IE Automation combobox

[Daril]

I am 99% finished a little application that will automate a bunch of web
procedures at work for me. So I can basically start it up on my laptop,
and let the application do it's work. The only problem I am having is
that a combobox in the web application has an onchange() event set. Is
there anyway at all using the Microsoft Internet Controls (or any other
control set) to make the drop-down box fill with the appropriate
selection?

I have tried:

Sub SetTheDropDown()

Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Visible = True

ie.navigate2 "{web address}"
[login procedure to address]
[click a link to bring me to the right screen]

DropDownName = "_cboDefaultPortfolio"

For Each Tag In ie.Document.all.tags("option")
'This loop get's the ID for the dropdown
Debug.Print Tag.innerText
If Tag.innerText = "SaveAllDocuments (portfolio)" Then
DropID = Tag.Value
Set Ipf = ie.Document.all.Item(DropName)
Ipf.Value = DropID
Exit For
End If
Next Tag

ie.quit
Set ie=nothing
End Sub

The thing is that when I do this the combobox value changes, but the
onchange() event does not fire. I tried running ie.navigate javascript()
with that code, but all it does is put a number up on my screen. Then I
was hoping Ipf.Click would open up the combobox, and then I could use
SendKeys to send a unique first key like |. Then I tried using
"SendKeys" to send the tab command to try to reach the combobox, and the
selecting from there.

If you actually click on the combobox dropdown, and make a new selection
the screen refreshes and saves the selected portfolio as the default
portfolio.

Is there any other way to interact with a selection/combobox? I could not
find anything at all using Google search, and it frustrates me to no end
that I am so close, but this one item is stopping me.

Andy

 

[alex_f_il]

The onChange event doesn't fire if value is changed programmatically.
The simpiest way is to call onChange function directly. The complex way
is to similute windows messages.

You can also look at SWExplorerAutomation SWEA
(http://webunittesting.com). SWEA greatly simplifies the development
of the automation solutions. SWEA supports frames, html and windows
dialogs, popup windows.