Function Reference

_IEGetObjByName

Returns an object variable by name or id.

#include <IE.au3>
_IEGetObjByName ( ByRef $o_object, $s_Id [, $i_index = 0] )

 

Parameters

$o_object Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Window or Frame object
$s_Id Specifies name or id of the object you wish to match
$i_index Optional: If name of id occurs more than once, specifies instance by 0-based index
0 (Default) or positive integer returns an indexed instance
-1 returns a collection of the specified objects

 

Return Value

Success: Returns an object variable pointing to the specified Object, @EXTENDED = specified object count
Failure: Returns 0 and sets @ERROR
@Error: 0 ($_IEStatus_Success) = No Error
3 ($_IEStatus_InvalidDataType) = Invalid Data Type
7 ($_IEStatus_NoMatch) = No Match
@Extended: Contains invalid parameter number

 

Remarks

This function will return an object reference to any object in the document with a specified name.

 

Related

None.

 

Example


; *******************************************************
; Example 1 - Open a browser to the form example, get an object reference
;               to the element with the name "ExampleForm".  In this case the
;               result is identical to using $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "ExampleForm")
; *******************************************************
;
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IE_Example ("form")
$oForm = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "ExampleForm")