muzle6074 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Broad question: How can I enter the first topic in a forum? As an example go to http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showforum=2 and enter the first topic on the list.I really don't know where to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Broad question: How can I enter the first topic in a forum? As an example go to http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showforum=2 and enter the first topic on the list.I really don't know where to start Study the examples in the help file for the _IE* functions. The method used would depend a great deal on the web page you are working with. If the topics are links, then you can use _IELinkGetCollection(), for example.After you try it yourself, if you need more help, post what you've got (nobody is likely to write it for you). Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzle6074 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Hi PsaltyDS,I had a play with _IELinkGetCollection() and returned all the links on the page etc but how can I select 1 link with the collection. I tryed doing oLinks[5] (using it like an array) to pick a single link but it throws an error in the expression Any ideas how I can select a single link within the collection?--muzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Hi PsaltyDS, I had a play with _IELinkGetCollection() and returned all the links on the page etc but how can I select 1 link with the collection. I tryed doing oLinks[5] (using it like an array) to pick a single link but it throws an error in the expression Any ideas how I can select a single link within the collection? --muzle It is a COM Collection Object, not an array (though it's sort of like an array). If you know exactly which 1-based index it is, you can try: $oLinks.Item(5). The more usual method (since you usually don't know the exact index) is to loop through the obects in the collection to find the one you want: For $oLink In $oLinks If String($oLink.InnerText) = "This is it!" Then MsgBox(64, "Found", "Found link.") Next There are many other properties besides .InnerText to use in identifying the one you want. You'll have to determine what works in your situation. Edit: Tweaked to ensure string from .InnerText, per Dale. Edited August 19, 2008 by PsaltyDS Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleHohm Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Make sure you force the attribute into a string. If you find a link with null innerText it will return integer 0 and do an integer comparison... surprise, surprise, 0 = "This is it!" evaluates to TRUEString(0) = "This is it!" evaluates to FALSEFor $oLink In $oLinks If String($oLink.InnerText) = "This is it!" Then MsgBox(64, "Found", "Found link.") NextDale Edited August 19, 2008 by DaleHohm Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model Automate input type=file (Related) Alternative to _IECreateEmbedded? better: _IECreatePseudoEmbedded Better Better? IE.au3 issues with Vista - Workarounds SciTe Debug mode - it's magic: #AutoIt3Wrapper_run_debug_mode=Y Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead? Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzle6074 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks for the help guys! I will give this a go as soon as I get home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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