Automation IE7 Navigation and Scripting with Tabs

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Hey Tank, I love the IE7 functions - very very useful and super great. I'm having trouble with button_click though, it doesn't seem to be finding buttons to click on. Here is the website, I'm trying to click the "Begin Search" button.

My code looks like this:

parentwindow := IE7_Get("GenealogyBank.com") ; this part is succesful
button = search
IE7_Button_click(parentwindow,button) ; this part isn't

I've tried all sorts of variations on what to call the "begin search" button, but nothing works. Just for reference, The IE7_Button_Click function I'm running looks like this (just in case you've updated something)

IE7_Button_click(parentWindow,value) ;Searches input tags for type button then compares the value with the sought text if found clicks returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   button_click=
   (
   var i=0;
   while (i<document.all.length)
   {
      var tag=document.all(i).tagName;
      if (tag.toLowerCase()=='input')
      {
         var typ=document.all(i).type
         if (typ.toLowerCase()=='button' || typ.toLowerCase()=='submit' || typ.toLowerCase()=='reset' || typ.toLowerCase()=='run' || typ.toLowerCase()=='results'  || typ.toLowerCase()=='search' )
         {
            var myVal=document.all(i).value
            var theVal='%value%'
            if (myVal.toLowerCase()==theVal.toLowerCase())
            {
               document.all(i).click(); //click the button
               tag=undefined;
               typ=undefined;
               break; // end the loop
            }
         }
      }
      i=i+1;
   }

)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, button_click)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

I don't know if it helps, but the html code of the button on the page is

<input type="image" border="0" alt="Search" src="http://images.newsbank.com/infoweb/genealogybank/SearchNowHomeButton2.gif" name="search"/>

hey im glad your finding them usefull
here is the button

<INPUT type="image" name="search" src="http://images.newsbank.com/infoweb/genealogybank/SearchNowHomeButton2.gif" border="0" alt="Search">

notice type isn't button
that is why the button click doesnt work
in an event like this were the button isnt really a button we might do something like this

COM_Init()
IE7_Click_Element(IE7_Get("GenealogyBank.com"),"search")

heh oh yea here is the new function been meaning to do this any how

IE7_Click_Element(parentWindow,ID1=0) 
{
   clickme=
   (
      
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         document.all("%ID1%").click();
      }else{ // must be an index
         document.all(%ID1%).click();
      }
      
   )
   
   COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript",clickme)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

hope this helps
ID1 can be name attribute id attribute or it should take an index of all


enjoy

Ill add this to the function list in a bit

Dude you're awesome, thanks so much!!

Ok - ran into another one. This is a search button on a site - but click_element, button_click, click_text don't seem to find it. Any recommendations?

<input type="image" border="0" alt="Run search." onblur="src='/WebDesign/Images/QueryScreenRunSearchBtn.GIF'" onfocus="src='/WebDesign/Images/QueryScreenRunSearchBtn2.GIF'" src="/WebDesign/Images/QueryScreenRunSearchBtn.GIF" onmouseout="src='/WebDesign/Images/QueryScreenRunSearchBtn.GIF'" onmouseover="src='/Webdesign/Images/QueryScreenRunSearchBtn2.GIF'" tabindex="1"/>

what is the index of the all collection
see the dom extracter on first page

clickinfo=
(
function whichElement()
{
tname=event.srcElement.tagName;
tindex=event.srcElement.sourceIndex;
tid=event.srcElement.id;
name=event.srcElement.name;
val="";
switch(tname.toLowerCase())
{
case "input":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
   typ=event.srcElement.type
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="button"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="submit"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="image"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="reset"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
innerhtml=val;
  break;   
case "a":
   event.srcElement.onclick="";
   link = "\nLink = "+event.srcElement.href
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML+link;
   event.srcElement.href="javascript:Void(0)";
  break;
case "select":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
innerhtml=val;
  break;
default:
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML
}
}
    document.body.onmousedown = whichElement
)
instructions=
(
1`) Enter a title
2`) Click Get Window
3`) Click the location on the browser window you need info on
4`) Click Get Dom
)
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y10 w130 h20 , Enter the Page Title
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y30 w210 h20 vWintitle,
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y50 w310 h60 , % instructions
Gui, Add, Button, x216 y30 w90 h20 gGetwin, Get Window
Gui, Add, Button, x6 y110 w90 h20 gGetDom, Get Dom
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y130 w310 h90 vDom,

