Set Value on Webpage without using ID (as ID changes)

Question

I would like to set a value on a webpage using windows application form and using GetElementById and SetAttribute("value", desiredValue) I have created a command list which navigates through the webpage and puts in values:

currentCommands.Enqueue(new Command("setvalue", "45", 
"setPublishMin"));

whereas "setPublishMin" links to the ID of the textbox on the wepage via a commandHandler class and csv file The ID looks like this

id="WebpageAdminTheme_ComponentList_ctl02_wtExpandableInnerBlock_wtExpandableSe ction__Sets"]

Once I have filled in the textbox and add select another textbox in which I want to pass different values the ID will be the same apart from "ctl02" changing to "ctl04" etc. in the ID. So I was wondering if there is an easier way to pass over the values than by using IDs

What are the elements you are working with? BTW, is it ASP.NET? — demonplus, Dec 15 '17 at 13:03
Could give it a class and use that, not the best way but should work. — Scath, Dec 15 '17 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '17 at 13:11

You can try and use ClientIdMode

<asp:ContentID="content"ContentPlaceHolderID="content"runat="server"ClientIDMode="Static" >    
    <asp:TextBox runat="server"ID="txtName"ClientIDMode="Static" />        
</asp:Content>

Static This option forces the control’s ClientID to use its ID value directly. No naming container naming at all is applied and you end up with clean client ids:

<inputname="ctl00$content$txtName"type="text"id="txtName" />

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '17 at 13:11

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If you want to set the same values for all inputs from "ctl02" to "ctl04", then you can achieve this by class also. Give the same class to all the controls and set the value using the class.

var elms = document.getElementsByClassName('class-name')
for (var i = 0; i < elms.length; i++) {
    elms[i].setAttribute("value", "foo");
}

answered Dec 15 '17 at 13:11

Mittal Patel

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unfortunately the values are varying for different inputs – CatiaV5 Dec 15 '17 at 13:28
Are you using Asp.net? Can you please share some sample code? – Mittal Patel Dec 15 '17 at 13:53
I'm using a windows application form. I have also edited the post. I hope it makes a bit more sense now – CatiaV5 Dec 15 '17 at 17:27

Set Value on Webpage without using ID (as ID changes)

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