How to target form elements other than by id, class or screen location?

Question

I am trying to fill out a form using Internet Explorer. The webpage contains no id's nor class names. So currently I move the mouse to a relative position based on the size of the screen. But this screen resolution dependency is undesired.

Given the webpage's (internal website) lack of classes/ids, how to target its HTML form inputs, text areas, combo boxes, drop downs, date pickers, and buttons other than by screen location?

Answer 1

You could iterate all input elements to identify the ones you need :

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.com")
$oAs = _IETagnameGetCollection($oIE, "input")
$i = 1
For $oA In $oAs
   _IEPropertySet($oA, "innertext", $i)
   $i = $i + 1
Next  

Next you could use the $i variable to set the right values. In this example the Google search field is the fourth input element so you could fill it out this way:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.com")
$oAs = _IETagnameGetCollection($oIE, "input")
$i = 1
For $oA In $oAs
   If $i = 4 Then _IEPropertySet($oA, "innertext", "MyValue")
   $i = $i + 1
Next