Gui, Show, h225 w320, DOM Extractor
Return

GuiClose:
ExitApp

Getwin:
Gui,Submit,NoHide
COM_Init()
parentWindow:=IE7_Get(Wintitle)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, clickinfo)

return
GetDom:
tname:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tname")
tindex:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tindex")
tid:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tid")
name:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","name")
innerhtml:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","innerhtml")
GuiControl,Text,Dom,% "Dom accessable objects for document`.all collection `nElement type (" . tname . ")`nIndex (" . tindex . ")`nID attribute if any (" . tid . ")`nName attribute if any (" . name . ")`nhtml value = " . innerhtml
return

load the web page manually
ex http:www.google.com

1) Enter a title
2) Click Get Window

3) Click the location on the browser window you need info on

4) Click Get Dom

then use the value u find in the click element for ID1

COM_Init()
IE7_Click_Element(IE7_Get("google"),80)
COM_Term()

Let me know how it goes
or post a link to the site

need better Documentation now has 3 votes in it but no one posts questions
if there are no questions how am i to give you all better documentation

Tank! Thanks for the fast response, very awesome. Also, thanks for clarifying how your DOM inspector tool works... I was literally like "Oooh so that's how you use it..."

I followed the instructions to the 'T' - using google's site and everything. I clicked the search button (which grays out) - then click "Get DOM" But final report gives me:

Dom accessable objects for document.all collection
Element type ()
Index ()
ID attribute if any ()
Name attribute if any ()
html value =

here is the exact code in the ahk script (copied straight from the forum)

;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         A.N.Other <[email protected]>
;
; Script Function:
;	Template script (you can customize this template by editing "ShellNew\Template.ahk" in your Windows folder)
;

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
#Include Com.ahk

COM_Init()



clickinfo=
(
function whichElement()
{
tname=event.srcElement.tagName;
tindex=event.srcElement.sourceIndex;
tid=event.srcElement.id;
name=event.srcElement.name;
val="";
switch(tname.toLowerCase())
{
case "input":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
   typ=event.srcElement.type
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="button"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="submit"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="image"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="reset"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
innerhtml=val;
  break;   
case "a":
   event.srcElement.onclick="";
   link = "\nLink = "+event.srcElement.href
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML+link;
   event.srcElement.href="javascript:Void(0)";
  break;
case "select":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
innerhtml=val;
  break;
default:
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML
}
}
    document.body.onmousedown = whichElement
)
instructions=
(
1`) Enter a title
2`) Click Get Window
3`) Click the location on the browser window you need info on
4`) Click Get Dom
)
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y10 w130 h20 , Enter the Page Title
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y30 w210 h20 vWintitle,
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y50 w310 h60 , % instructions
Gui, Add, Button, x216 y30 w90 h20 gGetwin, Get Window
Gui, Add, Button, x6 y110 w90 h20 gGetDom, Get Dom
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y130 w310 h90 vDom,

Gui, Show, h225 w320, DOM Extractor
Return

GuiClose:
ExitApp

Getwin:
Gui,Submit,NoHide
COM_Init()
parentWindow:=IE7_Get(Wintitle)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, clickinfo)

return
GetDom:
tname:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tname")
tindex:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tindex")
tid:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tid")
name:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","name")
innerhtml:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","innerhtml")
GuiControl,Text,Dom,% "Dom accessable objects for document`.all collection `nElement type (" . tname . ")`nIndex (" . tindex . ")`nID attribute if any (" . tid . ")`nName attribute if any (" . name . ")`nhtml value = " . innerhtml
return

