trying to manipulate website thru vba

[JimCarney6]

I'm having an issue attempting to manipulate a website with vba. It is a secure website so I cant post it. I need suggestions i can test or if someone can explain what i'm missing.

so far i can open the website & login, no issue & i can click the button to navigate to the search screen, here i hit the wall. all i need to do is fill in a text box (then hit search). when i inspect the element on the text box I get:

however, it seems it's really a control group. this code:
Set HTMLInputs = HTMLDoc.getElementsByClassName
For Each HTMLInput In HTMLInputs
Debug.Print "ClassName:" & HTMLInput.className, "TagName:" & HTMLInput.tagName, "ID:" & HTMLInput.Id, "InnerText:" & LTrim(HTMLInput.innerText)
If InStr(HTMLInput.innerText, "Policy") > 0 Then
HTMLInput.value = "9509966270"
Exit For
End If
Next HTMLInput

looped successfully & found the field (i thought) but i cannot input into the text box. is it possible to tell what the item is that i'm looping thru in the elements collection? maybe i'm hitting a label not a text box. is it possible that its connected to the text box i want (it is the right text, just above it on the web page. i also saw something on using setattribute on an aria. any advice appreciated! thank you!
-Jim

 

[John_w]

Your getElementsByClassName is wrong because it requires the class name as its string argument.

is it possible to tell what the item is that i'm looping thru in the elements collection? maybe i'm hitting a label not a text box.

Output HTMLInput.outerHTML to see the full HTML of the element. A text input element has type="text", so look for HTMLInput.type = "text".