How do I click a button on a webpage through VBA? - html

Question

I am trying to use click a button through vba but it tells me that the "Object doesn't support this property or method".
My VBA code right now is:
IE.document.getElementByType("button").getelementByClass("qm_historyTab_GoButton").Click
The HTML for the button is:
<button class="qm_historyTab_GoButton" type="submit" style="font:normal 11px tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans serif;">
<span class="qm_historyTab_GoButtonText">GO</span>
</button>

Answer 1

Try this:
IE.document.getElementsByTagName("button") _
.getelementsByClassName("qm_historyTab_GoButton")(0).Click
Both of the getXXX methods return a collection of items (even if there's only one match in the document) so to address a single item from the last one in order to click it you need to add the (0)
EDIT: if the aim is to submit the form then this will also work
IE.document.getElementById("qm_historyForm_7871").submit
or as there's only one button with that classname:
IE.document.getElementsByClassName("qm_historyTab_GoButton")(0).Click

Answer 2

Ok so I found the solution in this specific instance. The button is a submit type and sends a message using HTMLInputElement.
What I needed to do was add "Microsoft HTML Object Library" to my references and utilize those features.
I had to create the variable that would send the response:
Dim htmlInput As MSHTML.HTMLInputElement
I couldn't figure out how to refer to this specific element individually so I grabbed everything with it's class name.
For Each htmlInput In IE.document.getElementsByClassName("qm_historyTab_GoButton")
If Trim(htmlInput.Type) = "submit" Then
htmlInput.Click
Exit For
End If
Next htmlInput
Then I had the program cycle through each item in the series and send a submit response. Since this was the only one with the class name, I got lucky.
So anyways, that's how I solved the problem.