another1one Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 How could Macro Express be used to input data into html forms? Is it possible if I know the names of the inputs in the html? Can't use the mouse, since they would render in different places in the window based on browser size or screen resolution. The only other option seems to be tabbing between them, but that may not be as reliable as I'd like. So... can info somehow be entered directly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another1one Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Anyone? So far the best solution appears to be using ctrl+f and finding text then tabbing in, but that's not as reliable as I'd like, certain strings could appear more than once, and I don't know if it would be compatible with all browsers (certainly Firefox and IE6 handle it differently, and I've no idea about IE7). But it would be really neat if there was a way - even using some code outside of ME - to enter into the form fields by knowing the html element name. Any ideas? Anyone do anything similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdspieg Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Well I'm a newbie myself, but I've done this by using Ctrl-F and tabs (Ctrl-F to find a word just prior to the field that has to be filled in) and then Tab (to get in that field). Worked fine for me - and should also be browser-independent. -Stephan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernd.Frisch Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 And here is the real bad news: This will not work anymore with the new IE 7.0 - Heaven knows how you can move around a window. I fear we'll have to use {Tab} a hundred times or stick with the old IE 6.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathos Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 or stick with the old IE 6.0. What about changing to a better web explorer like Opera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another1one Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 The issue is that I am writing the macro for others to use. If it were for myself, I'd simply write it so that it worked in Firefox and be done with it. But as most people go on ignorantly using IE, I need it to work in that. ctrl+f doesn't work in IE7? Yikes... I thought that version was supposedly an improvement. I'd be willing to do some coding outside of ME if anyone knows anything that can work with html... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I've just done a quick test of Ctrl-F using IE7. It still works, albeit in a different way. Ctrl-F brings up the same dialog box as in IE6 where you enter your search term. If you then close the dialog box and press F3: - under IE6 this locates the next occurrence of your search string without redisplaying the dialog box - under IE7 this redisplays the dialog box with your search term; in order to do the next search, you have to press Alt-N for Next and close the dialog box again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another1one Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Thanks. I've opted not to use ctrl+f in the macro. A lot of the text on the form appeared elsewhere on the page anyway. The form at least uses javascript to open and close various subsections, so I'm having the user click on the collapse all link, then grabbing the mouse location of the link so the macro can click on it later. The I can tab into each section. I don't particularly like tabbing through everything, but it seems to be the best option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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