Getting name of Javascript modal popup

[ddotson]

Good afternoon,

I continue to work through a project, whereby I am going to particular web pages and entering information.. I have came to another wall. During my code, a javascript modal popup rears its head, for which I have no control over. I have tried to use GetElementsby...., to no avail. The issue is that this is a new object, and I have no idea how to reference it. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, like always!

 

[V_Malkoti]

If you want to just click on the default button of pop-up, you can use AppActivate to bring pop-up in focus and then send keys to perform operation. Something like this:

set oWS = createobject("wscript.shell")
oWS.AppActivate("Dialog box title")
WScript.sleep 200
oWS.Sendkeys "{enter}"

 

[ddotson]

Thanks for the reply. Once the popup shows, it has two drop down and two date fields, for which I need control so that I can loop through the options and select the one that I am trying to manipulate, which I do not think I can accomplish with sendkeys?

 

[Norie]

I the popup another instance of IE? Or is it a Java applet?

 

[ddotson]

It seems to be a Java applet, per one of our application developers (I am business / data analysis)..

 

[Norie]

If that's the case then I think the only way you might be able to work with it would be to use the Windows API, and I'm not even sure how that would work - if it did.

Is there any way you can avoid it?

 

[ddotson]

Thank you Norie - I do not think there is anyway that I can avoid it... May have just killed my process.

 

[ddotson]

Norie - any idea what tool I would use from API to get this accomplished?

 

[Norie]

Long time since I've worked with the API but I think you'd be looking at using FindWindows, SendMessage and that sort of thing.

PS Are you sure it's an applet? What happens when you right click somewhere on it?

 

[ddotson]

When I right click on it, I get Back, Reload, Save As, Print, Translate to English, etc... Does not change when I move from the pop out to the main page.