not sure how to get autoit to scroll through results pages

[tantojan]

Hi, I'm having trouble figuring this out...I've worked my way this far with not much understanding of html but I'm at an impasse. I'm trying to automate through a web page, you enter in search criteria and you're given up to 10 pages of results. The problem is, I can't find any form or elements to try and control to get to the next page of results (it's a 1 2 3 4 5 etc type deal). I think the 1 2 3 4 etc may be part of something called a span or div but I can't figure out what that means or how auto it would let me control it...

ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!!!

Thanks

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate ("https://directory.soa.org/solutionsite/default.aspx?tabid=123")

$o_form = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "form")

$o_lastname = _IEFormElementGetObjByName ($o_form, "_ctl0__ctl0__ctl0_txtLAST_NAME")

$o_state = _IEFormElementGetObjByName ($o_form, "_ctl0__ctl0__ctl0_drpStateCode_txtState")

$o_submit = _IEFormElementGetObjByName ($o_form, "_ctl0__ctl0__ctl0_btnSearch")

_IEFormElementSetValue ($o_lastname, "s")

_IEFormElementSetValue ($o_state, "tx")

_IEAction ($o_submit, "click")

[tantojan]

actually, here is the link on the menu I'm trying to scroll through:

java script:__doPostBack('_ctl0$_ctl0$_ctl0$dgSearchResult$_ctl14$_ctl2','')

How to I activate this through autoscript?

[tantojan]

nevermind, I figured it out, you can do an ienavigate with the javascript command

[sfblue]

nevermind, I figured it out, you can do an ienavigate with the javascript command

Tantojan, could you give some example code for this? I looked up IENavigate and it seemed to want a URL, does that apply in this case?

The code I am trying to automate is also to scroll through pages, and the javascript is:

<a class="pagingLink" href="java script:__doPostBack('ctl00$cpMain$pagerTop','2')">Next &rsaquo;</a>

[DaleHohm]

You should just be able to do _IELinkClickByText($oIE, "7") to click on the 7th page.

Dale

[tantojan]

Tantojan, could you give some example code for this? I looked up IENavigate and it seemed to want a URL, does that apply in this case?

The code I am trying to automate is also to scroll through pages, and the javascript is:

<a class="pagingLink" href="java script:__doPostBack('ctl00$cpMain$pagerTop','2')">Next &rsaquo;</a>

Sure, here's what I did:

_Ienavigate($oIE,"java script:__doPostBack('_ctl0$_ctl0$_ctl0$dgSearchResult$_ctl14$_ctl2,')")

Just look at the links for the scroll numbers and see how they change (in my case the ctl2 would change to ctl3 , ctl4 etc. Then use the ienavigate command with the entire javascript command ( java script:_dopostback etc. ) as the URL to navigate to.

Good luck!

[sfblue]

Many thanks, I will try this!

You should just be able to do _IELinkClickByText($oIE, "7") to click on the 7th page.

Dale

[sfblue]

Sure, here's what I did:

_Ienavigate($oIE,"java script:__doPostBack('_ctl0$_ctl0$_ctl0$dgSearchResult$_ctl14$_ctl2,')")

Just look at the links for the scroll numbers and see how they change (in my case the ctl2 would change to ctl3 , ctl4 etc. Then use the ienavigate command with the entire javascript command ( java script:_dopostback etc. ) as the URL to navigate to.

Good luck!

Many thanks, I will try this also! I really appreciate the help guys!