Database Search

TechHome

User Samples

• !! Getting started with MSIE !!!
• !! Webpage Element Explorer !!
• Accessing Download File Dialog Box
• Accessing New IE Window
• Analyze HTML Sample Code
• Automate Input into Form
• Automate name change in Yahoo Mail Account
• BeforeNavigate2 Example
• Calander in MSIE
• Cannot Find Form Name
• Check a Radio Button on Web Page
• Check Checkbox in Web Page
• Check if URL is Open in IE
• Click Form Buttons
• Click on Button with No Name and No ID
• Click on Input Type Image
• Convert HTML Hex to Unicode String
• Dealing with iFrames
• Delete Temporary Internet Files Cache
• Determine if Check box is checked on Webpage
• DHMTL Type Ahead Search
• DHTML Download Webpage Complete
• DHTML Reference Link
• Display a Browser Print Preview Page
• Display data in a Columnar or Grid format
• Distinguish between IE window and a Windows Explorer window
• Download Complete Webpage
• Embed an Active X Object into MSIE
• Example of Using the IE Object Interface.
• Example of using the IE Object Interface
• ExecCommand Saveas dialog problem
• Execute a Java Script from a Webpage
• Execute JScript function via OLE
• Extract Column from HTML Table
• Fiind Unnamed Form
• Find a Link in a Webpage then Click on it
• Find Current MSIE Window Object Handle
• Fire a ONMOUSEOVER MSIE Event via Ole
• Geocoder Return Latitude and Longitude for an Address
• Get Current Open MSIE Screen
• Get Data From a Webpage
• Get Objects in MSIE Form
• Get page contents in IE
• Get text from HTML pages
• Get Webpage Links
• Getting an OLE document handle for an open MSIE window
• Gmail Login
• Go Back to Previous Web Page
• Grab Url of Active Window
• How to Access Frame Object in InternetExplorer
• How to Check a Checkbox When They All Have the Same Name
• How to Click on a URL link on a Web Page
• How to Launch IE with Several Tabs
• How to Test if Page is Loaded under IE4
• HTML Analysis
• HTML Extender Replacement code
• HTML to Text conversion with Internet Explorer 5
• IE Analyzer
• IE9 Click or Focus Methods Fail
• Ignore Java script code in webbpage
• Insert Data into IE Web Form INPUT Controls
• Internet Explorer No Title Bar Or Options
• Internet Explorer OLE Developer Scripts
• Inventory Frames
• Launch Application from HTML Page
• List Links on a Webpage
• Locate a String on a Webpage
• Log onto the WebBoard via OLE
• MSIE Context menu Example
• MSIE Download URL Example
• MSIE OLE Popup Killer
• Navigate Url Error
• OLE - Reading a web page
• OLE Event Examples
• OLE Get User Input from HTML Form
• OLE HTTPS Download with Client Certificate
• OLE MSIE Enter Userid and Password
• OLE MSIE Hints
• OLE to Return Links and Anchors on Webpage
• Open MSIE with OLE
• Quick Explanation of the Internet Application Object Model
• Read Java Script From a Web Page
• Reading Text in Multiple MSIE Frames
• Remove Title Bar from IE
• Save As Complete Web Page
• Saving data with MSIE and OLE
• See What Buttons Pushed in MSIE
• Select Option and Button Example
• Set Focus on HTML Form Control
• Setting Focus on an HTML Control
• SHDOCVW dll
• Spanish OLE-MSIE UDFs
• UAC Manifest Setting Triggers 1129 Error
• URL monitor
• Use DHTML to Create a Dialog to View a Report
• Users Collection of OLE MSIE Scripts
• Using MSIE from a WinBatch front end
• Using WB OLE to Automate MSIE and Dynamic HTML
• WebPage Inventory
• WebPage Link Lister
• WindowOnTop Problem With IE9
• Working with Multiple Tabs in Internet Explorer
• Zoom IE Window

Can't find the information you are looking for here? Then leave a message over on our WinBatch Tech Support Forum.

Quick Explanation of the Internet Application Object Model

Question:

#definesubroutine startMSIE(url)
	Browser = objectopen("InternetExplorer.Application")
	Browser.addressbar = @false
	Browser.statusbar = @false
	Browser.menubar = @false
	Browser.toolbar = @false
	browser.visible = @true
	browser.navigate(url)
	; wait until page loads...
   WaitForPageLoad()
	; setup the document object...
	browserDoc = Browser.Document
	all = browserdoc.all
	return(browser)
#endsubroutine

#DefineSubroutine WaitForPageLoad()  ; assume Browser
   While browser.busy || browser.readystate == 1
      TimeDelay(0.5)
   EndWhile
   While browser.Document.ReadyState != "complete"
      TimeDelay(0.5)
   EndWhile
   return
#EndSubroutine

Answer:

; setup the document object...
browserDoc = Browser.Document
all = browserdoc.all

When you navigate to an HTML page the HTML is contained inside what MSHTML (microsoft HTML) calls a ".Document". Inside the document is everything contained in the document or what MSHTML refers to is ".All" (all objects, collections etc).

From there it's possible to break it down into smaller and smaller portions, where you can refer to a specific item on the page.

The object model uses two sources (primarily)

The browser (the program that supports HTML) and the MSHTML (the actual HTML details).

Long answer:

If you have MS Office, open MS Excel hit ALT-F11 and you'll see the VBA Editor.

Go up to the TOOLS menu and click REFERENCES. Go down the list until you find the section that starts with Microsoft.

Check:

• Microsoft Internet Controls (shdocvw.dll)
• Microsoft HTML Object Library (MSHTML.TLB)

Click OK, and then hit F2. The object browser opens. Go up to the top where it says ALL LIBRARIES and find SHDOCVW and click it.

Down below, click on INTERNETEXPLORER. See if you can find all the items coded up to and including .Document

Then once you do, go up and change SHDOCVW with MSHTML. Find HTMLDOCUMENT (where you saw INTERNETEXPLORER) and click it.

You've now found the link from the browser to the actual HTML.

Now depending on your knowledge and resourcefulness you have to find how each of these link to other parts of the HTML.

Article ID:   W16131

File Created: 2004:08:02:10:52:46

Last Updated: 2004:08:02:10:52:46