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[jethrow]

How advanced do you want to go? If you're using IE, the most effective way would be using COM, but that is a little more advanced. Otherwise, I would recommend using Javascript, which can be fed throught the URL Address Bar of most popular webbrowsers.

[jethrow]

Here's a COM example (requires COM Standard Library - see my signature)

Here's a Javascript example (not Java :wink: ) - simpler - IMO better for a noobie

Where can I read and learn the basics on this topic ...

W3Schools is a great website.

[jethrow]

I recently had this conversation with someone - it might prove useful to you

Try this:

javascript: alert(frames.length)

This reports 2.

I might try seeing if the element is in one of the frames. I would go about this by checking the innerText (or innerHTML) of each frame to see if the element is in one of those frames. This can be done like this (note the collection starts at 0 - so you would check frame[0] & frame[1]):

javascript: alert(frames[0].document.documentElement.innerText) ; or innerHTML

If you do find that the element is in one of the frames, try clicking it like this:

javascript: frames[[color=red]#[/color]].document.all.name.click()

If you still have no luck, see if there are frames within this frame (this can get frustrating - I know ):

javascript: alert(frames[[color=red]#[/color]].frames.length)

I would keep working down into the frames until I found for sure what frame the element is in, then use the entire path to try to click it with javascript. I have some webpages at work that require something like this:

javascript: frames[2].frames[3].frames[1].document.all.name.click()

[tank]

<!-- m -->https://ahknet.autoh... ... corder.zip<!-- m -->

the above link will give you frame depth by simply hmoving your mouse over an element

[jethrow]

@ tank - very nice! I hadn't specifically noted this functionallity in your program. I noticed it gives frame depth, as you stated, but I didn't notice the frame index numbers (frame[1].frame[3].frame[2]). Am I just missing this? Or do you have any plans of implementing this in the future? (or is there a more effective way of accessing this frame that I don't know about?)

[tank]

@ tank - very nice! I hadn't specifically noted this functionallity in your program. I noticed it gives frame depth, as you stated, but I didn't notice the frame index numbers (frame[1].frame[3].frame[2]). Am I just missing this? Or do you have any plans of implementing this in the future? (or is there a more effective way of accessing this frame that I don't know about?)

Its already there IMO Seans Element Spy does this as well

edit see image

notice it shows frame1 this is one frame in from the primary document
it shows the frame element is at sourceindex 46 and has an id but no name

but no it will not show the frame index itself because i havent nor has Sean found an applicable programatic way of doing it

[tank]

of course but you will need to use or write your own com library based functions to do so
iWeb functions
but i dont have the time for a thourogh walk thru

com_init()
pwb:=iweb_getwin("somepage title")
iweb_clickdomobj(pwb,"text of link you wish to click")

[jethrow]

but no it will not show the frame index itself because i havent nor has Sean found an applicable programatic way of doing it

duh jethrow, why don't you just access the frames by name/id. See, I learn eventually

@vanessa - you already have the element id - why not access it by that?

javascript: document.all.[color=red]id=[/color]s_1_1_7_0_mb.click()

EDIT - see the next post by tank :oops: - don't include the id=

[tank]

@vanessa - you already have the element id - why not access it by that?

javascript: document.all.id=s_1_1_7_0_mb.click()

dont you mean

javascript: document.all.s_1_1_7_0_mb.click()