Need Help Clicking Links

[pcarlow]

I made my first script which opens intenet explorer, types in a search query to Google and hits return which then gives me the search results. the next thing i want to do is click on (or select) the first search result link on the page (i don't want to click on any ads). Could someone please provide some help in doing this?

[greenmachine]

Use IE.au3: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13398

Look under _IEClickLinkByText, or _IEClickLinkByIndex.

[pcarlow]

Thanks for the quick response.

I downloaded the file and renamed it IE.au3. I added: #include <IE.au3> to my script but I'm getting an error: Line 776 Unable to parse line.

[greenmachine]

What's line 776...?

Oh, you have to have beta too: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/files/beta/autoit/

Edited April 2, 2006 by greenmachine

[pcarlow]

Ok, got beta working now. Here's what I have so far:

#include <IE.au3>

$o_IE = _IECreate ()
_IENavigate ($o_IE, "http://www.google.com")
WinWaitActive("Google - Microsoft Internet Explorer")
Send('test')
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWaitActive('test - Google Search')
_IEClickLinkByIndex ($o_IE, 18)

I want to be able to click on all 10 search result links on the page. The problem with the IEClickLinkByIndex function is that, i never know what the index for links 1-10 will be. Because of advertisements and other stuff it can be different every time. Any suggestions?

Edited April 2, 2006 by pcarlow