;https://www.merlindata.com/SearchASPs/Loc/sql/ca/UW/Query.ASP
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ IE 7 functions
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ function list
;~ IE7_Get(title,url="http") gets iwebrowser interface pointer and returns automation dhtml window obj ie parentWindow used itn the below functions
;~ IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url)  Navigate and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, JS_to_Inject, VarNames_to_Return="") Full insertion of javascript or execution or retrieval of new or existing fucntions or variables
;~ IE7_readyState(parentWindow) wait for page Load to complete
;~ IE7_Quit(parentWindow) Closes Window
;~ IE7_New(url) Loads a new window even if one does not currently exist and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Click_Text(parentWindow,innerHTML)Clicks a link byt text in the inner html of the a tag and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Click_Element(parentWindow,ID1=0) ; clicks first element it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
;~ IE7_Button_click(parentWindow,value)Click a button based on the text of the button and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID1)retreive a dom object by index of all collection id or name attribute
;~ IE7_Set_DOM(parentWindow,ID1,val="innerHTML") set  a dom object by index of all collection id or name attribute
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
IE7_Get(title,url="http")
{
;~    title is required and is not case sensitive
;~    url is optional and since . exists in all url schemas it will allow un entered url to default to first found
;~  loop thru open windows for a match
   Loop, %   COM_Invoke(psw := COM_Invoke(COM_CreateObject("Shell.Application"), "Windows"), "Count")
   {
      If ( InStr(tabname:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "LocationName"),title,0)) && (InStr(taburl:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "LocationURL"),url,0) )
      {
         parentWindow:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "Document"), "parentWindow")
         COM_Release(taburl),COM_Release(tabname)
         Break
      }
      COM_Release(taburl),COM_Release(tabname)
   }
   COM_Release(psw) ; release the objects each loop itineration
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
      return parentWindow
   }
   else
   {
      Return error   
   }
}

;~ Navigate the given window
IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url) ; begins navigation process and holds execution till page has loaded fully returns DOM window handle 
{
;~    parent windw is a Dom window object
   if parentWindow is integer
   {   
      COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Navigate",url) ;execute the navigation   
      IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ;Holds till document onload event is ready
      Return parentWindow
   }
   else{
      Return error   
   }
}


IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, JS_to_Inject, VarNames_to_Return="") ;execute some js on a tab returns comma delimited list of vars if specified
{
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
      
      If VarNames_to_Return
      {
         StringSplit, Vars_, VarNames_to_Return, `,
         Loop, parse,VarNames_to_Return,`,
            COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript","var " . A_LoopField . " = undefined;")
      }
      If JS_to_Inject
         COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript",JS_to_Inject)
      If VarNames_to_Return
      {
         StringSplit, Vars_, VarNames_to_Return, `,
         Loop, %Vars_0%
            Ret .= COM_Invoke(parentWindow,Vars_%A_Index%) . ","
         COM_Release(Ret)         
         StringTrimRight, Ret, Ret, 1
         Return Ret
      }
         Else
         Return 0
   }
   Else
      Return error
}
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ;pauses till there is no loading activity returns DOM window handle
{
   
   
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
      doc:=COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Document")
      if not doc is integer
         return error
;~    MsgBox % COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Document")   
      loop 120{ ;limit to 60 seconds
         Sleep, 500
         rdy:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "var rdy=document.readyState","rdy") ; best method
         If (rdy = "complete") ;Better to use the document readystate more consistent page load results
            break
         }
      COM_Release(doc)
      Return 0
   }
   else
      Return error   
   
}
IE7_Quit(parentWindow) ;Close a DOM window handle
{
   COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript","window.opener='top';window.close();")
}

IE7_New(url) ;only if at least one IE window already exists return parentWindow js accessable object returns DOM window handle
{
   run http://Google.com
   winwait,Google
   parentWindow:=IE7_Get("Google")
   parentWindow:=IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url)
   return parentWindow ; object handle
}


IE7_Click_Text(parentWindow,innerHTML) ; searches a tags and clicks first text it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   js=
   (
      var links=document.links;
      var count=links.length;
   )
   
   count1 := IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js, "count")
   loop, % count1
   {
   
      js=
      (
         var text=document.links(%A_Index%-1).innerHTML;
      )
      text1 := IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js, "text")
      IfNotInString,text1,%innerHTML%
      Continue ;skip the rest and go to next loop
      js=
      (
         document.links(%A_Index%-1).click();
      )
      IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js)      
      Break
   }
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

IE7_Click_Element(parentWindow,ID1=0) ; clicks first element it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   clickme=
   (
      
