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[Starf0x]

I seem to fail to grasp the checkbox on webpages.

After extensive search on this forum i don't seem to find the solution, also the help file can't help me.

Maybe one of you, here goes:

'The Checkbox is not reqognized'

A rather common question reading on this forum

$o_IE = _IECreate()
     
     _IENavigate ($o_IE, "http://www.binsearch.info/?q=" & $PostBin, 1)
     _IELoadWait ($o_IE)
        Sleep(1000)
        
        $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($o_IE, "checkbox")
                _IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "9961946", "", 1, "byValue")

As you see the checkbox name is rather strange, but I can't find it, in the end run i'll change "$o_IE = _IECreate()" to "$o_IE = _IECreate(0)" as the action don't need to be done visible.

but could you tell me a way to detect if there are more then 1 checkboxes?

There is always 1 available, but there could be more, which have to be checked also.

And is it possible via a hidden IE window?

Forgive me my lame explanation, but it is late, and i was to proud to ask the question earlier, i thought i could solve it myself

It simple:

The checkbox should be checked, and a way to find if there are more checkboxes and check them to.

OnLy thing is, i don't trust the name of the checkbox.

Kind Regards, Starf0x

[big_daddy]

This should check every checkbox on the page.

#include <IE.au3>

$PostBin = ""

_IEErrorHandlerRegister()

$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.binsearch.info/?q=" & $PostBin)

$oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "INPUT")
For $oInput In $oInputs
    If $oInput.type = "checkbox" Then
        If Not $oInput.checked Then
            _IEAction($oInput, "click")
            _IELoadWait($oIE)
        EndIf
    EndIf
Next

[Starf0x]

It did the job thank you, but...

I don't want to bother people with a IE window, should i call a hide, or is the _IECreate(0) not possible with this kind of actions?

Kind Regards, Starf0x

[DaleHohm]

It did the job thank you, but...

I don't want to bother people with a IE window, should i call a hide, or is the _IECreate(0) not possible with this kind of actions?

Kind Regards, Starf0x

It is still possible. Please see _IECreate in the helpfile however as the order of parameters for $f_visible has changed.

Dale

[martijn]

I've been trying to set checkboxes by name all day long and finally came to the conclusion that it must a bug in _IEFormElementCheckboxSelect(). I've succeeded by applying a home made patch

I would love to hear your ideas about or experience with this possible bugfix.

Here's the story:

After studying the _IEFormElementCheckboxSelect function I noticed two things considering the above code-example. The syntax in the above example should have been like this

_IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "[b]on[/b]", "[b]9961946[/b]", 1, "byValue")oÝ÷ Ù·jë¢[r¥oÝ÷ Ú)í¡«­¢+ØÀÌØí½%ѵÌôáÕÑ ÅÕ½ÐìÀÌØí½}½©Ð¹±µ¹ÑÌ ÌäìÅÕ½ÐìµÀìÀÌØíÍ}9µµÀìÅÕ½ÐìÌäì¤ÅÕ½Ðì¤oÝ÷ ÚÊ"µÆ§­ën®w!yÉ£¬Â+a¶zÈ«yÙÚà'u§]yÛ(ç(uæµê÷ô&¬z«¨µ¼j[ªê-ßÖ§wBjǪº[ÈÝ{®¢Ýýjëh×6If ObjName($oItems) = "DispHTMLInputElement" Then
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to detect whether it found one or more checkboxes

Here's my IE.au3 file (not thouroughly tested though) IE.au3.zip

If I messed things up, please be gentle with me

Info: I'm using AutoIt V3 with SciTE v1.71 and an English Internet Explorer version 6.0.3790.1830 with SP1 installed on a Windows 2003 server.

Edited September 28, 2006 by martijn