Different Newbie, Different question(s)

pauls · Post by **pauls** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:37 pm

I'm pretty new to Macro Scheduler (and scripting generally). I'd like to get it to check all the checkboxes on a web page. There aren't really captions, or not consistent ones. I played around with SetChekBox but couldn't get it to do anything. Any suggestions?

Also, there is a single text box onthe same page which I would like to send text into, but it moves around. There is text next to it which I presume I could anchor to. No luck for with GetListItem. Any suggestions on this as well?

Thanks a lot.
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Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:22 pm

SetCheckBox won't work for web pages. Instead you can use WebRecorder or VBScript to automate IE.

pauls · Post by **pauls** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:56 pm

Thanks for that.
I'm afraid VBScript and Webrecorder are beyond my current skill set. Any suggestions on where to go for more guidance?
I did a quick read on Webrecorder on the mjtnet website - what makes it different from Macro Scheduler?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:09 am

WebRecorder records activity in Internet Explorer and creates Macro Scheduler code. It is not to be compared with Macro Scheduler. It requires Macro Scheduler. Try the eval. You can record web activity, import the code into Macro Scheduler and run it. With some web pages you may have to tweak the code a bit, but it takes all the effort out of identifying objects in web pages and building code for them.