_IELinkGetCollection

[litlmike]

I need to test is a page has the link titled "Next". Can I use _IELinkGetCollection to do that? I am not testing for the URL, just the title of the link.

Or is there some crazy way to use _IELinkClickByText that does not have to click on the link first, to test if it exists?

Thanks in Advance.

[big_daddy]

Here you go.

$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $oLinks
    If $oLink.outerText = "Next" Then
        $fMatch = True
    EndIf
Next

[litlmike]

Thanks!

Wow big_daddy, that 6 lines of code created so many more questions for me. But first thing first, lets figure this out. Why does this slight modification always show up true, when the .outerText "Next" is not on the page?

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IE_Example ("basic")
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $oLinks
    If $oLink.outerText = "Next" Then
        $fMatch = True
        MsgBox(4096, "Success", "Dance!", 3)
    EndIf
Next

[big_daddy]

If the links text is null (i.e. the image) then the .outerText Method will return 0 (zero). With that in mind if you compare a number to a string it always returns true. The simple fix is to change the return value into a string before comparing.

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IE_Example ("basic")
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $oLinks
    If String($oLink.outerText) = "Next" Then
        $fMatch = True
        MsgBox(4096, "Success", "Dance!", 3)
    EndIf
Next