perl script using Win32::IEAutomation

guruk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Folks,

I am using Perl module Win32::IEAutomation for automating a web page which is implented using iceface.

I am trying to click on a image which has the following html code: <input alt="Incidents" class="iceCmdBtn" id="_id68:_id79" name="_id68:_id79" onblur="setFocus('');" onclick="iceSubmit(form,this,event);return false;" onfocus="setFocus(this.id);" src="/ipss/images/avaya/esp/nav_inc_def.bmp" type="image">

I'm using the below code to click on the above image in my script:

$ie->getImage('alt:',"Incidents")->Click;

But I get the below error when I run my script: Can't call method "Click" on an undefined value at ieauto.pl line 23. I tried other attributes of getImage like class, id, imgurl ..., but still I am unble to redirect my page to the desired link. My script works fine with other web pages, but with Iceface I think there is a problem recognizing the objects.

Please help me in this as this is blocking my work. Please treat it as important. Thanks in advance Guru Charan

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Re: perl script using Win32::IEAutomation by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 23, 2007 at 16:42 UTC
I guess that there is no image matching what you tell us. Have you tried pasting the HTML into a separate file to see if it matches what you think? I can only recommend to you to make your code more robust by using the following: `my $image = $ie->getImage('alt:', "Incidents"); if (! $image) { die "Couldn't find 'Incidents' image on the current page."; }; $image->Click();` [download] As an aside, I don't really care if this is "blocking your work", and queries are not "treated as important" here based on your saying so.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: perl script using Win32::IEAutomation
by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 23, 2007 at 16:42 UTC

I guess that there is no image matching what you tell us. Have you tried pasting the HTML into a separate file to see if it matches what you think?

I can only recommend to you to make your code more robust by using the following:

my $image = $ie->getImage('alt:', "Incidents");
if (! $image) {
    die "Couldn't find 'Incidents' image on the current page.";
};
$image->Click();
[download]

As an aside, I don't really care if this is "blocking your work", and queries are not "treated as important" here based on your saying so.

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[d/l]