Problems clicking a button in IE

[ice1000]

I have a web form that I need to automate. Being new to AutoIt, I first used a simple recorder to click a button to move a GL Account down. Here's the script:

Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)

    WinWait("Planning: Account Administration","")
    If Not WinActive("Planning: Account Administration","") Then WinActivate("Planning: Account Administration","");
    WinWaitActive("Planning: Account Administration","")    
    
    For $i = 1 to 12
        MouseClick("left",514,746,1)
        sleep(5000)     
    next

It works ok but I wanted to improve it. I came up with the following:

Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)
#include <IE.au3>

$MaxMoves = 4

    If Not WinActive("Planning: Account Administration","") Then WinActivate("Planning: Account Administration","");
    WinWaitActive("Planning: Account Administration","")    
    
;Set reference to IE object
    $oIE = _IEAttach("Account Administration")
    
;Get reference to submit button
    $oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "btnMoveDownAcct")

;Click button n times
    for $n = 1 to $MaxMoves
        If Not WinActive("Planning: Account Administration","") Then WinActivate("Planning: Account Administration","");
        WinWaitActive("Planning: Account Administration","")    
        _IEAction ($oSubmit, "click")
        _IELoadWait ($oIE)
        Sleep(5000)
    Next

I made the action sleep for 5 seconds because it wouldn't work without it. The button click action executes a vbcript on the web page.

The problem is that when I run my new code, the account gets moved once, then I get an error.

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\IE.au3 (2697) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:

$o_object.Click ()

$o_object.Click ()^ ERROR

Can anyone tell me what I am missing here?

[FreeSiker]

Hi

First off all, use the last version of autoit and use the html code to manange your script actions

So if the html page hold this source

<INPUT type="text" name="username" value="" maxLength="32" size="20" defaultFocus="true" >
<input type="Submit" name="Submit" value="GO" class="buttonGroupBrand">

Your script should look like this

;create the webpage
 $oIE = _IECreate ("https://www.onlineaccess.ca", 1, 1, 1, 1)
;find the object in the page with the name "username"
$o_user = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "username")
 _IEFormElementSetValue ($o_user, "user")
 ;find the object in the page with the name "submit" and click on it
 $o_submit = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "submit")
 _IEAction ($o_submit, "click")
 ;wait the end of loading
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Edited December 16, 2007 by FreeSiker

[ice1000]

Sorry I wasn't clearer in my initial post. The IE object already exists, that is why I am using _IEAttach vs _IECreate.

I'm not sure what the difference is between FreeSiker's code and mine. We each use a slightly different loop but we each use _IEGetObjByName and _IEAction to get the object and perform an action. What's the difference?

Why use _IEFormElementSetValue on a button?

[ice1000]

I figured it out. Apparently the

$oIE = _IEAttach("Account Administration")

and

$oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "btnMoveDownAcct")

are "lost" when the page reloads. If I put them inside the loop, it works as expected. Tricky!

[PsaltyDS]

I figured it out. Apparently the

$oIE = _IEAttach("Account Administration")

and

$oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "btnMoveDownAcct")

are "lost" when the page reloads. If I put them inside the loop, it works as expected. Tricky!

Not quite. Your $oIE should still be valid after navigation, because it points to the browser instance, not the DOM (page) that currently loaded.

The $oSubmit however is certainly lost because that object is part of DOM which get deleted and replaced with the new one by navigation.

So, if the new page being loaded also has a object that can be referenced by name at "btnMoveDownAcct", you can get the the new $oSubmit with the same code, because $oIE is still valid.

[ice1000]

Not quite. Your $oIE should still be valid after navigation, because it points to the browser instance, not the DOM (page) that currently loaded.

The $oSubmit however is certainly lost because that object is part of DOM which get deleted and replaced with the new one by navigation.

So, if the new page being loaded also has a object that can be referenced by name at "btnMoveDownAcct", you can get the the new $oSubmit with the same code, because $oIE is still valid.

Thank you for the explanation. It makes sense. The $oIE is still valid and if I move that line outside the loop, the code continues to work. However, if I move the $oSubmit out of the loop, the code no longer works. The page being loaded is the same page, with the same controls, except that a grid control has a new order for the accounts.

Regardless, it's working now. Here's the code in case it helps anyone else:

Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)
#include <IE.au3>

$MaxMoves = InputBox("Sort","Enter number of times to move Account down")
$oIE = _IEAttach("Account Administration")

;Click button i times
    For $i = 1 to $MaxMoves
        If Not WinActive("Planning: Account Administration","") Then WinActivate("Planning: Account Administration","");
        WinWaitActive("Planning: Account Administration","")    
        $oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "btnMoveDownAcct")
        _IEAction ($oSubmit, "click")
        _IELoadWait ($oIE)
    Next

[ur]

I have a button like below.

 

<button tabindex="0" class="x-btn-text" style="width: 64px; position: relative;" type="button">Initialize</button>

 

No id or name for it.

 

How to click on that then?

[BrewManNH]

You need to open a new thread, this one is 10 years old!

Why would you think it's a good idea to post something like this in a thread this old?