Click a hyperlink using powershell

Question

I need to click on a hyperlink in a aspx webform using powershell. How can I achieve this? Also that link shows a drop down menu and I have to select the right option from that link.

Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-05 17:15:46Z

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$ie = new-object -com internetexplorer.application
$ie.visible=$true
$ie.navigate('http://www.somewhere.com')
while($ie.busy) {sleep 1}
$link = $ie.Document.getElementsByTagName('A') | where-object {$_.innerText -eq 'Click here'}
$link.click()

answered Sep 5, 2010 at 17:15

Shay Levy

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user423487 Over a year ago

Thanks your help i had to use following lines to access frame's content. $dmeContExpFrame = $ie.Document.getElementById("ContentFrame") $dmecontexpframedoc = $dmeContExpFrame.contentWindow $dmeContExpFramedoc2 = $dmecontexpframedoc.Document $links = $dmeContExpFramedoc2.getElementsByTagName('A') $links | select innerText

Clint Eastwood Over a year ago

what does the 'A' in getElementsbyTagName indicate?

user4317867 Over a year ago

I'd guess the A is from the HTML <A href= tag.

bnu Over a year ago

if the innerText is variable you can use Regex as following: {$_.innerText -Match '^a.*'}

Jean Paul · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-10 15:53:24Z

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Its works

while($ie.busy) {sleep 5} 
$dmeContExpFrame = $ie.Document.getElementById("portfolio_frameset") 
$dmecontexpframedoc = $dmeContExpFrame.contentWindow 
$dmeContExpFramedoc2 = $dmecontexpframedoc.Document 
$click = $dmeContExpFramedoc2.getElementsByTagName("b") | ?{$_.innerText -Match "Monitor Library"}
$click.click()

answered Oct 10, 2016 at 15:53

Jean Paul

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