Interacting with drop down lists and a button

[skyinthesea]

Hello! I have been on and off toying around with autoit for a few years. Usually I can solve my problems through google searches / copy&pasting existing codes and editing them until I understand how and why they work. However, I have tried for several hours now and I'm unable to interact with a drop down list and an 'X' to remove the choice. Any advice would be welcome!

<div style="display:none" id="select-template">
<div class="row offer">
    <div class="large-1 column">&nbsp;</div>
    <div class="large-3 column">
        <select name="food_type" data-customforms="disabled" class=" chosen-tpl">
            
                <option value="" ></option>
            
                <option value="Mars Bar" >Mars Bar</option>
            
                <option value="Snickers" >Snickers</option>
            
                <option value="Skittles" >Skittles</option>

I have tried: 

;~ $oObj = _IEGetObjById($oIE, "search");
;~ _IEAction($oObj, "search");

;~ Local $oIE = _IE_Example("basic")
;~ Local $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
;~ Local $iNumLinks = @extended

;~ Local $sTxt = $iNumLinks & " links found" & @CRLF & @CRLF
;~ For $oLink In $oLinks
;~     $sTxt &= $oLink.href & @CRLF

;~ Next
;~ MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Link Info", $sTxt)

Local $oForms = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE, 0)
;~ MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Forms Info", "There are " & @extended & " form(s) on this page")
;~ For $oForm In $oForms
;~     MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Form Info", $oForm.name)
;~ Next


Local $oForm = $oForms
Local $oQuery = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oForm)
;For $oaQuery In $oQuery
;    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Form Info", $oaQuery.name)
;Next


Local $ChooseDropDown = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oForm, 2)
_IEFormElementSetValue($ChooseDropDown, "Snickers")

That's just some of the things I've tried as well as using _IEAction with focus and clicking. Ideally, I'd like to select the dropdown list by number because more than one dropdown list is on the page, all of which have no name and no distinguishing features.

 

As well as this, I can't interact with a small cross to cancel the selection from the dropdown list.

Here is the code from the page:

</select>
    </div>
    <div class="large-1 column">
        <a class="button secondary expand" href="#" onclick="choice_remove(this);return false;"><i class="foundicon-remove"></i></a>
    </div>
</div>
</div>

I have tried a variety of ways of interacting with it, all to no avail.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Danp2]

19 minutes ago, skyinthesea said:

_IEFormElementSetValue($ChooseDropDown, "Snickers")

Normally, you would want to use _IEFormElementOptionSelect here. If you still can get it working, repost your code along with the results from running it in Scite.

 

[skyinthesea]

Edit: Following your advice I got it to work, thanks! (It doesn't appear immediately but when you submit the form the correct entries are actually there.. odd but it will do)

My next question is how do I interact with the X.

</select>
    </div>
    <div class="large-1 column">
        <a class="button secondary expand" href="#" onclick="choice_remove(this);return false;"><i class="foundicon-remove"></i></a>
    </div>
</div>
</div>

All I need to do is 'click' the button.

Any tips appreciated

Edited May 31, 2018 by skyinthesea
solved the previous problem

[Danp2]

There are lots of examples on the forum for locating / clicking an item by it's class name. Have you tried any of those?

[skyinthesea]

Hey, I've tried doing all types of things but it doesn't have a 'name' to the class. I don't understand how to use Xpath that I've seen others recommend from google, is it not possible to do it without?

Local $oFound = ""
Local $oBtns = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "button")
For $oBtn In $oBtns
    If String($oBtn.classname) = "foundicon-remove" Then
        ;If String($oBtn.classname) = "button secondary expand" Then
     $oFound = $oBtn
   EndIf
Next
If IsObj($oFound) Then
 _IEAction ($oFound, "click")
 MsgBox(16, "Success", "Button was found")
Else
 MsgBox(16, "Failed", "Not found.")
EndIf

;Also tried the following:
_IELinkClickByText($oIE, "foundicon-remove")
_IELinkClickByText($oIE, "button secondary expand")

;Also tried the following:
Local $oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "div")
For $oInput In $oInputs
    ;If $oInput.classname == "foundicon-remove" Then _IEAction($oInput, "click")
    If $oInput.classname == "button secondary expand" Then _IEAction($oInput, "click")
Next

Above are some of the attempts I've made at interacting with the button, all with no luck.

[Danp2]

@skyinthesea You will need to modify that code to retrieve links ("a") instead of buttons ("button").

[skyinthesea]

I finally got it to work! Thanks! is <a> and <i> the name of the frame they are located in then? I'm really not an expert on HTML

[Danp2]

Glad you were able to get it working. To answer your question --

No, neither of those have anything to do with frames. Google is your friend when it comes to learning about this stuff.