VBA: can't change value of text field?

Question

I'm in the middle of writing a script that enters details into a sign up form.

The first name field of the form has the following html code:

<input name="firstname" class="text-input" id="input-text-view328" aria-describedby="form-input-text-error-view307-required" type="text" maxlength="50" placeholder="" data-event="blur" data-view-value="" data-stickit-id="stickit_47" autocomplete="off">

I can't seem to get the script to enter a value for this field. I have tried each of the following and none seem to work:

Set Fname = IE.Document.getElementsByName("firstname")
Fname.Value = "John"

Set Fname = IE.Document.getElementsByClassName("text-input")
Fname.Value = "John"

Set Fname = IE.Document.getElementByID("input-text-view328")
Fname.Value = "John"

The error i get is

"run-time error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method"

Any idea what's going on here?

Answer 1

Since getElementsByName returns collection, you can access them with the index nos

IE.Document.getElementsByName("firstname")(0).Value = "John"

OR

Set Fname = IE.Document.getElementsByName("firstname")(0)
Fname.Value = "John"

OR

IE.Document.getElementByID("input-text-view328").Value = "John"

OR

IE.Document.querySelector("#input-text-view328").Value = "John"