IE link collections

[loki1982]

Alright my learning project for today was to try to make a simple webcrawler program.

So far I got

#include <IE.au3>

$IEPAGE =_IECreate()
; create page
_IENavigate($IEPAGE,"http://www.yahoo.com")
; naviagte to yahoo
$list =_IELinkGetCollection($IEPAGE,0)
; trying to collect the links on the page
if not @error Then
;checking if there is an error
    MsgBox("No Error","No Error","No Error")
    FileWrite("internet.txt",$list); Attempting to write the links to a file
    
EndIf
msgbox("Error","Error","Error")
; received an error message

I think I am trying to collect the link wrong. Ive verified the page opens and goes to the address I want. But the next thing im trying to do is find all available links on the page. Any advise?

[DaleHohm]

$list in your code is an Object variable, not text. Take a look at the example in the helpfile for _IELinkGetCollection as I think it does exactly what you are trying to do.

Dale

[loki1982]

$list in your code is an Object variable, not text. Take a look at the example in the helpfile for _IELinkGetCollection as I think it does exactly what you are trying to do.

Dale

Thanks a bunch. I actually didnt know about the helpfiles in autoit..just the online ones. Im glad you mentioned these cause there are a bunch of new bits of informaiton for me. I think I got it now. Just tweeking a bit. Thanks again.