On Oct 29, 12:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm brand new to Python--and programming in general. I'm trying to use > IEC to control Internet Explorer. I've navigated to a page, and now > I'm trying to click a button. The button appears to be called 'PDF > Preview' but I honestly do not know whether that's the name or the > caption. Here is my code: > > from win32com.client import Dispatch > import IEC > > . > . > . > > ie = IEC.IEController(window_num = 1) > ie.Navigate(URL_part_1 + x + URL_part_2) > ie.ClickButton(name='PDF Preview') > > (I've also tried replacing name w/ caption but I get a similar error > message.) I get this error message: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Program Files\Python25\experiment", line 14, in <module> > ie.ClickButton(name='PDF Preview') > File "C:\Program Files\Python25\lib\IEC.py", line 126, in > ClickButton > elem = elemcoll.item(i) > File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in item > com_error: (-2147024891, 'Access is denied.', None, None) > > I really have no idea how to interpret this. I'm pasting the button > tag below: > > <td> > <input type="button" value="PDF Preview" > onclick="javascript:performPdfPreview(2);"/> > </td>
You might want to look at PAMIE instead. It sounds like a Python project that's aimed at automating Internet Explorer: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pamie/ But if you really like COM, I found this tutorial: http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/10/22/python-ie-automation-thorough-tutorial/ I'm not very good with COM, but I would recommend that you do some research on it. From the traceback, I would guess that you don't have administrator privileges (of some sort) on the machine you're running the script on. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
