[SOLVED?] DOM "name" property reading the wrong node

[DanielTyrkiel]

Hi,

this is probably another one of my newbie easy questions. Here's the image of the table/form I'm trying to control.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByUpE9M4BFXIMjc5aU1ubklYZG8/edit

The goal is to set values of the two date input boxes and click submit.

Here's the code I've got so far to identify the DOM elements:

#include <IE.au3>

Local $oIE1 = _IECreate("http://lomacorvu/corvucgi/cvhtmsrv.exe?file=/Loma/Purchasing/UK_PO_Receipts_by_Period.qry&showprompts=1")
Local $tagINPUT = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE1, "input")

For $oInput In $tagINPUT
ConsoleWrite($oInput.name & @CRLF)
If $oInput.name = "prompt_1" Then
$oInput_1 = $oInput
ElseIf $oInput.name = "prompt_2" Then
$oInput_2 = $oInput
Else
ContinueLoop
EndIf

#cs
Switch $oInput.name
Case "prompt_1"
$oInput_1 = $oInput
Case "prompt_2"
$oInput_2 = $oInput
EndSwitch
#ce
Next

MsgBox(0, "", $oInput_1.name & @CRLF & $oInput_2.name & @CRLF & " Prompt 2 Value is: " & $oInput_2.value & @CRLF & " Prompt 1 Value is: " & $oInput_1.value)

My problem is that instead of the first input box named: "prompt_1", I get the submit element named "0"

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm only starting to learn this.

regards

Daniel

Here's the result after running it:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByUpE9M4BFXITGRhVHo1M0pzT1U

Edited December 5, 2012 by DanielTyrkiel

[DanielTyrkiel]

I think I've sorted it myself again...

Here's what I've added:

$oInput_1 = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE1, "input", 6)
$oInput_2 = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE1, "input", 7)

MsgBox(0, "", $oInput_1.name & @CRLF & $oInput_2.name & @CRLF & " Prompt 2 Value is: " & $oInput_2.value & @CRLF & " Prompt 1 Value is: " & $oInput_1.value)

I've used the console output to see the index numbers for the values

nevermind...

[DaleHohm]

Your URL is invalid for me, so I can't look at the page, but my guess is that a simple change would fix your initial logic. You need to force a STRING comparison when you are looking for the .names... If there is no name attribute, you get a numeric 0 returned and your comparison, If 0 = "prompt_1", does a numeric comparison which converts "prompt_1" to a number first (and that would be 0). 0 = 0 is True.

So, use

If String($oInput.name) = "prompt_1" Then

Dale