Question

I am trying to click a link on a page, it don’t have any id and not having a unique class name. Only unique thing about the function is the onclick handler

<a href="#" onclick="closepopup('popup', 'popuphandler')" > </a>

I need to click this link via vbscript automation, for the same i tried the code as:

Set allLinks = ie.document.links
for j = 0 to allLinks.length-1
    if allLinks(j).onClick = "closePopup(""popup"",""popupClose"")" then
        allLinks(j).click
        j = allLinks.length 'class name = blueButtonCenter
    end if
Next

But it is not working, please help.

Thanks in advance 🙂

Answer 1

I would try to check if the closePupup is found in the actual javascript, like so:

'safety first
if not isnull(allLinks(j).onClick) then
  if instr(allLinks(j).onClick.toString() ,  "closePopup(""popup"",""popupClose"")" ) > -1 then 
        allLinks(j).click 
        j = allLinks.length 'class name = blueButtonCenter 
  end if 
end if

This assumens onClick delivers a string, (at least in javascript it does and in IE9 and Chrome this works)