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         document.all("%ID1%").click();
      }else{ // must be an index
         document.all(%ID1%).click();
      }
      
   )
   
   COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript",clickme)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

IE7_Button_click(parentWindow,value) ;Searches input tags for type button then compares the value with the sought text if found clicks returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   button_click=
   (
   var i=0;
   while (i<document.all.length)
   {
      var tag=document.all(i).tagName;
      if (tag.toLowerCase()=='input')
      {
         var typ=document.all(i).type
         if (typ.toLowerCase()=='button' || typ.toLowerCase()=='submit' || typ.toLowerCase()=='reset')
         {
            var myVal=document.all(i).value;
            var theVal='%value%';
            if (myVal.toLowerCase()==theVal.toLowerCase())
            {
               document.all(i).click(); //click the button
               tag=undefined;
               typ=undefined;
               break; // end the loop
            }
         }
      }
      i=i+1;
   }

)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, button_click)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

;~ IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID,val="innerHTML",method="ID" )
;~ parentWindow assigned by IE7_Get(title,url="http") and must be an integer that represents a dom window handle
;~ ID will be an element id, index of all
IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID1) ;gets DOM object by ID Tag and returns string or error
{
   get_=
   (
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         var tag=document.all("%ID1%").tagName;
         var i=1;
      }else{ // must be an index
         var tag=document.all(%ID1%).tagName;
         var i=2;
      }
   var tag1=tag.toLowerCase();
   
   

   switch(tag1)
      {
      case "input":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "textarea":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "select":
        var t=1;
        break;
      default:
        var t=2;
      }
   if(i==1 && t==1)
      var myVal=document.all("%ID1%").value;
   else if(i==2 && t==1)
      var myVal=document.all(%ID1%).value;
   else if(i==1 && t==2)
      var myVal=document.all("%ID1%").innerHTML;
   else if(i==2 && t==2)
      var myVal=document.all(%ID1%).innerHTML;
      
        var t=0;
        var i=0;
        var tag1=0;
        var tag=0;
   )
   myVal:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, get_,"myVal")
   IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "var myVal='undefined';")
   Return myVal
}

IE7_Set_DOM(parentWindow,ID1,val="innerHTML") ;gets DOM object by ID Tag and returns string or error
{
   set_=
   (
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         var tag=document.all("%ID1%").tagName;
         var i=1;
      }else{ // must be an index
         var tag=document.all(%ID1%).tagName;
         var i=2;
      }
   var tag1=tag.toLowerCase();
   
   

   switch(tag1)
      {
      case "input":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "textarea":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "select":
        var t=1;
        break;
      default:
        var t=2;
      }
   if(i==1 && t==1)
      document.all("%ID1%").value='%val%';
   else if(i==2 && t==1)
      document.all(%ID1%).value='%val%';
   else if(i==1 && t==2)
      document.all("%ID1%").innerHTML='%val%';
   else if(i==2 && t==2)
      document.all(%ID1%).innerHTML='%val%';
        var t=0;
        var i=0;
        var tag1=0;
        var tag=0;
   )
   IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, set_)
   Return
}

-- For the moment, I'm just going to guess the buttons index number on the website (to get to the button requires a login).

edit::: Tank, your documentation is probably just fine - I have zero javascript / com experience, so it's difficult to figure out what to do when things don't work.

On a side note, it ended up being element # 184 !! WOOHOO!!!
(thank you loops hehe)

no you did nothing wrong the problem is i found a bug in the execute js function and updated my personal copy and ddidnt update this
please copy and past the ie7 functions again
fixxed now

;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         A.N.Other <[email protected]>
;
; Script Function:
;   Template script (you can customize this template by editing "ShellNew\Template.ahk" in your Windows folder)
;

