IETags Set Dropdown Value

[Dominic_Fichera]

Hey guys,

I'm having some troubles using WebRecorder Functions to set the value of a dropdown menu. Was hoping someone might be able to lend a hand.

I need to change the dropdown from the default value ("Name") to "EntityID (Unique ID)"

I can change it by using "press down", but want to use the WebRecorder Functions as then I don't have to "focus" on Internet Explorer.

Here is an image of the screen that would be open, including part of the source code, if it helps. (Here is the direct link http://i58.tinypic.com/2ccsepx.png)



Please just let me know if you need more information as I have never done this before

Thanks in advance!

Dominic

[Marcus Tettmar]

Well, you would normally just do:

IEFormFill>ie_ref,,,SELECT,NameofSelect,Entity (Unique ID),res

But if that doesn't work then there's more to this select than meets the eye. Web sites are tricky beasts. Without seeing it and being able to try it I can't tell you what will work. If I can try it and it doesn't work I can't necessarily explain WHY it doesn't work, but I can play about and find a method that might work.

[Dominic_Fichera]

Hi Marcus,

Thanks so much for that! It did the trick!

Now, the last barrier I need to overcome is after the script searches for a user, it needs to select it.

The results (after the script has searched) looks like this:


Currently, the following script does work, but only in a testing scenario

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IETagEventByAttrib>{%varAdvancedSearchURL%},A,innertext=Woods,click,

The code is obviously looking for the name "Woods" to click on it, but with different users, the name won't remain the same.

Is there anyway to make it a bit more of a "click this general area for a hyperlink" instruction?

Alternatively, when I use the IE Element Wizard, it gives me this:

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IETagEventByAttrib>{varAdvancedSearchURL},A,href=javascript:editRecord("/merced/content/home/left-nav/hidden/PersonRecordEditorContentItem_CustomerManagement","Person","Person",94658426),click,

But this doesn't work.

I know there's a whole jumble of information here, but if by some magic you can make sense of it, I would be forever grateful!

Dominic