Webpage Text Field Select

[BlankMind]

I need to select a text field on a webpage, but I didn't want to use MouseMove or Send (to send {Tab}s). I tried to use Control commands, but Au3Info doesn't shows any Control ID when I select the field. I'm using Mozilla Firefox, but I can use Internet Explorer or Opera if I have to.

[MHz]

It's not the brand of browser. AutoIt will just see the webpage as 1 big control. So Control* functions are no good for this. If you know some JScript, then it could possible do some interaction with this, as AutoIt, presently cannot do it directly.

[Mr. Crimson]

Perhaps it could be read in from the sourcecode of the page instead of trying to interface directly with the browser window, but depending on what you get, it might be more tricky than using Send(Tab)'s.

Jscript might be your best option. Without using AutoIt's mouse control or Send keys, you are very limited as far as interfacing on a webpage.

One thought that just occurred to me, maybe using one of the Webpage viewer AutoIt's would give you controls you wouldn't normally have... Might be worth some investigation.

-Crim

[konan]

I have a same question but no one help me correct.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11579

I think if we can do it by JSP or VBS, or any other tools, but i have not find it.

[JSThePatriot]

Interacting with the HTML of a webpage would be in my opinion probably the cleanest option. I know with the COM parts in the BETA edition there are possibly ways that without messing with HTML or JScript you can access pages. Might want to talk to ScriptKitty as he is working on some stuff relating to that.

JS

[BlankMind]

Thank you for answers. I think I will have to use {TAB} anyway .

[DaleHohm]

Thank you for answers. I think I will have to use {TAB} anyway .

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Without using COM and the DOM (Document Object Model) you don't have much choice. HTML documents do not expose their structures directly to the API's that AutoIt uses.

Luckily, they are adding COM support into the current beta, so it throws those doors wide open.

If you search the forums for InternetExplorer.Application you will find many examples already. The DOM provides everything you need to both read and write very specific elements from HTML documents. You'll find a starting point here: Document Object MSDN Reference.

It is not as simple as AutoIt makes it for typical widows, but it is possible and gets easier as you work with it.

Dale

[scriptkitty]

The easiest way is probly going to be using a series of tab type things. You can track the placement with the use of pixel searches, title changes, etc.

Basically you first determine you are on the right page, as many times you change the page and it keeps the title, so change the title before you click a page.

Next make sure that your browser is fully loaded, this can be done a few ways, but one that is pretty simple is doing a pixel search on the stopsign colors on firefox, and the Status Bar Text on IE (might have to move the mouse to the top first due to statusbar link stuff)

You can navigate on the page by finding unique text right before or after the field, do a find, esc out, and then send the tab or reverse tab to that field.

Ok, now for some other ways.

I am currently working on a few direct approaches, but until then here are a few ways to act directly.

If you have a fair knowledge of HTML forms:

Use inetget to grab the page. Take a look at the source code for that page. You can then use the form data to work directly. Example:

<form action='http://www.autoitscript.com/finder/index.php?' method='post' name=....
<input type="text" name="helpbox".......
<input type="text" name="status".......

You can submit this form by opening a browser to

http://www.autoitscript.com/finder/index.php?helpbox=help&status=yes

Note this is made up code, there is no page there.

Simple forms can be used directly by opening the page you want directly this way. You can also inetget the result.

The more complex way is using the Document Object Model.

In IE, you can do this pretty easy. I am working on Firefox atm, and they are not quite as open with the information.

Basically you still need to know a fair bit about forms.

I might post up a sample and some script for this later.

Edited May 24, 2005 by scriptkitty

[scriptkitty]

For a quick example, here is a tiny monitor so you can see what is happening:

$ObjIE=ObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
With $ObjIE
  .Visible = True
  .Navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")

  while .ReadyState <> 4
    Sleep(50)
  wend

while 1
$body=$ObjIE.document.body.innerhtml
    tooltip("Monitor" & @crlf &stringleft($body,200),0,0)
WEnd
EndWith

When you stop IE, the script will crash and stop, I only show the first few lines of the page, but click around and you will see that the tooltip changes.

edit Gui version:

$ObjIE=ObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
With $ObjIE
  .Visible = True
  .Navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")

  while .ReadyState <> 4
    Sleep(50)
  wend
EndWith

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

GUICreate("My GUI edit",400,400,0,0); will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

$myedit=GUICtrlCreateEdit ("First line"& @CRLF, 0,0,400,400,$ES_AUTOVSCROLL+$WS_VSCROLL)

GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
    GUICtrlSetData ($myedit, $ObjIE.document.body.innerhtml)
    sleep(100)
Wend
Exit

Edited May 24, 2005 by scriptkitty

[scriptkitty]

code from SvenP converted from Westi

you can see how to change the info really quick.

Const $URL = "http://office.freenet.de/e-tools.freenet.de/login.php3?world=frn_DE&callback=http://office.freenet.de/login/office.html?isfromid=99"
$ObjIE=ObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")

With $ObjIE
  .Visible = True
  .Navigate($URL)
  Do
    Sleep(50)
  Until .ReadyState = 4
EndWith

With $ObjIE.document.forms("loginform")
  .username.value = "Your name"
  .password.value = "password"
  .submit
EndWith

Now if I can just get this to work in Firefox...