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
#Include Com.ahk

COM_Init()



clickinfo=
(
function whichElement()
{
tname=event.srcElement.tagName;
tindex=event.srcElement.sourceIndex;
tid=event.srcElement.id;
name=event.srcElement.name;
val="";
switch(tname.toLowerCase())
{
case "input":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
   typ=event.srcElement.type
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="button"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="submit"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="image"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
   if (typ.toLowerCase()=="reset"){
   event.srcElement.disabled='true';
   }
innerhtml=val;
  break;   
case "a":
   event.srcElement.onclick="";
   link = "\nLink = "+event.srcElement.href
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML+link;
   event.srcElement.href="javascript:Void(0)";
  break;
case "select":
   val=event.srcElement.value;
innerhtml=val;
  break;
default:
innerhtml=event.srcElement.innerHTML
}
}
    document.body.onmousedown = whichElement
)
instructions=
(
1`) Enter a title
2`) Click Get Window
3`) Click the location on the browser window you need info on
4`) Click Get Dom
)
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y10 w130 h20 , Enter the Page Title
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y30 w210 h20 vWintitle,
Gui, Add, Text, x6 y50 w310 h60 , % instructions
Gui, Add, Button, x216 y30 w90 h20 gGetwin, Get Window
Gui, Add, Button, x6 y110 w90 h20 gGetDom, Get Dom
Gui, Add, Edit, x6 y130 w310 h90 vDom,

Gui, Show, h225 w320, DOM Extractor
Return

GuiClose:
ExitApp

Getwin:
Gui,Submit,NoHide
COM_Init()
parentWindow:=IE7_Get(Wintitle)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, clickinfo)

return
GetDom:
tname:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tname")
tindex:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tindex")
tid:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","tid")
name:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","name")
innerhtml:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "","innerhtml")
GuiControl,Text,Dom,% "Dom accessable objects for document`.all collection `nElement type (" . tname . ")`nIndex (" . tindex . ")`nID attribute if any (" . tid . ")`nName attribute if any (" . name . ")`nhtml value = " . innerhtml
return

;https://www.merlindata.com/SearchASPs/Loc/sql/ca/UW/Query.ASP
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ IE 7 functions
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ function list
;~ IE7_Get(title,url="http") gets iwebrowser interface pointer and returns automation dhtml window obj ie parentWindow used itn the below functions
;~ IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url)  Navigate and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, JS_to_Inject, VarNames_to_Return="") Full insertion of javascript or execution or retrieval of new or existing fucntions or variables
;~ IE7_readyState(parentWindow) wait for page Load to complete
;~ IE7_Quit(parentWindow) Closes Window
;~ IE7_New(url) Loads a new window even if one does not currently exist and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Click_Text(parentWindow,innerHTML)Clicks a link byt text in the inner html of the a tag and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Click_Element(parentWindow,ID1=0) ; clicks first element it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
;~ IE7_Button_click(parentWindow,value)Click a button based on the text of the button and wait for page Load to complete in same frame
;~ IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID1)retreive a dom object by index of all collection id or name attribute
;~ IE7_Set_DOM(parentWindow,ID1,val="innerHTML") set  a dom object by index of all collection id or name attribute
;~ ******************************************************************************************
;~ ******************************************************************************************
IE7_Get(title,url="http")
{
;~    title is required and is not case sensitive
;~    url is optional and since . exists in all url schemas it will allow un entered url to default to first found
;~  loop thru open windows for a match
   Loop, %   COM_Invoke(psw := COM_Invoke(COM_CreateObject("Shell.Application"), "Windows"), "Count")
   {
      If ( InStr(tabname:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "LocationName"),title,0)) && (InStr(taburl:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "LocationURL"),url,0) )
      {
         parentWindow:=COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(COM_Invoke(psw, "Item", A_Index-1), "Document"), "parentWindow")
         COM_Release(taburl),COM_Release(tabname)
         Break
      }
      COM_Release(taburl),COM_Release(tabname)
   }
   COM_Release(psw) ; release the objects each loop itineration
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
      return parentWindow
   }
   else
   {
      Return error   
   }
}

;~ Navigate the given window
IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url) ; begins navigation process and holds execution till page has loaded fully returns DOM window handle
{
;~    parent windw is a Dom window object
   if parentWindow is integer
   {   
      COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Navigate",url) ;execute the navigation   
      IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ;Holds till document onload event is ready
      Return parentWindow
   }
   else{
      Return error   
   }
}


IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, JS_to_Inject, VarNames_to_Return="") ;execute some js on a tab returns comma delimited list of vars if specified
{
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
     
