Finding out the index of an IE button

[MattyGibbard]

Hey guys and girls

Basically, I just wanted to find out the index of a certain button or input in IE

Lets say, I have this:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate()
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.google.com")
_ielinkclickbyindex ( $oIE , ??? )

How do I find out the index of an IE button? I need to put an index where the '???' is. I had a look on Autoit Window Info but couldn't find any index of buttons.

Please help!

I don't want to have to use trial and error.

Thanks

Any help is appreciated

-Matt Gibbard

[MikeP]

I don't think it's possible.. I used _IELinkGetCollection to check if Autoit was reading such kind of links.. as in this page with that code :

#include <IE.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
Dim $linklist[1000]
$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/buttons/article.php/3478871")
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection ($oIE)
$iNumLinks = @extended
MsgBox(0, "Link Info", $iNumLinks & " links found")
$i=0
For $oLink In $oLinks
    $linklist[$i] = $oLink.href
    $i+=1
Next
_ArrayDisplay($linklist)

and it didn't find the link to page1.htm (the button link) which is between imagemap.html and forms.html

I think in the help of _IELinkClickByIndex it's said to do another way:

Not all elements that appear to be links actually are. It is common practice to attach onclick Javascript events to other DOM elements to simulate the behavior of links. To activate such elements, use "click" with _IEAction

[PsaltyDS]

Hey guys and girls

Basically, I just wanted to find out the index of a certain button or input in IE

Lets say, I have this:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate()
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.google.com")
_ielinkclickbyindex ( $oIE , ??? )

How do I find out the index of an IE button? I need to put an index where the '???' is. I had a look on Autoit Window Info but couldn't find any index of buttons.

Please help!

I don't want to have to use trial and error.

Thanks

Any help is appreciated

-Matt Gibbard

As above, it may not actually be a link. Load DebugBar on your IE and look at the "link" object you are trying to use.

Edited May 5, 2008 by PsaltyDS