, $sCNumber, $sCNumber & " : " & $iCNumber)

 

As can be seen both of these snippets make usage of the '_IETagNameGetCollection' command.  In each snippet the variable is then read in a loop to extract the needed information (i.e. $innerText = $tag.GetAttribute("Console_Widget_Nm") AND $oTd.InnerText = $sCNumber respectively). 

My question is how do I know how to reference the object(s) when using the '_IETagNameGetCollection' command?  I mean how can I know what the 'GetAttribute' and 'innerText' and '$oTd.NextElementSibling.InnerText' properties are doing...?  Is there a list available in documentation someplace giving the potential properties available that can be used to manipulate the 'Tag Collection'...?

Also when the '_IETagNameGetCollection' command is used how is the data returned...?  The AutoIT documentation for the command is a bit confusing...it seems to indicate the results are returned in an array however i'm not sure.  For example if I use 'Local $oTds = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "div")' and there are 173 'div' elements on a page...are they returned as  $oTds[0], $oTds[1], ...$oTds[172]   ?  I'd like them to be in an array for easy access and processing.  Thanks in advance for any insights.  I'm just trying to better understand this command (and _IE functions in general).

[Subz]

Look at Microsoft for IE Dom, you can also search for attributes here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/

 

[Burgs]

Hello,

  Thanks for the references.