  ;    If VarNames_to_Return
  ;    {
   ;      StringSplit, Vars_, VarNames_to_Return, `,
  ;       Loop, parse,VarNames_to_Return,`,
  ;          COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript","var " . A_LoopField . " = undefined;")
  ;    }
      If JS_to_Inject
         COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript",JS_to_Inject)
      If VarNames_to_Return
      {
         StringSplit, Vars_, VarNames_to_Return, `,
         Loop, %Vars_0%
            Ret .= COM_Invoke(parentWindow,Vars_%A_Index%) . ","
         COM_Release(Ret)         
         StringTrimRight, Ret, Ret, 1
         Return Ret
      }
         Else
         Return 0
   }
   Else
      Return error
}
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ;pauses till there is no loading activity returns DOM window handle
{
   
   
   if parentWindow is integer
   {
      doc:=COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Document")
      if not doc is integer
         return error
;~    MsgBox % COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "Document")   
      loop 120{ ;limit to 60 seconds
         Sleep, 500
         rdy:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "var rdy=document.readyState","rdy") ; best method
         If (rdy = "complete") ;Better to use the document readystate more consistent page load results
            break
         }
      COM_Release(doc)
      Return 0
   }
   else
      Return error   
   
}
IE7_Quit(parentWindow) ;Close a DOM window handle
{
   COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript","window.opener='top';window.close();")
}

IE7_New(url) ;only if at least one IE window already exists return parentWindow js accessable object returns DOM window handle
{
   run http://Google.com
   winwait,Google
   parentWindow:=IE7_Get("Google")
   parentWindow:=IE7_Navigate(parentWindow,url)
   return parentWindow ; object handle
}


IE7_Click_Text(parentWindow,innerHTML) ; searches a tags and clicks first text it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   js=
   (
      var links=document.links;
      var count=links.length;
   )
   
   count1 := IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js, "count")
   loop, % count1
   {
   
      js=
      (
         var text=document.links(%A_Index%-1).innerHTML;
      )
      text1 := IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js, "text")
      IfNotInString,text1,%innerHTML%
      Continue ;skip the rest and go to next loop
      js=
      (
         document.links(%A_Index%-1).click();
      )
      IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, js)     
      Break
   }
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

IE7_Click_Element(parentWindow,ID1=0) ; clicks first element it finds to match returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   clickme=
   (
     
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         document.all("%ID1%").click();
      }else{ // must be an index
         document.all(%ID1%).click();
      }
     
   )
   
   COM_Invoke(parentWindow, "execScript",clickme)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

IE7_Button_click(parentWindow,value) ;Searches input tags for type button then compares the value with the sought text if found clicks returns error if not found will also trigger readystate
{
   button_click=
   (
   var i=0;
   while (i<document.all.length)
   {
      var tag=document.all(i).tagName;
      if (tag.toLowerCase()=='input')
      {
         var typ=document.all(i).type
         if (typ.toLowerCase()=='button' || typ.toLowerCase()=='submit' || typ.toLowerCase()=='reset')
         {
            var myVal=document.all(i).value;
            var theVal='%value%';
            if (myVal.toLowerCase()==theVal.toLowerCase())
            {
               document.all(i).click(); //click the button
               tag=undefined;
               typ=undefined;
               break; // end the loop
            }
         }
      }
      i=i+1;
   }

)
IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, button_click)
IE7_readyState(parentWindow) ; wait for page change to finish
Return
}

;~ IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID,val="innerHTML",method="ID" )
;~ parentWindow assigned by IE7_Get(title,url="http") and must be an integer that represents a dom window handle
;~ ID will be an element id, index of all
IE7_Get_DOM(parentWindow,ID1) ;gets DOM object by ID Tag and returns string or error
{
   get_=
   (
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         var tag=document.all("%ID1%").tagName;
         var i=1;
      }else{ // must be an index
         var tag=document.all(%ID1%).tagName;
         var i=2;
      }
   var tag1=tag.toLowerCase();
   
