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I have been attempting to create a script that will check or uncheck all checkbox elements in all forms contained on any given web page. I am having trouble with the _IE commands becuase it seems that at least one of the comands used to accomplish this task must have a defined reference which I will not have as I want it to work on any random web page.

I know it's probably not that hard but I am stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

D

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_IEFormElementCheckBoxSelect is designed to do this, but as you point out it can be tedious for arbitrary pages.

A brute force method in this case can be pretty simple

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IEAttach(your-page)
$oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "input")
For $oInput in $oInputs
    If $oInput.type = "checkbox" Then $oInput.checked = True
Next

Dale

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MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model

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_IEFormElementCheckBoxSelect is designed to do this, but as you point out it can be tedious for arbitrary pages.

A brute force method in this case can be pretty simple

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IEAttach(your-page)
$oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "input")
For $oInput in $oInputs
    If $oInput.type = "checkbox" Then $oInput.checked = True
Next

Dale

Much appreciated. I will attempt to integrate this tonight.
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