Parsing HTML Form with IE.au3

[TomTJ 0]

Hello

I'm trying to parse a html form file with ie.au3. I got the following problem: some tag do not have neither name nor type.

<FIELDSET class=defaut >

......

</FIELDSET >

with:

$oProfile = _IEFormGetCollection ($oFrame,0)

$oElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oProfile)

For $oElement In $oElements

MsgBox(0, "Tag Names", "Tag: " & $oElement.name )

Next

I get an error when I try to read the name of the "Fieldset" tag... Do you have an idea to avoid this error?

Thx

Tom

Edited May 19, 2008 by TomTJ

[PsaltyDS 29]

Hello

I'm trying to parse a html form file with ie.au3. I got the following problem: some tag do not have neither name nor type.

<FIELDSET class=defaut >

......

</FIELDSET >

with:

$oProfile = _IEFormGetCollection ($oFrame,0)

$oElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oProfile)

For $oElement In $oElements

MsgBox(0, "Tag Names", "Tag: " & $oElement.name )

Next

I get an error when I try to read the name of the "Fieldset" tag... Do you have an idea to avoid this error?

Thx

Tom

You pulled a Frame object and then tried to enumerate objects from a Form (not the same thing). Have you examined the object with DebugBar or a similar DOM inspector? I think you'll find you need more of the path to the object. What does the error in the SciTE console say? Something about $oProfile not being a valid object for use in _IEFormElementGetCollection()?

Demo:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IE_Example("FrameSet")
$oFrame = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIE, 0); Get first frame
$colElements = _IEFormElementGetCollection($oFrame)

Output:

--> IE.au3 V2.3-1 Error from function _IEFormElementGetCollection, $_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType

Edited May 19, 2008 by PsaltyDS

[TomTJ 0]

Thx for your answer.

The only problem I have is a "name" tag problem.

If I change

<FIELDSET class=defaut >

to

<FIELDSET class=defaut name=test>

I get: $oElement.name -> "test"

But I get the same error with $oElement.type since type is not defined in the HTML tag. I will try your trick with the debugger tonight...

Edited May 19, 2008 by TomTJ

[DaleHohm 61]

What are you actually trying to do?

FIELDSET is an HTML tag, but it is an odd one. It shows up as part of a FormElement collection, but it has no .type property as all others do. It is not required that a tag have a Name assigned.

Unless you really need to know about it, you may just wnat to skip it:

If $oElement.tagName = "fieldset" then ContinueLoop

Dale

[TomTJ 0]

I'm trying to make the list of all tags in a web page. $oElement.tagName was exactly what I was looking for!

thx a lot guys!

Edited May 19, 2008 by TomTJ