[jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd Delimiters
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:48:37 -0400
Thanks Brian, that will make my code more reusable in the future! Strange
thing. I found an INPUT element after the last visible graphic action
button. There are many elements in these forms that have a type="hidden",
including 2 after the button. The problem is that this INPUT element does
not have a type, name or value attribute! I looked through the HTML source
and could not find such an element. Could it be finding a search box in an
IE Toolbar? To eliminate this element, I changed your code to:
if o.type == "password" then
SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "password field found! i = " + IntToString (i))
Let iFields = iFields + 1
Elif ( o.type == "text"
|| o.type == "" )
&& o.name != "" then
SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Text Edit field found! i = " + IntToString (i))
Let iFields = iFields + 1
...
EndIf
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:33 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd Delimiters
> Nothing too bad, just a tune up and some hardware removal.
>
> If there is no type attribute set, it's safe to assume that it is a text
> field. There should not be any default maxlength however if none is
> stated,
> though there may be a visible size default, but I'm not sure what this is
> if
> so.
>
> If the input is type=image, then this would indicate the same lement type
> as
> type=button. The only difference is that type=image allows the displaying
> of
> an image instead of the default type=button display.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Bryan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:13 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd
> Delimiters
>
>
>> Thanks Brian,
>>
>> Hope you are feeling better! I hope the surgery was something they were
>> fixing and things are better now. I have had more surgeries than I can
>> count. Many were not intended to 'fix' things.
>>
>> Does that if a form field is not specified as a particular type, that it
>> is
>> a "text" edit field by default? Is it given a default size and Max
>> length
>> as well? On a similar note, if the INPUT element is specified as type =
>> "image", can it be anything other than a class = "actionbutton" element?
>> It
>> is true on these badly written mobile pages, but can I generalize that
>> statement?
>>
>> Don Marang
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:26 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd
>> Delimiters
>>
>>
>>> Hi, sorry for not getting back sooner, I recently had surgery, so have
>>> been
>>> out of commission.
>>>
>>> The short answer is that not using a type attribute within an input
>>> element
>>> is bad coding.
>>>
>>> Since you are scripting someone elses page though, and only some of the
>>> edit
>>> fields don't contain a type attribute, then you could check for the
>>> following using the o object as mentioned before...
>>>
>>> if o.type == "text" || o.type == "" then
>>> ; then o is an edit field
>>> endif
>>>
>>> hope this helps.
>>> Bryan
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 4:32 PM
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd
>>> Delimiters
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks Brian,
>>>>
>>>> I ended up using your method in a function that gathers all of the
>>>> information I was looking for at one time. I now use this loop
>>>> starting
>>>> at
>>>> the last element and working backwards. While in the loop, I count the
>>>> buttons, and password / edit fields on the page. It passes back the
>>>> Edit
>>>> Field count, the name of the first edit field, the count of buttons,
>>>> and
>>>> returns the object pointer of the first button as the return value.
>>>>
>>>> I could not figure out how to identify an Edit field. The Edit fields
>>>> sometimes only have a name attribute. Currently the function only
>>>> identifies the username and search edit fields by name! Not a
>>>> generic,portable solution. Does anyone know a better way to identify
>>>> an
>>>> Edit field? Would there be an attribute that would always be null in a
>>>> form,
>>>> but all other control types in the form would return something?
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps I should just pass back the object pointer of the first Edit
>>>> field
>>>> as well and return all information as parameters by reference to make
>>>> it
>>>> more generic. That way it might be more useful in other cases. As it
>>>> is,
>>>> I
>>>> call this function 3 times in this application. I will paste the
>>>> function
>>>> below in case anyone is interested. I welcome all comments so that I
>>>> can
>>>> eventually learn how to script right.
