Click Elements by ID Topic is solved

[rockinrick28]

Hey guys, I’m brand new to this (started today) and I have a problem I can’t find a solution for.

I just need to know if there is a command that will let me locate an element on a webpage in IE, and button in this case, by its ID and click on it.

Is there a command someone can give me and explain to me where I can just plug in the ID of “61” and get the result I want?

[BoBo]

What browser you're using? Best chance if it's IE bc AHK offers its ComObj-command set to trigger things. Good luck

[rockinrick28]

Yes I’m using IE

[rockinrick28]

Like I said in the original post, I'm using IE. I know that ComObj can do what im looking for, but i just need that one command right now and dont have time to learn the whole thing yet.

[HIAC]

Hope this helps

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pwb := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
pwb.Visible := true
pwb.Navigate("https://autohotkey.com/boards/")
while pwb.busy or pwb.ReadyState !=4
	sleep, 10
pwb.document.getElementById("keywords").value := "Example" ; By ID
pwb.document.getElementsByClassName("button icon-button search-icon").item(0).click() ; By class name (Click)
while pwb.busy or pwb.ReadyState !=4
	sleep, 10
MsgBox, The process was successful

[rockinrick28]

Thats very helpful, but how can I make it click on a button on a page? What would it look like if I needed it to find a button with an ID of 61, then have it activate that button?

[boiler]

HIAC showed you two alternatives for identifying items. You just need to apply the click() to the one you're interested in:
pwb.document.getElementById("61").click()

[HIAC]

Are you sure that ID is "61"? I doubt it, it may be Index number.. however, try this.

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pwb.document.getElementById("61").click()

[rockinrick28]

I'm fairly sure that 61 is its ID, according to when i inspect the element. It still wont click the button. Does Microsoft Edge vs. Internet Explorer matter at all? Is there a way for me to just highlight the button (like what happens when you press TAB) and just have AHK use the {Enter} input instead?

[HIAC]

Can you show us that webpage?

[rockinrick28]

In this example, the ID is 54, so how would i activate it with AHK? Should I be using Internet Explorer instead of Microsoft Edge?

[HIAC]

Yes, you should be using IE.
And, instead of Goto, use Loop.

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#SingleInstance, Force
OnExit, ExitSub

pwb := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
pwb.Visible := true
pwb.Navigate("MyWebPage")
while pwb.busy or pwb.ReadyState !=4
	sleep, 10

Loop,
{
	pwb.document.getElementById("54").click()
	while pwb.busy or pwb.ReadyState !=4
		sleep, 10
}
return

ExitSub:
pwb.quit()
return

[rockinrick28]

How would i modify that to make it click the button 5 times before starting again? Is there a way to make it navigate to a webpage but open up a private browser? How do I make it wait until the webpage is loaded? Thank you very much for your help so far, I appreciate it, please try to answer these three questions in one post if you can

[boiler]

Your screenshot shows that you didn't include any of the rest of what was showed to you to set up the Internet Explorer object. You just put the click line in there. It doesn't work that way. You were given a whole script for a reason. The script HIAC showed also includes the part that waits for the website to load. This is why you really can't do this if you're looking for a single command like you said in your first post. You have to learn and implement the whole approach.

[rockinrick28]

Ok, good to know. I figured out a different way around finding the element by its ID. However,

while pwb.busy or pwb.ReadyState !=4
sleep, 10

Are these the lines that cause it to wait?

[boiler]

Yes, that's correct, but it won't work if you don't set up the object.

[rockinrick28]

Ok, gotcha. You mean opening up the webpage with:

pwb := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
pwb.Visible := true
pwb.Navigate("MyWebPage")

when you say "setting up the object", right? What if i have a different way of getting to the webpage?

[boiler]

Yes, like that. You need to use that method.

[rockinrick28]

Ok. thank you, I got it to work. Thank you both for your help.

[rynsp8]

I've got a question, and I might be able to read this in the documentation, but I'm assuming that pwb is just a variable name? Or is it a standard naming convention needed for creating and object?

And

pwb := ComObjectCreate("InternetExplorer.Application") takes Internet Explorer and places it into a manageable object to be manipulated more simply in AHK?