_IEFormGetName\Collection really starting to piss me off

[tarre]

Why dosent the input type file html tag work with _IE functions? really really

this is the page its 1 form the name of my inputfile is.

<form action="index.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"/>

<input type="file" name="userfile"/><br/>

<input type="submit" value="Uppload"/>

</form>

This is auto-it with _IEFORMGETNAME

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate ("http://mydamnpage.com/")

$oForm = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE, 0)

$oQuery = _IEFormElementGetCollection ($oForm, 1)

_IEFormElementSetValue ($oQuery, "This is text")

_IEFormSubmit ($oForm);hit submit now.

result: Nothing is written nothing is submited.

ive tried 2000 ways to do this still nothing with is written but it works with the Original AutoIt helpfile code

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.google.com")

$oForm = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE, 0)

$oQuery = _IEFormElementGetCollection ($oForm, 1)

_IEFormElementSetValue ($oQuery, "AutoIt IE.au3")

_IEFormSubmit ($oForm)

and here its working.

[ProgAndy]

Note: You cannot use _IEFormElementSetValue to set the value of an INPUT TYPE=FILE element. Browser security restrictions prevent this element from being scripted. See the example below for a workaround.

; *******************************************************
; Example 5 - Set the value of an INPUT TYPE=FILE element
;               Same as previous example, but with invisible window
;               (security restrictions prevent using _IEFormElementSetValue)
; *******************************************************
;
#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IE_Example("form")

; Hide the browser window to demonstrate sending text to invisible window
_IEAction($oIE, "invisible")

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "ExampleForm")
$oInputFile = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "fileExample")

; Assign input focus to the field and then send the text string
_IEAction($oInputFile, "focus")
$hIE = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
ControlSend($hIE, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", "C:\myfile.txt")

MsgBox(0, "Success", "Value set to C:\myfile.txt")
_IEAction($oIE, "visible")

[DaleHohm]

As ProgAndy points out, it is documented in the helpfile, there is an example of how to work around it and you even get a message "Browser securuty prevents SetValue of TYPE=FILE" in the SciTe console when you try to do it.

I don't know what else I could have done.

Dale

[tarre]

okay thanks.