Clicking a button that has similar values as other buttons

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Hi guys,,

i would not ask this but its been driving me crazy now for 6 hours and i cant figure out how to click this button,,

trust me,, ive tried 50 different things,, any help would be great-full

here is the html, i am simply trying to click the Follow

<div class="profile-actions">
        <form action="/BaltimoreBama/follow" method="post">
          <div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="a15a8f386c94dc625fd6" /></div>
          
          <span class="w-button-common w-button"><input name="commit" type="submit" value="Follow" /></span>
        </form>
        <form action="/BaltimoreBama/favorites" method="get">
          <span class="w-button-common w-button"><input name="commit" type="submit" value="View favs" /></span>
        </form>
          <form action="/BaltimoreBama/block" method="post">
            <div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="a15a8f386c94dc625fd6" /></div>
            
            <span class="w-button-common w-button"><input name="commit" type="submit" value="Block" /></span>
          </form>
</div>
  </div>

Thinks i have tried,, too many to list but here are a couple

If WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All("value").Value = ("Follow") Then

           WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All.Focus()
           WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All.InvokeMember("click")
       Else

       End If

and

Dim ii As Integer
       Dim allButtonsi As HtmlElementCollection

       allButtonsi = WebBrowser12.Document.GetElementsByTagName("input")
       'screen_names[]
       ii = 0
       Try
           For Each webpageelement As HtmlElement In allButtonsi
               Dim NameStr As String = webpageelement.GetAttribute("value")
               If NameStr.ToLower().Equals("Follow") Then
                   ii += 1
                   If ii = 1 Then
                       webpageelement.Focus()
                       webpageelement.InvokeMember("click")
                   End If
               End If

           Next
       Catch
       End Try

Posted 25-Sep-12 7:27am

marketingmanaic

Updated 25-Sep-12 7:32am

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Solution 2

AmolPandurangBorkar,

i tried both of these with the id attribute as you said and they did not work,, any other ideas,, im willing to try anything at this point,,

Dim ii As Integer
       Dim allButtonsi As HtmlElementCollection

       allButtonsi = WebBrowser12.Document.GetElementsByTagName("input")
       'screen_names[]
       ii = 0
       Try
           For Each webpageelement As HtmlElement In allButtonsi
               Dim NameStr As String = webpageelement.GetAttribute("value")
               If NameStr.ToLower().Equals("a15a8f386c94dc625fd6") Then
                   ii += 1
                   If ii = 1 Then
                       webpageelement.Focus()
                       webpageelement.InvokeMember("click")
                   End If
               End If

           Next
       Catch
       End Try

and

If WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All("value").Value = ("a15a8f386c94dc625fd6") Then

           WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All.Focus()
           WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All.InvokeMember("click")
       Else

       End If

Posted 25-Sep-12 11:58am

marketingmanaic

Solution 1

Try putting id attribute for the input button like:

Posted 25-Sep-12 7:54am

Amol_27101982, India

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marketingmanaic · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-25T12:19:00

K,, well,, i found a work around for the follow button on twitter,

all you do is place /follow after the persons name, hence,, if you were to follow
oprah,, then this would be the link to go to

https://mobile.twitter.com/oprah/follow

then here is the code to click the follow button that has worked,, FINALLY,, LOL

Try
           WebBrowser12.Document.DomDocument.All("commit").Click()
           Do Until WebBrowser12.ReadyState = System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserReadyState.Complete
               System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents()
               ' wait(1000)
               ' Delay(1)
           Loop
       Catch
       End Try