Use Excel VBA to click on a button in Internet Explorer, when the button has no “name” associated

Question

I\'m trying to use excel to automate the value entering in a time sheet. The time sheet is on a web page. Right now I\'m able to load the page, enter my username and passwo

Answer 1

CSS selector:

Use a CSS selector of img[src='images/toolbar/b_edit.gif']

This says select element(s) with img tag with attribute src having value of 'images/toolbar/b_edit.gif'

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CSS query:

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VBA:

You can apply the selector with the .querySelector method of document.

IE.document.querySelector("img[src='images/toolbar/b_edit.gif']").Click

Answer 2

With the kind help from Tim Williams, I finally figured out the last détails that were missing. Here's the final code below.

Private Sub Open_multiple_sub_pages_from_main_page()


Dim i As Long
Dim IE As Object
Dim Doc As Object
Dim objElement As Object
Dim objCollection As Object
Dim buttonCollection As Object
Dim valeur_heure As Object


' Create InternetExplorer Object
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
' You can uncoment Next line To see form results
IE.Visible = True

' Send the form data To URL As POST binary request
IE.navigate "http://webpage.com/"

' Wait while IE loading...
While IE.Busy
        DoEvents
Wend


Set objCollection = IE.Document.getElementsByTagName("input")

i = 0
While i < objCollection.Length
    If objCollection(i).Name = "txtUserName" Then
        ' Set text for search
        objCollection(i).Value = "1234"
    End If
    If objCollection(i).Name = "txtPwd" Then
        ' Set text for search
        objCollection(i).Value = "password"
    End If

    If objCollection(i).Type = "submit" And objCollection(i).Name = "btnSubmit" Then ' submit button if found and set
        Set objElement = objCollection(i)
    End If
    i = i + 1
Wend
objElement.Click    ' click button to load page

' Wait while IE re-loading...
While IE.Busy
        DoEvents
Wend

' Show IE
IE.Visible = True
Set Doc = IE.Document

Dim links, link

Dim j As Integer                                                                    'variable to count items
j = 0
Set links = IE.Document.getElementById("dgTime").getElementsByTagName("a")
n = links.Length
While j <= n                                    'loop to go thru all "a" item so it loads next page
    links(j).Click
    While IE.Busy
        DoEvents
    Wend
    '-------------Do stuff here:  copy field value and paste in excel sheet.  Will post another question for this------------------------
    IE.Document.getElementById("DetailToolbar1_lnkBtnSave").Click              'save
    Do While IE.Busy
        Application.Wait DateAdd("s", 1, Now)                                   'wait
    Loop
    IE.Document.getElementById("DetailToolbar1_lnkBtnCancel").Click            'close
    Do While IE.Busy
        Application.Wait DateAdd("s", 1, Now)                                   'wait
    Loop
    Set links = IE.Document.getElementById("dgTime").getElementsByTagName("a")
    j = j + 2
Wend    
End Sub

Answer 3

IE.Document.getElementById("dgTime").getElementsByTagName("a")(0).Click

EDIT: to loop through the collection (items should appear in the same order as they are in the source document)

Dim links, link 

Set links = IE.Document.getElementById("dgTime").getElementsByTagName("a")

'For Each loop
For Each link in links
    link.Click
Next link

'For Next loop
Dim n, i
n = links.length
For i = 0 to n-1 Step 2
    links(i).click
Next I