Re: DOM - WebBrowse - Get CLASS of TD (or other) elements?

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From: mayayana (mayaXXyaYYna1a_at_mindZZspring.com)
Date: 05/18/04

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      The TD tag has a className attribute. You can access
    any attribute as a property (Element.Attribute). Anything you
    can't get that way is usually available through the Style
    attribute, which gives you access to all style *** properties.

        Of course, first you need full info. about the properties.
    You really need a local copy of MSDN or a full DOM reference.
    The IE DOM is amazingly extensive and comprehensive, but it
    also has a quirky, patchwork quality to it. If you don't have access
    to a reference for all properties of all elements you'll end up doing
    a lot of frustrating testing because it often requires inventive
    workarounds to get at exactly the functionality or property that
    you want. 

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Noozer <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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> Of course as soon as you ask a question, you find the answer...
>
> Had to create an HTMLTableCell object and assign the element object to it
so
> I can access it's properties.
>
> ..of course I'd still like to hear any comments.
>
> > Is there a way to determine what class (if any) is applied to a TD
> element?
> >
> > I'm trying to scrape some data from a webpage. The class of each result
is
> > the data being presented in the table. (ie <TD
> class="user">username</td> )
> >
> > I'm using the code below to read the data from the DOM object. Using
> > "element.class" causes an error. (unknown property or method) The
TestOut
> > sub just puts the text into a specific textbox.
> >
> >     For Each element In doc.All
> >         Select Case element.tagName
> >             Case "TABLE"
> >                 TestOut " TABLE "
> >             Case "FORM"
> >                 TestOut " FORM name=" & element.Name & " ID=" &
element.id
> &
> > " method=" & element.method & " action=" & element.Action
> >             Case "INPUT"
> >                 TestOut " INPUT name=" & element.Name & " ID=" &
> element.id
> > & " value=" & element.Value & " type=" & element.Type
> >             Case "TD"
> >                 TestOut "  TableData: data=" & element.innerText
> >         End Select
> >     Next
> >
> >
>
>
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