I'm new to scripting. I am trying to automate some web form filling tasks.
I was able to do most parts where there was as HTML "ID" tag assigned.
For instance,
If the form has this:
<input type="text" maxlength="30" size="30" value=" " name="desc" id ="id1"></input>
I used something like below code to assign a value to the Textbox.
oIE.Document.All.Item("id1").Value = "MESSIAH1"
However, there are some forms that I am handling that have (code below):
<input type="text" maxlength="30" size="30" value=" " name="desc"></input>
No "Id", just "name"
What do we do here? Any pointers? In general, my question is how would I fill / access forms (elements) when I don't have an associated HTML "ID" , but just a "name".
Appreciate all help
*If it matters, I'm running VBSCRIPT on IE8.
getElementsByName returns an HTMLCollection. You can access the value of the first item like this:
document.getElementsByName("desc").item(0).value
Or like this:
document.getElementsByName("desc")[0].value
More info: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCollection