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4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

Hey guys, I'd like to execute an onclick button on a website without using MouseClick to send it to the x,y coordinates.
The website I need it on is an internal work site so I can't give the address. I'd like to create a script such that when a hotkey is pressed it executes an onclick button on the webpage.
Using tank's iWebBrowser2 Learner, I got the button's info.ID=save, onclick=process(event) and I'm not sure if this is relevant but the EleIndex is 591.
I know I need more. Can you point me in the right direction

I tried looking on the forum for an answer to this but haven't found it.
Thanks for your help.

Ace Coder · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 361

I havent had the need to do browser automation nor do I know how to really but... Com is all I can suggest. Sean was on earlier maybe he will post and help afterall he made the com library.

Leef_me · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:22 am Post subject:

I don't know what an "onclick button" is.

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

sorry, the onclick command is a function within a webpage.
so, if you were to click the button on a webpage with your mouse it would trigger whatever that button was programmed to do.
One of my problems is that the button will change x,y coordinates every so often and of course is different on each computer that I own.

MasterFocus · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:47 am Post subject:

I suggest COM or maybe ImageSearch.
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4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

To be honest I know COM. can you give a brief example of a COM script that utilizes a hotkey?

Leef_me · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:20 am Post subject:

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

Leef_Me, you said you know imagesearch, but can you make a script that will mouseclick the coordinates of an image, even if the image shows up on different places from time to time?

Sean · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 2462

Does the element index 591 remain constant? Then, you may try

Leef_me · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:49 am Post subject:

Does the vertical scrollbar on the side of the browser count ? Wink

Check out the two scripts in my post.
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=290383#290383

Just to get a running start, I suggest trying out the first script in that post.
Please be forwarned, it does a UrlDownloadToFile if it doesn't find the needed gif in the same directory as your script.

btw, for images I want to detect that aren;t read-made gifs, I use printscreen and paint and save as 24 bit BMP.

edit: Embarassed

you'll need to add a mouseclick statement or change the mousemove statement.
edit2: of course, the image will have to be visible to be found by imagesearch

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

Sean, thanks for your response.
Now while I'm not necessarily new to AHK, I'm not a good programmer and have not used COM yet.
I do have it in my AHK folder, but never really understood what exactly it was for.
Anyways, element index 591 does remain constant.
So let's say I only want to click that element index only at certain times, can I use a hotkey to trigger it?
I mean would something like this work?

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

scratch that, the element does NOT remain constant. Sean ,your thoughts?

Ace Coder · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 361

You will need to #include

Sean · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 2462

You can/better use Id, save, if the save Id is unique. You have to first store pwb as a global variable.

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

Sean, it didn't seem to work. the save ID is unique. Is the code you packaged up all ready to go or did I need to add something?