>>>> Object Function FieldInfo (int ByRef iFields, string ByRef sFirstEdit,
>>>> int
>>>> ByRef iButtons)
>>>> Var
>>>> Object dom,
>>>> Object array,
>>>> Object o,
>>>> Int l,
>>>> Int i,
>>>> Object oEdit,
>>>> Object oButton,
>>>> String sName
>>>> let dom = IEGetCurrentDocument()
>>>> let array = dom.getElementsByTagName("input")
>>>> Let l = array.length
>>>> let i = l
>>>> Let iFields = 0
>>>> Let iButtons = 0
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "length = " + IntToString (l))
>>>> while i >= 0
>>>> let o = array(i)
>>>> if o.type == "password" then
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "password field found! i = " + IntToString (i))
>>>> Let iFields = iFields + 1
>>>> Let oEdit = o
>>>> Let sFirstEdit = o.name
>>>> ElIf o.class == "actionbutton" then
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Action button found! i = " + IntToString (i))
>>>> Let sName = o.value
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "value = " + sName)
>>>> Let iButtons = iButtons + 1
>>>> Let oButton = o
>>>> ElIf o.type == "image" then
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Button Image found! i = " + IntToString (i))
>>>> Let sName = o.value
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "value = " + sName)
>>>> Let iButtons = iButtons + 1
>>>> Let oButton = o
>>>> ElIf o.name == "userName" then
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Username field found! i = " + IntToString (i))
>>>> Let iFields = iFields + 1
>>>> Let oEdit = o
>>>> Let sFirstEdit = o.name
>>>> ElIf o.name == "testInput" then
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Search field found! i = " + IntToString (i))
>>>> Let iFields = iFields + 1
>>>> Let oEdit = o
>>>> Let sFirstEdit = o.name
>>>> endif
>>>> Let i = i - 1
>>>> EndWhile
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Edit field count = " + IntToString (iFields))
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "First Edit field = " + sFirstEdit)
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Button count = " + IntToString (iButtons))
>>>> Let sName = oButton.value
>>>> SayMessage (OT_DEBUG, "Button value = " + sName)
>>>> Return oButton
>>>> EndFunction
>>>> Don Marang
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:17 PM
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: The GetListOfFormFields function annd
>>>> Delimiters
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You could do something like the following to loop through all relevant
>>>>> password form fields...
>>>>>
>>>>> var object dom, object array, object o, int i
>>>>> let dom = IEGetCurrentDocument()
>>>>> let array = dom.getElementsByTagName("input")
>>>>> let i = 0
>>>>> while(i < array.length)
>>>>> let o = array(i)
>>>>> if o.type == "password" then
>>>>>
>>>>> ; here is each instance of a password field within the o object.
>>>>>
>>>>> endif
>>>>> let i = i + 1
>>>>> endWhile
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:58 PM
>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] The GetListOfFormFields function annd
>>>>> Delimiters
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have been attempting to determine the number of Edit fields on a web
>>>>>>page. I have tried to pull that information from the DOM, but I am
>>>>>>not
>>>>>>grasping how to create a collection of edit / password fields. As a
>>>>>>backup, I attempted to use the GetListOfFormFields function. I can
>>>>>>use
>>>>>>this function and then pass the returned string to the
>>>>>> DlgSelectItemInList function without any problems. The
>>>>>> DlgSelectItemInList function will display the list showing and
>>>>>> separating
>>>>>> the segments properly. However, the GetListOfFormFields function has
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> delimeter as the first parameter, it does not use the delimeter
>>>>>> specified!
>>>>>> Therefore, I can not use StringSegmentCount to determine how many
>>>>>> segments
>>>>>> are in the list. I wrote my own MyStringSegnentCount before I
>>>>>> noticed
>>>>>> that the GetListOfFormFields is at fault instead and does not use the
>>>>>> delimiter as the documentation suggests. Does anyone know how the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DlgSelectItemInList function determines how to split up the
>>>>>> segments?
>>>>>> Is
>>>>>> there a error in my logic or use in the test example below? Can
>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>> suggest a robust method to obtain the number of edit / password
>>>>>> fields
>>>>>> visible on a web page?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a test function demonstrating the improper use of delimiters
>>>>>> returned in the GetListOfFormFields:
>>>>>> Script SegmentTest ()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Var
>>>>>>
>>>>>> String sTestString,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> String sDelimiter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Int iSegments
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let sDelimiter = "|"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let sTestString = "UserID/ email: Edit|password Edit| line 3 \tEdit"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let sTestString = GetListOfFormFields (sDelimiter , WT_EDIT)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ; InputBox ("Enter new string: ", "Here is the full string!",
>>>>>> sTestString)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let iSegments = StringSegmentCount (sTestString, sDelimiter)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SayInteger (iSegments)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EndScript
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don Marang
>>>>>>
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