Internet Explorer change drop down menu

been trying to log into this ticketing webpage and download a report
was able to get past the log in screen
and then redirect to the search page

I’m not able to change the drop down

i tried following Powershell..select drop down menu from web page - Stack Overflow and scripting - Select option on dropdown list for web ui testing automation in windows powershell - Stack Overflow

with no luck. I commented out what i tried.

i get this error message usually

Property ‘Selected’ cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
At C:\Users\max\Desktop\test\90.ps1:73 char:44

  • ($dropdown | where {$_.innerHTML -eq “1”}). <<<< Selected = $two
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Selected:String) , RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

Any assistance would be appreciated.

pre

$Url = “website”
$Url2 = "webstite2"
$Username=”user”
$Password="password”
$Executable = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer"

$IE = New-Object -com internetexplorer.application;
$IE.visible = $true;
$IE.navigate($url);

while ($IE.Busy -eq $true)

{

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000;

}

$IE.Document.getElementById(“userid”).value = $Username
$IE.Document.getElementByID(“ubspwd”).value=$Password

while ($IE.Busy -eq $true)

{

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000;

}

$Link=$ie.Document.getElementsByTagName("input") | where-object {$_.type -eq "submit"}
$Link.click();

while ($IE.Busy -eq $true)

{

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000;

}

$IE.navigate($url2);

while ($IE.Busy -eq $true)

{

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 2000;

}

$Link=$ie.Document.getElementsByID("select#SEARCH_WRK_CALLER_TYPE_ID.psdropdownlist") | where-object {$.type -eq "3"}
#$Link=$ie.Document.getElementsByTagName("input") | where-object {$
.type -eq "submit"}
#($Link | where {$_.innerHTML -eq "1"}).Selected = $true

#| where-object {$_.type -eq "BOMTECH"}

#$doc = $ie.document
#$listbox = $doc.getelementbyClass("PSDROPDOWNLIST").value = "Branch"

#$dropdown = $ie.Document.getElementById("SEARCH_WRK_CALLER_TYPE_ID")
#($dropdown | where {$_.innerHTML -eq "1"}).Selected = $true

HTml

ARC Service Center
Alternative Investments
BOM & PWM Client
Escalation
TECH
Branch
Branch PWM/WA/CC
Branch/NRS
Br
C’s Club
Choose A Caller Type
Client
Client/Internal
Client/Other
Command Center
Dis Pilot
Branch 7
First Aid
GTS
IS Managed Desk
Managed dept
Support Team
Municipal Securities
Outbound Services
Place Holder
SG Hotline
SG Tech Outage
Service Recovery
Tech Mgr Esc
Tech Telecommuter
Technical Other
Technical/External
Technical/Internal
Trt/Branch
Tde Support/Client
Tre
WAC Service Desk
White Glove

/pre

PowerShell isn’t a good language for messing with the DOM via IE. That’s a pretty old COM interface, and it doesn’t translate especially well into .NET.