Is it possible to use IE_FormFill> and the Tag of an obje

[iggytomcarr]

Hi All,

Sorry if this is a daft question, but i am a new to macro scripter!

I have successful written a script whereby i can extract the price of a product from a supplier's website.

Let>SPAN15_SIZE=4098
IE_ExtractTag>%IE[1]%,,SPAN,15,0,SPAN15,r
MidStr>r_6,1,r,SPAN15

What i am now trying to do is sort of reverse this type of operation and i am trying to use the IE_FormFill command to do this.

The problem i am having is that if i use the "price" identifier IE_FormFill only fills out the first price box on the page (and i need to fill around 10 boxes with the same updated price).

I was wondering if there was a way that i can specify the 'tag' of the boxes i need to update to IE_FormFill?

I would have thought this was possible but I don’t know if I’ve been staring at my computer screen too long now! I just cant seem to work out how to do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

[Marcus Tettmar]

Hi,

At the moment I'm afraid IE_FormFill only supports the Name or ID attributes as identifiers.

[iggytomcarr]

Hi Marcus

Thanks for your very quick reply.

Are you able to show me an code example of how to use the ID attribute with IE_FormFill?

Thanks for your time!

[Marcus Tettmar]

Just specify the ID instead of the Name.

Here's the help topic with the appropriate section bolded.

FormFill
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Function FormFill(IEInst:integer; frame, form, fieldname, fieldvalue, event:pchar):integer; stdcall;


Fills a form field.

IEInst: The identifier of the web browser instance to use.

frame: the name of the frame containing the form field object

form: the name of the form (can be blank if the form has no name).

fieldname: the name of the field to fill. If the field has no name but has an ID attribute, the ID attributed can be specified instead.

fieldvalue: the value to set the field value to.

event: optional parameter that can take one of the following values:

submit: forces the form to submit.

onchange: triggers the field's onchange handler if it has one.



If the field is a SELECT object it is possible to select an item based on it's index, rather than actual value, by specifying fieldvalue as:

#INDEX#:n where n is the zero based index of the item. To select all items in a multi-select SELECT object use #INDEX#:ALL



Returns the number of fields that matched the specified values if successful, 0 if unsuccessful.





Macro Scheduler Usage



Import Method (Requires Macro Scheduler 9.2)



IE_FormFill>IE0,,main_form,firstname,Fred,0,r



LibFunc Method



LibFunc>hIE,FormFill,r,IE0,,main_form,firstname,Fred,0

[iggytomcarr]

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for that information.

So instead of using the name of the field (which in this case is 'price'):

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Let>FrameName={""}
Let>FormName={""}
Let>FieldName={"price"}   //Currently the code looks for a field called 'price'
Let>FieldValue={"%Todays_Cost_Conv%"}
IE_FormFill>%IE[1]%,str:FrameName,str:FormName,str:FieldName,str:FieldValue,0,r

So using the ID attribute the code would look something like this?
(using the webrecorder - it tells me the TAG is 'INPUT 2077')

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Let>FrameName={""}
Let>FormName={""}
Let>FieldName={"INPUT2077"}  //Now code is looking for object INPUT2077???
Let>FieldValue={"%Todays_Cost_Conv%"}
IE_FormFill>%IE[1]%,str:FrameName,str:FormName,str:FieldName,str:FieldValue,0,r

Would this be correct??? Or is the ID completely different to the TAG web recorder is telling me this object's name is?

Thanks for your time!

[Marcus Tettmar]

No, that is not the ID.

Note that the help says that if the element does NOT have a Name then an ID can be used instead. So Name takes precedence. If it DOES have a Name entering an ID will not help.

BUt if you want the ID look at the souce of the page and you may see something like:

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<input NAME="username" ID="username" ....

The ID is the bit after ID=

[iggytomcarr]

Hi Marcus,

Right I understand! - the ID comes from the HTML source itself!

If there is more than one object with an ID of 'price' on a page - is there any way to cycle through them and to fill all of them???

Thanks Again!

[Marcus Tettmar]

No, 'fraid not.