HELP Need to post in a IFrame

[SteveO]

Okay, I'm making a function to post in a Neopets.com forum...I read a topic about this, but the last post was back in 2005. I tried what was said in that topic, and I get an error.

The Error I get

$Mb = $IE.document.frames.item("message_form")

The Requested Action With This object has failed.

What I've got so far.

$posttopic = $aTopicNums[(Random(0, 39, 1))]
        $maxmess = $aMessages[0]
        
        _IENavigate($IE,$Thread[1] & $posttopic)
        $IE = _IEAttach("Neopets")
        $Mb = $IE.document.frames.item("message_form")
        _IEBodyWriteHTML($Mb, $aMessages[(Random(1, $maxmess, 1))])
        _IEFormImageClick ($Post,"Submit","alt")

Source for the section of that page that I want to post in.

expandcollapse popup

<br clear="all">

<a name="bottom"></a><br><br>
<form action="process_topic.phtml" method="post" name="message_form" onsubmit="return blockMultipleReplies();">
<input name="boardType" value="reply" type="hidden">
<input name="topic_id" value="112904073" type="hidden">
<input name="board_id" value="21" type="hidden">
<input name="next" value="1" type="hidden">
<table style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <tbody><tr>
        <td colspan="2" class="contentModuleHeaderAlt" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"><strong>Reply to this topic</strong></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td align="center" valign="top" width="150"><script language="javascript">
<!--
var form_obj    = document.message_form;
var tags        = new Array();
tags[0]     = "[b]TEXT[/b]";
tags[1]     = "[i]TEXT[/i]";
tags[2]     = "[u]TEXT[/u]";
tags[7]     = "[font c=black s=3 f=arial]TEXT[/font]";
tags[11]    = "[quote]TEXT[/quote]";
tags[13]    = "[sup]TEXT[/sup]";
tags[14]    = "[sub]TEXT[/sub]";
tags[17]    = "[center]TEXT[/center]";
tags[20]    = "[br]";
tags[21]    = "[p]";
function insert_tag(tag_id) {
    form_obj.message.value += tags[tag_id];
textCounter(message_form.message,message_form.remLen,400);}
//-->
</script>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(0); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/bold.gif" alt="Bold" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(1); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/italics.gif" alt="Italics" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(2); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/underline.gif" alt="Underline" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(7); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/font.gif" alt="Font" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <br><a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(11); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/quote.gif" alt="Quote" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(13); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/sup.gif" alt="Sup" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(14); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/sub.gif" alt="Sub" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(17); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/center.gif" alt="Center" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <br><a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(20); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/br.gif" alt="Break" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> <a href="java script:;" onclick="insert_tag(21); return false;"><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/postFormatting/p.gif" alt="Paragraph" border="0" height="21" width="21"></a> </td></tr></tbody></table><br clear="all"><br>
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":)"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/smiley.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley("0:-)"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/angel.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":o"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/oh.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":("); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/sad.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 

        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":D"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/grin.gif" alt="" border="0"></a><br>
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley("B)"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/sunglasses.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":P"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/tongue.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(":K"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/vampire.gif" alt="" border="0"></a> 
        <a href="java script:;" onclick='insertSmiley(";)"); return false;'><img src="http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/smilies/winking.gif" alt="" border="0"></a>
        </td>
        <td><textarea rows="8" cols="75" name="message" maxlength="400" onkeydown="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,400);" onkeyup="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,400);"></textarea></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td colspan="2" align="center">
<div style="font-size: 11px;" align="center">You have <input readonly="readonly" name="remLen" size="3" maxlength="3" value="400" style="font-size: 11px;" type="text"> characters left for your message.</div>     <br><input value="Post Your Reply" type="submit"></td>
    </tr>
</tbody></table>
</form>

</div>

Edited August 16, 2007 by SteveO

[Generator]

Give me an account for testing and the website i can probably get it done for you..or post detail in my IE Collection thread.

Edited August 16, 2007 by Generator

[SteveO]

Give me an account for testing and the website i can probably get it done for you..or post detail in my IE Collection thread.

Okay, sent account info.

[SteveO]

Anyone else wana give it a shot too?

[mikehunt114]

You'd have to attach the entire source so that the DOM can be mapped.

P.S. Attaching is better than codebox's when the text is very long.

[SteveO]

You'd have to attach the entire source so that the DOM can be mapped.

P.S. Attaching is better than codebox's when the text is very long.

Okay, attatched the full source of the page.

[mikehunt114]

If that is indeed the full source, this will work:

#include <IE.au3>

$sText = "enter text to send"
$url = "enter relevant url, or pass your own IE object to the form functions"

$oIE = _IECreate($url, 1)

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "message_form")
$oInput = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "message")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oInput, $sText)
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)

[SteveO]

If that is indeed the full source, this will work:

#include <IE.au3>

$sText = "enter text to send"
$url = "enter relevant url, or pass your own IE object to the form functions"

$oIE = _IECreate($url, 1)

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "message_form")
$oInput = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "message")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oInput, $sText)
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)

Already tried this, it doesn't work.

[SteveO]

Problem solved. Thanks GENERATOR! =D

[mikehunt114]

Already tried this, it doesn't work.

It works perfectly with the source you supplied. Attach appropriate source in the future.