   

   switch(tag1)
      {
      case "input":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "textarea":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "select":
        var t=1;
        break;
      default:
        var t=2;
      }
   if(i==1 && t==1)
      var myVal=document.all("%ID1%").value;
   else if(i==2 && t==1)
      var myVal=document.all(%ID1%).value;
   else if(i==1 && t==2)
      var myVal=document.all("%ID1%").innerHTML;
   else if(i==2 && t==2)
      var myVal=document.all(%ID1%).innerHTML;
     
        var t=0;
        var i=0;
        var tag1=0;
        var tag=0;
   )
   myVal:=IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, get_,"myVal")
   IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, "var myVal='undefined';")
   Return myVal
}

IE7_Set_DOM(parentWindow,ID1,val="innerHTML") ;gets DOM object by ID Tag and returns string or error
{
   set_=
   (
   if (isNaN("%ID1%")){ // determins if an index or id is entered
         var tag=document.all("%ID1%").tagName;
         var i=1;
      }else{ // must be an index
         var tag=document.all(%ID1%).tagName;
         var i=2;
      }
   var tag1=tag.toLowerCase();
   
   

   switch(tag1)
      {
      case "input":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "textarea":
        var t=1;
        break;   
      case "select":
        var t=1;
        break;
      default:
        var t=2;
      }
   if(i==1 && t==1)
      document.all("%ID1%").value='%val%';
   else if(i==2 && t==1)
      document.all(%ID1%).value='%val%';
   else if(i==1 && t==2)
      document.all("%ID1%").innerHTML='%val%';
   else if(i==2 && t==2)
      document.all(%ID1%).innerHTML='%val%';
        var t=0;
        var i=0;
        var tag1=0;
        var tag=0;
   )
   IE7_ExecuteJS(parentWindow, set_)
   Return
}

By the way thanks so much for helping me see i forgot to update and fix an error in my script

Thanks again for all your help. The code update fixed your DOM inspector - that is a really handy tool!

I worked around the various issues on the website, so it's all automated now, which is really great! A huge time saver.

There was one problem where an element had no ID, and it's index number would change each time the page loaded (loading search results that sometimes have a few listings, sometimes many, and these would throw off the index of the buttons). How would you recommend working around a problem like that? Is there a way to search for a particular index by one of it's other properties?

I'll be off until Sunday, when I get back I'll post the code for the button that had the variable index and no ID.

Thanks again!

--Aaron

is there any attribute to it that is unique name attribute for instance
value?
we can filter by any of these
also this has been a thorn in my side many times as well but sometimes even tho parts of the page change
you can use the elements collection of forms and get a cosistent index

list_elements=
(
var x=document.forms;
win=window.open("blank.htm","forms1");

for (var f=0;f<=x.length-1;f++)  {
 win.document.writeln("<table border=1 cellspacing=0>");
win.document.writeln("<tr><td>form");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>name");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>id");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>action");
win.document.writeln("</td><td>OnSubmit");
 win.document.writeln("<tr><td>");
  win.document.writeln("<tr><td>" + f);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(x[f].name);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(x[f].id);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(x[f].action);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(x[f].OnSubmit);
  win.document.writeln("</td></tr>");

 win.document.writeln("</table>");

 win.document.writeln("<table border=1 cellspacing=0>");
win.document.writeln("<tr><td>Element");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>name");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>id");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>value");
win.document.writeln("</td><td>type");
win.document.writeln("</td><td>onclick");
win.document.writeln("</td><td>onchange");
win.document.writeln("</td><td>innerHTML");
  win.document.writeln("</td></tr>");
var l=x[f].elements
for (var i=0;i<=l.length-1;i++) 
{
win.document.writeln("<tr><td>" + i);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].name);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].id);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].value);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].type);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].onClick);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].onChange);
win.document.writeln("</td><td>"+l[i].innerHTML);
win.document.writeln("</td></tr>");
 }

 win.document.writeln("</table>");
  }


 win.document.writeln("</table>");
 win.document.writeln("<table border=1 cellspacing=0>");
win.document.writeln("<tr><td>All links index");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>href");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>target");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>innerHTML");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>name");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>id");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>class");
  win.document.writeln("</td><td>onclick");
  win.document.writeln("</td></tr>");
var y=document.links;
for (var m=0;m<=y.length-1;m++)  {
  win.document.writeln("<tr><td>" + m);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].href);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].target);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].innerHTML);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].name);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].id);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].className);
  win.document.writeln("</td><td> ");
  win.document.writeln(y[m].onclick);
  win.document.writeln("</td></tr>");
}
 win.document.writeln("</table>");
)

thats what this one is for
sometimes it helps me with those kind of issues
then its a matter of

document.forms(0).elements(i).click()

wehre this is a javascript dom reference and i is an index of the elements of the form
if its an image button we can click it by source image just get me the html of the button and we can work from there
or better yet post a link to the page for me


