Help with IE control

[rageagainstthepc]

Hi,

I am a newbie to AutoIt v3. I am trying to initialize a webpage using _IECreate and then click a link which should

bring up a download dialog for saving the downloaded file to a mapped drive (I am using Win XP Professional).

My script brings up a browser for the URL used with _IECreate, but the click on the link does not happen. Any help

about how to proceed with further steps will be appreciated.

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#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise")

Sleep(2000)

$o_download = _IEGetObjByName($oIE,"dat-5490.zip")

_IEAction($o_download,"click")

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Mr R

[Bert]

can we see the sourcecode to the the webpage?

[iHonda]

you dont need to open ie and all that heres a good way to to it:

INetGet("http://download.nai.com/products/datfiles/4.x/nai/dat-5490.zip", @DesktopDir & "/dat-5490.zip")

this will download the file you wanted to download to the desktop and name the downloaded file dat-5490.zip You can change @DesktopDir & "/dat-5490.zip" to anything you want

@volly hes tryin to download an update from McAfee

peace,

Z

Edited January 10, 2009 by Zmaster

[rageagainstthepc]

can we see the sourcecode to the the webpage?

Hi,

It is a standard webpage from McAfee which lets you download the latest virus update.

The URL is : http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/secur...ment=enterprise

It brings up a page with an underlined text links from which you can click on the one you need.

Thanks.

[rageagainstthepc]

you dont need to open ie and all that heres a good way to to it:

INetGet("http://download.nai.com/products/datfiles/4.x/nai/dat-5490.zip", @DesktopDir & "/dat-5490.zip")

this will download the file you wanted to download to the desktop and name the downloaded file dat-5490.zip You can change @DesktopDir & "/dat-5490.zip" to anything you want

@volly hes tryin to download an update from McAfee

peace,

Z

Zmaster,

Thank you very much. Is there a way to have the number which is part of the zip file as a variable?

Also, does _IEGetobjByName work for any control on a webpage? Sorry these may be elementary questions

but my experience with AutoIt is very limited.

Mr R

[DaleHohm]

Zmaster,

Thank you very much. Is there a way to have the number which is part of the zip file as a variable?

Also, does _IEGetobjByName work for any control on a webpage? Sorry these may be elementary questions

but my experience with AutoIt is very limited.

Mr R

_IEGetobjByName gets elements on a page whose HTML includes NAME=xxx (_IEGetobjByName will also find an element with ID=xxx).

Look at the page source -- suggest using DebugBar (see my sig).

Dale