_IEAction 'click' is not working properly

[RohanM]

Hello Friends,

I am new to autoIt and new to this forum as well,

I have one web form which has <a> tag, once it clicks it will open some content on the frame, <a>  tag dose not have id and I am handling with click event, now the problem first time it will work perfectly but if I run second time _IEAction() click is not working, but if I clear the IE browser history and run then script will work. code is given below, please help me to find the issue. 

 

$oLinks = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, 'a')
            For $oLink In $oLinks
                $sRef = $oLink.getAttributeNode('onclick').NodeValue
                If StringInStr($sRef, "javascript:PrintTrack('#abc-1')") > 0 Then
                    _IEAction($oLink, 'click')
                    ExitLoop
                EndIf
            Next

[Nine]

If the tag is inside a frame (on the second time), you need to enter the frame before you can access it...Search forum to see how to enter a frame with IE

[RohanM]

  No tag is not in the frame its inside the div once its clicked it will open print page                               

<div class="print-download-blk right hideClass" id="printBtns" data-html2canvas-ignore="">
<a class="print-link red-btn " onclick="javascript:PrintTrack('#card-1')" href="#">
Print
<img width="9" height="12" src="/images/print-icon.png">
</a>
 </div>

[Danp2]

Have you tried using_IELinkClickByText?

_IELinkClickByText($oIE, 'Print')

Something else I noticed is that your StringInStr check will fail on the link you posted above. Maybe you could eliminate the variable portion and just check for "javascript:PrintTrack('#".

[RohanM]

Yes your correct there is the deference in my link and the search text, that I have given as a sample actual code given below 

        $oLinks = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, 'a')
        For $oLink In $oLinks
            $sRef = $oLink.getAttributeNode('onclick').NodeValue
            If StringInStr($sRef, "javascript:PrintTrack('#card-1')") > 0 Then
                _IEAction($oLink, 'click')
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Next
 

As you suggest, I tried to catch the event by_IELinkClickByText but no luck, while executing I am getting below error on the console and its not getting clicked, but text "Print" is already available.

Print  --> IE.au3 T3.0-2 Warning from function _IELinkClickByText, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch

[Danp2]

I think you need to take a step back and reexamine the situation. If the link exists yet neither option works (your loop and _IELinkClickByText), then the only conclusion I can draw is that it is located inside a frame.

Can you tell us more about the target site? What's the URL?

[RohanM]

Hi Danp2,

I am extremely sorry did not reply to your comment.

 Basically what I am trying to achieve here is, there is a anchor tag with injected java script on onclick event. I want script to find this anchor tag and click it. below is the html

 this is my autoit script

$oLinks = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, 'a')
        For $oLink In $oLinks
            $sRef = $oLink.getAttributeNode('onclick').NodeValue
            If StringInStr($sRef, "javascript:PrintTrack('#card-1')") > 0 Then
                _IEAction($oLink, 'click')
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Next

 

<div class="print-download-blk right" id="printBtns" data-html2canvas-ignore="">
                                            <a class="print-link red-btn " onclick="javascript:PrintTrack('#card-1')" href="#">
                                                Print
                                                <img width="9" height="12" src="/images/print-icon.png">
                                            </a>
                                            <a class="download-link red-btn" onclick="javascript:printPDF('#card-1')" href="#card-1">
                                                Download
                                                <img src="/images/download.svg">
                                            </a>

                                        </div>

[Danp2]

Only further suggestion I have is to add some logging to your code so that you can determine if the correct element is being found --

$oLinks = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, 'a')
For $oLink In $oLinks
    ConsoleWrite('@@ Debug(' & @ScriptLineNumber & ') : $oLink.outerHTML = ' & $oLink.outerHTML & @CRLF) ;### Debug Console
    $sRef = $oLink.getAttributeNode('onclick').NodeValue
    ConsoleWrite('@@ Debug(' & @ScriptLineNumber & ') : $sRef = ' & $sRef & @CRLF & '>Error code: ' & @error & @CRLF) ;### Debug Console
    If StringInStr($sRef, "javascript:PrintTrack('#card-1')") > 0 Then
        _IEAction($oLink, 'click')
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

 

[RohanM]

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Yes, correct element found, while while clicking its getting some warning message in the console and print popup is not getting open. 

 

[Danp2]

Does your script install a COM error handler? That would explain the warning message.

I'm not sure how we can help further without being able to check out the website.

P.S. It's generally better to post the actual text instead of a screenshot. See here for the proper way to post code / console output.

[RohanM]

Hi Danp2,

thanks for your support, I am not able to publish whole webpage since its contains some sensitive information, however, Instead of firing "click" event I execute the svascript using "$oIE.document.parentwindow.execScript" and it works.