Setting aDrop down list in a Webviewer form

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I’m trying to populate a drop down list on a web page.
I have been able to get other type of fields to work but not drop downs.
The others that work I used MBS Webviewer functions but couldn’t get them to work with drop downs.

Here are some details. I have never used java. Feel free to laugh at how wrong this may be!!

FORM NAME IS - misADForm
Webviewer Name is - Web
I think the item is - #ad_item_822_3913_0_0

MBS Form utility gives me this -

MBS( "WebView.SetFormInputValue" ; $WebViewerRef; 1; "ad_item_822_3913_0"; $Value )MBS( "WebView.SetFormInputValue" ; $WebViewerRef; 1; "ad_item_822_3913_0"; $Value )

I have tried this with no luck -
MBS( "WebView.SetFormInputValue" ; "Web"; 1; "ad_item_822_3913_0"; 3 )

My latest of many Script attempts:

Let(

[

webViewerName = "Web";

windowRef = MBS("Window.FindByTitle"; Get ( WindowName ));

webViewerID = MBS("WebView.FindByName"; windowRef; webViewerName)

];

Case(

webViewerID = 0; "Web Viewer "" & webViewerName & "" Not Found: " &windowRef ;

MBS("WebView.RunJavaScript"; webViewerID; "document.misADForm.#ad_item_822_3913_0_0.selectedIndex =1" ) )

)

The Html for the Drop down is -

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You could try a variant in your last line of non-trivial code shown above.

Instead of:

MBS("WebView.RunJavaScript"; webViewerID; "document.misADForm.#ad_item_822_3913_0_0.selectedIndex =1" ) )

Try something like:

MBS("WebView.RunJavaScript"; webViewerID; "document.forms.misADForm.elements.ad_item_822_3913_0_0.selectedIndex = 1" ) )

or:

MBS("WebView.RunJavaScript"; webViewerID; "document.forms[ 'misADForm' ].elements[ 'ad_item_822_3913_0_0' ].selectedIndex = 1" ) )

Note that these suggestions are just guesses based on what I think you are trying to do, what I imagine the MBS function does, and what I am guessing the HTML in the target page looks like. So, safe to say that there is a fair amount of speculation going into the above.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

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p.s. I paid a little bit more attention to the name of this plugin function, and realized that there could be a companion function more appropriate for setting the Select element.

Turns out there is. Per docs on @MonkeybreadSoftware 's site:

https://www.mbsplugins.eu/WebViewSetFormSelectValue.shtml

p.s. Sorry that I had to delete the post above with the welcome to the Soup. The forum software prohibits me from three consecutive replies (perfectly reasonable restriction), so I deleted that one in hopes that it would help me post this. Welcome to the Soup!

5

You can always edit one of your earlier posts if it makes sense to do that.

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I would also suggest trying WebView.SetFormSelectValue function.

That code basically only loops over the items in the popup and then on a match sets selected flag on it.

Does that work?

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