Attempting to execute a click on an element

[miket@cbofks.com]

Greetings Salvadordf,

I need to click the "#Filename" object, but the following does not work.

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Chromium1.browser.MainFrame.ExecuteJavaScript('document.querySelector("#Filename").click()', 'about:blank',  0);

If I go to the console, I can insert the following line and it executes correctly.

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document.querySelector("#Filename").click()

Am I missing something?

Something that worked before where I would simulate a mouse click on a "Choose File" button, no longer is working.

The message in the console shows: about:blank:1 File chooser dialog can only be shown with a user activation.

If executing "document.querySelector("#Filename").click()" in the console works, there must be a way to get this to work, right?

As a last resort, is there any way to stuff that command in the console window and execute it in the background?

Thanks for any ideas,
Mike

[salvadordf]

Hi,

Chromium has safety measures to prevent page manipulation without user intervention.

I haven't tested this in a while but try using TChromiumCode.SendMouseClickEvent to simulate a mouse click.

If that fails then try using a browser in off-screen mode (OSR) to have full control over the mouse events.

In that mode you only need to know the screen coordinates of the button and then simulate a mouse click over it.