Selecting Select Form Element Choices

[CheesyPuffs144]

Is there an alternate way for me to select a choice from a dropdown SELECT form element?

$o_form = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "form")
$select = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "dropdownmenu")
_IEFormElementSetValue($select, 2)

Content changes based on the choice of the pulldown menu, but using _IEFormElementSetValue() doesn't seem to register with it. Any ideas? (Other than clicking on it, in which case I'd just write my whole script with pixel detection and whatnot... trying to keep the window in the background/minimized/etc)

[big_daddy]

Is there an alternate way for me to select a choice from a dropdown SELECT form element?

$o_form = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "form")
$select = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "dropdownmenu")
_IEFormElementSetValue($select, 2)

Content changes based on the choice of the pulldown menu, but using _IEFormElementSetValue() doesn't seem to register with it. Any ideas? (Other than clicking on it, in which case I'd just write my whole script with pixel detection and whatnot... trying to keep the window in the background/minimized/etc)

; $i_index is the 0-based index of the option you wish to select 
$select.options ($i_index).selected = True

[CheesyPuffs144]

Thanks. However, that also doesn't seem to work. But thank you for the fast reply.

[big_daddy]

Thanks. However, that also doesn't seem to work. But thank you for the fast reply.

To prove the concept try this script:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate()
_IENavigate($oIE, "http://www.quadryders.com/test/select_test.html")

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "testform")
$oSelect = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "abcselect")

For $i = 0 To 3
    $oSelect.options ($i).selected = True
    Sleep(1000)
Next

[CheesyPuffs144]

Whoops. Sorry I didn't make myself clear.

It is selecting the correct choice. But the dynamic content that (is supposed) to change with each different choice doesn't.

[DaleHohm]

OK, then you need to add this...

$select.options ($i_index).fireEvent("onchange")

Dale

[CheesyPuffs144]

I get an error "The requestion action with this object has failed." The error is pointing at the line that Dale gave me.

Also, a note: it's a dropdown menu, not the one shown in big_daddy's example. I called it select, cause that's what the element type came up as. Sorry for any confusion.

I'll be gone for an hour or two, but thanks for the replies.

[DaleHohm]

take a look at the page source... I think you'll see something with an onchange event handler specified.

thinking about it, it is probably on the dropdown element instead of on the item

that is where you want to fire the event.

Dale

[CheesyPuffs144]

_IEFormElementSetValue($menu, 2)
$menu.fireEvent("onchange")

thanx