Select by Atribute

[Bot-Factory 602]

Hi.

 

I have a page with 4-20 text entry boxes. The amount of boxes can change every time I use the page.

It depends on the amount of paragraphs in my article.

 

Here's my challenge.

 

All entry boxes have the same ID.

 

When I then use "Change chosen attribute" my text get's pasted into all text fields.

 

Here's what I want to do:

Even if there are multiple text boxes with the same ID, I would like to tell UBOT, only change the attribute of the first text field with that ID and leave all the others alone on the site.

 

Is that possible?

 

Any other solution for that problem?

 

 

Thanks a lot for your feedback

Dan

[IRobot 43]

Hi Dan,

 

All entry boxes have the same ID.

If you mean that all the text boxes have the same ID attribute value, then choose a another attribute which distinguishes the first text box from the rest (i.e. have different values) and select it.

[Bot-Factory 602]

Hi Dan,

 

If you mean that all the text boxes have the same ID attribute value, then choose a another attribute which distinguishes the first text box from the rest (i.e. have different values) and select it.

 

 

Thanks IRobot,

 

but if that would be possible, I would do it. The only value where I can see a difference is outerhtml.

 

<TEXTAREA id=ArticleParagraphV2 class=name_input rows=16 name=ArticleParagraphV2 jQuery1282809424927="490"></TEXTAREA>

 

But the first value depends on the amount of text boxes. Something I don't know because it changes everytime.

 

The second value is random.

 

Dan

[Bot-Factory 602]

I'm really at the end with my knowledge here :-(

I think I tried everything.

 

So if someone has a smart idea, I would really appreciate that.

 

Thanks in advance for you rhelp

Dan

[Seth Turin 223]

what about the name attribute?

[Bot-Factory 602]

what about the name attribute?

 

Seth,

 

thanks for your reply. My problem is, that there are 4-8 text boxes on that page with 100% identical parameters.

So it's no problem to select the first one.

 

BUT, when I change the content, it get's changed within all 4-8 boxes. But I only want to add text to the first one on the page.

 

Dan

[Seth Turin 223]

have you tried choose by position?

[theninjamanz 29]

<TEXTAREA id=ArticleParagraphV2 class=name_input rows=16 name=ArticleParagraphV2 jQuery1282809424927="490"></TEXTAREA>

 

 

Man, I am cooked. But I think this is achievable.

 

 

 

Load the page.

$page scrape 16.

 

Set that into a variable.

 

You can then work with that variable?

 

Or do it for the other bit.

 

Basically you can scrape data from the page into a variable and then use that as a trigger for anther action.

 

 

ps. but perhaps I missed your point completely. Night!

[Bot-Factory 602]

Hi.

 

The problem with choosing a position is, that the amount of text boxes can change.

 

It's an article submission site I try to automate. The amount of text boxes depends on the article. And how many paragraphs the article has.

 

If I have an article with 5 paragraphs, I submit it and on the next page (the one where I have trouble) I have 5 text boxes on the left. One per paragraph. And on the right site if another 5. They are for rewrites.

 

And that are the fields I try to fill.

 

So if there is a way to count the paragraphs of an article, I could calculate the position of the text box.

 

Thanks a lot for your help so far

 

Dan

[JohnB 255]

Can You provide the url (either here or in PM)?