Populating an input box in IE

[3mustgetbeers]

Hi all,

Just trying to get to grips with the IE UDF but struggling a little

All I want to do is populate an input box, for example google.  I am looking at the examples and came across "_IEFormSubmit" in the help file; and specifically the example "_IEFormElementGetObjByName".  When I run this example script Google opens but nothing is searched for.  The code is:

#include <IE.au3>

Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.com")
Local $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "f")
Local $oQuery = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "q")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oQuery, "AutoIt IE.au3")
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)

And the console errors are:

--> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IEFormGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_NoMatch
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementSetValue, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormSubmit, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

As I say, I am just really getting started with the IE UDF so I'm at a bit of a loss to this, can anyone advise why the example isn't working for me - I haven't changed anything.  And also, does anybody have a simple script that will perform a Google search just to get me started?

Thanks!

3mgb

[karlkar]

The name of the form and of input. They are different. Check them in (developer tool F12 in IE) or firebug in FF.

[3mustgetbeers]

Hi Karlkar,

Thanks for that, you're quite right, amending the form name to "gbqf" makes this work.

Out of interest, is it possible to do a partial match on the form name - in this case, for example "gbq*" ??

Thanks again

[karlkar]

No, I'm afraid it is not possible

[Danp2]

Actually, you could do it by calling _IEFormGetCollection and then looping through the collection for forms with matching names.

[3mustgetbeers]

Thanks both, further reading for me