Search text [Ctrl +] & Click on the highlighted text & repea

[oracledba]

I have been searching for more than 2 days now to get some basic idea.

All I have to do is:1. Focus the window
2. Search: CTRL + F and enter the text "Go To" and press Enter
3. Move the mouse over to the highlighted text and Left Click

or

4. Click on the highlighted text .. if there is a direct way

and repeat the loop again.

Can you guys help me how to achieve this ? I have tried various functions unsuccessfully. Thanks!

[Marcus Tettmar]

Hi,

Focusing the window and simulating a ctrl+f to find the text is the easy bit.

The problem is that there isn't really a way to discover the location of the highlighted text and click on it.

Of course a lot depends on the app, but in my experience there is no real way of doing this.

Perhaps we need to look at this another way. What is it you are trying to achieve? What application are you working with? Once the text is found what do you want to do with it?

[oracledba]

Application is Internet Explorer.

I would like to left click on the highlighted text.

[mightycpa]

I did this using IE on your post. I searched for the word Click.

this is what I saw:



The first entry was a particular blue. When I clicked it, the only thing that happened was that it turned yellow. I tried this over and over with different words, and it always acted the same, which makes me wonder why you'd want to click, but anyway, couldn't you use this command

FindImagePos>needle_bitmap,haystack,tolerance,return_offset,X_Array,Y_Array,NumFound[,MatchAlgorithm]

to find a little sliver of those colors? I know it wouldn't be foolproof, but what are the chances that your webpage uses those precise colors? You could probably test for those colors, then disable web page colors if you find them. There's a setting for that, I think.

It's late, or I'd try it myself.

[oracledba]

Well, I am trying to find hyperlinks using Ctrl F.. and move over it and left click.. Any suggestions are of great help!!!! thx

[mightycpa]

Well, do you need to show the action on the screen? If not, you could do

HTTPRequest>

and then parse the result, and create an array of URL's from the anchor tags you find that contain the word "Click", for example, along with the URL.

Then, you could launch or HTTPRequest those pages, depending on what you want to do next.

If you do need to show the action, I guess you could fake it, and just paste the URL in the browser, or launch a new browser window with each URL that you find in the HTTPRequest.

I'm sure you could also do the same with WebRecorder, if you have it, although I personally find working with it difficult. I'm not very familiar with the objects and it is always a struggle for me to do it right. That said, if you can work with its syntax, then I'm sure it will work for you.

[Marcus Tettmar]

To find hyperlinks (Anchor tags) in IE you don't need to use find/replace. Use the IE functions. E.g. use IEGetTags to get an array of all 'A' tags. IEClick will "Click" them. You don't need to mouse over them.