Very glad the dom tool helps you have no idea the hours of pain i used to endure working out scripting fopr automation before i wrote that
I am happy its saving heache for others as well

OK here goes.
I been getting alot of hits on
Automation IE7 Navigation and Scripting with Tabs
Thank you all who use it.
before we go any further i want to make clear the point of this.
This whole topic is centered around the concepts involved in working with Web Pages over the internet using AHK

Below is required knowledge before taking on any serious web page automation work
What i will not cover
DHTML its far too well documented if you dont understand DHTML go to <!-- m -->http://w3schools.com<!-- m -->
DOM - document object model also at that site
javascript - a very common scripting language executed by the browser to creat rich content and react to user driven events within html.


Step 1
Choose a Browser
Options include
Internet Explorer- widely used on all windows based PC's aprox 2/3 of all browsers on the webFirefox - Second most popular browser on the web widely usedIwebrowser object on all windows based pc's usually used in the AHK gui controlMozilla ActiveX via mozctlx.dll
I use the iwebrowser object or internet explorer in most if not all of my automation tasks because its what im familar with
but your choice of browser does necesarily impact your method of working with the web page

Step 2
Choose your scripting poison
Pass javascript thru the address bar example - javascript:alert('javascript executed'); knowing dom you will recognise this as the method used in hyperlinks to execute script setbacks include not able to parse non visible data to your ahk script
strength easy to learn supports both Firefox and IE as long as the necesary tab is pre selected.COM.ahk. thanks sean a little steep learning curve requires in many case the most basic win32 com understandingAutomation IE7 Navigation and Scripting with Tabs a mixture of COM Fucntions and javascript bridges the knoledge gap between win32 com functions and javascript hopefully increasing usablility without needing to understand COMI - macros - external to ahk this is a firefox automation solution excl;usively to deal with web pages in firefoxCurl - external program to ahk that can be controled via ahk manyform and link based functions easy to learn for most
URLDownload to file - then parse the file for wehat you need entirely using ahk
Note - While many will favor use of Firefox no scriptset that i am at the time of writing know of, can interact with applications outside of firefox. the usuall point of web automation is to import data from an application like excell or a csv into a web form.

COM offers the most versitility in this as it can be used to easily control IE and Iwebrowser objects as well as work with others windows based programs and invoke methods native to that application

Step 3
Choose a data source
CSV - AHK can handle parsing this file most users can utilise the tutorials and help file for this level of knowledgeAnother web page - the technology you chose in step 2 will cover what you need here unless its CURL which doesnt parse dataanother windows based application most of the time this means learnign some basics of COM fortunately sean has gone to great lenghts to create libraries of helpful functions form most of these


I certainly hope that every one finds this usefull

EDIT:
Next we will focus on the use of the functions

IE7_Get(title,url="http")

Since we are working with DOM we want to focus on getting the topmost dom window object "parentWindow"
the function compares the title with the document.title since at the point of comparison the document hasnt been parsed it uses the browser title. ever notice the browser title is the same as the documents title tag. check any web page you like. in absense the page url is used.
title may be a non case sensitive partial match only since we will use ahk's ifinstring.
all for now catch u later

Hi Tank and others

as I asked before,
with the Cohelper.ahk (Invoke) I succeed to make:

new instance of IE (IE6)
run method "Navigate"

extract JS DOM objects with get ElementByID

but the scriptExecute of specific function didn't run.
and the function was not executed

I tried same above methods with COM.ahk (COM_Invoke)

and nothing worked.
I didn't get the IE instance even with visible=true.

is there some simple code sample (and what libraries I have to use)
to execute above methods ?

rgrds
Ell