html - Access to a webpage's frame document without navigating to this webpage -

the title might confusing, it's not impression. had previous post core problem deeper this.

basically have big code in navigate intranet webpage company ( let's call webpage start webpage).

i provide username , password information , click on "login" button. clicking on login button create new webpage in new window. call new webpage main webpage.

the main webpage contains important information want while start webpage useless me.

first challenge here "activate" or "select" main webpage since start webpage still activated. main webpage has url it's impossible directly navigate it, that's why talk "activation" or "selection" of webpage. managed of forum's post

if have questions let me know, it's not problem of post.

so main webpage activated, want click on element display more information. element embedded in frame postfachcontent. see main page html document overview , zoom on part click on.

in previous post mentioned above, tried got familiar "embedded" elements made task harder.

with of other members, figured out there 2 ways in postfachcontent frame :

1. by selecting child child frames :

      set w = iewindowfromlocation(path)      dim iedoc htmldocument     set iedoc = w.document ' w called main webpage selected peviously in code    dim subframescollection htmlwindow2   dim goodframe htmlwindow2   dim postfachcontent_frame htmlwindow2        set subframescollection = iedoc.frames ' length of 3 since contains 3 main frames      set goodframe = subframescollection(1).frames '  contains 2 frames of "contentframe" frame length = 2      set postfachcontent_frame = goodframe(1)       doc2 = postfachcontent_frame.document 

but problem here once accessed frame got confused on how select element of table , click on it

2. by "navigating" new webpage reduced version of main webpage focusing on frame interested in navigating main webpage url & contentframe.src (or postfachcontent.src).

but problem here, said above, can't navigate main webpage directly thought try declare new internetexplorer window , give location without navigating page ( doesn't work unfortunately). attempt below :

 set w = iewindowfromlocation(path)      dim iedoc htmldocument     dim iedok htmldocument     set iedoc = w.document    dim contentframescollection ihtmlelementcollection  dim contentframe htmlframeelement  dim postfachcontentframescollection ihtmlelementcollection    set contentframescollection = iedoc.getelementsbyname("contentframe") ' works , returns 1 item frame called contentframe, s collection of element containing 1 element     ' msgbox contentframescollection.length ' returns 1     if not contentframescollection nothing         set contentframe = contentframescollection(0) ' here isolate unique item contained in mainframescollection , store in single element called contentframe        msgbox w.document.location & contentframe.src       'on error resume next        set w2.document.location = w.document.location & contentframe.src       'msgbox err.description ' returns automation error unspecified error         set iedok = w2.document        set postfachcontentframescollection = iedok.getelementsbyname("postfachcontent")        msgbox postfachcontentframescollection.length ' returns 0...oops    end if 

thanks reaching line , welcome !

here idea in code (this code untested). first navigate start page login. find main page. main page navigate first frame , second. after dom element should contain target button can clicked. hth

option explicit  ' add reference microsoft internet controls (shdocvw) ' add reference microsoft html object library ' add reference microsoft shall controls , automation  ' e.g. http://192.168.51.52:9999/someapp/login private const starturl string = "your start url"   ' e.g. http://192.168.51.52:9999/someapp/content private const mainurl string = "your main url"   sub clickinsideofframe()      dim ie shdocvw.internetexplorer     dim doc mshtml.htmldocument      on error goto error_handler      ' navigate start page     set ie = new shdocvw.internetexplorer     ie.visible = true     ie.navigate starturl     waitwhilebusy ie      ' enter user name , password , login     login      ' switch main page     set ie = iewindowfromtitle(mainurl)     set doc = ie.document      ' first find content frame , navige url of frame     navigatetoframe ie, "frame[name='contentframe']"      ' find postfachcontent frame , navige url of frame next     navigatetoframe ie, "frame[name='postfachcontent']"      ' dom document should contain button inside of      ' postfachcontent frame     doc.queryselector("input[type='button'][name='some-button']").click  error_handler:     if err.number <> 0 msgbox err.description, vbcritical, "error"     ie.quit     set ie = nothing end sub  private sub waitwhilebusy(ie shdocvw.internetexplorer)     while ie.busy or ie.readystate <> readystate_complete         doevents     wend end sub  function iewindowfromtitle(stitle string) shdocvw.internetexplorer     ' ... end function  private sub navigatetoframe(ie shdocvw.internetexplorer, selector string)     dim frame mshtml.htmlframeelement     dim doc mshtml.htmldocument     set doc = ie.document     set frame = doc.queryselector(selector)     if not frame nothing         ie.navigate mainurl & frame.src         waitwhilebusy ie         exit sub     end if     err.raise vbobjecterror + 513, "navigatetoframe", "frame not found selector '" & selector & "'." end sub   private sub login()     ' ... end sub