How to check a checkbox in a web page which has a dynamic values , Using Excel VBA?

Question

I have seen tutorials it is very informative and very easy to understand.

I have doubt in clicking a check box in a website using EXCEL VBA the check box values will be dynamic.It seems to be very challenging for me. If someone helps me to fix this i will feel awesome. I have mentioned below the HTML elements for your reference.

Requirement is to select qualifer code (2015, 2018 & KD) and delete.

Sub Editing_APA_Qualifiers()

Dim IE As Object Dim Doc As HTMLDocument Set IE = CreateObject("Inte.netExplorer.Application") Dim SHELL_OBJECT SHELL_OBJECT = "WScript.Shell" Set objShell = CreateObject(SHELL_OBJECT)

IE.Visible = True

'navigate URL

IE.navigate "URL"

Do While IE.readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE Or IE.Busy: DoEvents: Loop

Set Doc = IE.document

' Set numrows = number of rows of data.
  NumRows = Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown)).Rows.Count

  ' Establish "For" loop to loop "numrows" number of times.
  For intRow = 2 To NumRows

  IE.Visible = True

Do While IE.readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE Or IE.Busy: DoEvents: Loop

Doc.getElementById("txtTimeStudyNbr").Value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("data").Range("A" & intRow).Value
Doc.getElementById("Search").Click

Do While IE.readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE Or IE.Busy: DoEvents: Loop

Doc.getElementsByName("chkDel").Value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("data").Range("B" & intRow).Value(0).Click
Doc.getElementsByName("chkDel").Value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("data").Range("C" & intRow).Value(0).Click
Doc.getElementsByName("chkDel")(7).Click
Doc.getElementById("Delete").Click
objShell.SendKeys "{Enter}"

Do While IE.readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE Or IE.Busy: DoEvents: Loop

Doc.getElementById("lstQualifierTypes").Value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("data").Range("E1").Value
Doc.getElementById("Search").Click

Do While IE.readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE Or IE.Busy: DoEvents: Loop

Doc.getElementById("lstQualifiers").Value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("data").Range("E2").Value
Doc.getElementById("ADD").Click

Next

End Sub

So in these how we can select the check boxes.

For your easy reference
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="0|MY|2018~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="1|MY|2017~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="2|MY|2016~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="3|MY|2015~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="4|VT|L~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="5|VL|KD~"></td>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="6|VL|K#~"></td>

 <tbody><tr style="background-color:#ada5bd"> <th>&nbsp;</th> <th class="center">Del</th> <th class="center">Qualifier Type</th> <th class="center">Qualifier Code </th> <th class="center">Abbreviation </th> <th class="center">Print </th> <th class="center">Rev </th> <th class="center">User Id </th> <th class="center">Date </th></tr> <:-- Printing --> <;-- QT="MY" QC="2018" --> <;-- UpdateId;VKUMARAG --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType0" value="MY"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode0" value="2018"> <input type="hidden" name="Print0" value="Y"> <tr id="tr0"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(0)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="0|MY|2018~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp: MY</td> <td class="center">&nbsp: 2018</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; Eff; Ineff; </td> <td class="center">&nbsp; Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp: A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; VKUMARAG</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 06-mar-2018</td> </tr> <;-- Printing --> <:-- QT="MY" QC="2017" --> <:-- UpdateId;VKUMARAG --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType1" value="MY"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode1" value="2017"> <input type="hidden" name="Print1" value="Y"> <tr id="tr1"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(1)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="1|MY|2017~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp; MY</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; 2017</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; Eff: Ineff; </td> <td class="center">&nbsp; Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp: VKUMARAG</td> <td class="left">&nbsp: 27-may-2016</td> </tr> <;-- Printing --> <;-- QT="MY" QC="2016" --> <;-- UpdateId;ACYRUS3 --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType2" value="MY"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode2" value="2016"> <input type="hidden" name="Print2" value="Y"> <tr id="tr2"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(2)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="2|MY|2016~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp: MY</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; 2016</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; Eff; Ineff: </td> <td class="center">&nbsp: Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; ACYRUS3</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 17-nov-2015</td> </tr> <;-- Printing --> <:-- QT="MY" QC="2015" --> <;-- UpdateId;APIMPORT --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType3" value="MY"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode3" value="2015"> <input type="hidden" name="Print3" value="Y"> <tr id="tr3"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(3)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="3|MY|2015~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp; MY</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; 2015</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; Eff; Ineff; </td> <td class="center">&nbsp: Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; APIMPORT</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 20-sep-2013</td> </tr> <;-- Printing --> <;-- QT="VT" QC="L" --> <;-- UpdateId;APIMPORT --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType4" value="VT"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode4" value="L"> <input type="hidden" name="Print4" value="Y"> <tr id="tr4"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(4)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="4|VT|L~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp; VT</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; L</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; Truck </td> <td class="center">&nbsp; Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; APIMPORT</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 20-sep-2013</td> </tr> <!-- Printing --> <!-- QT="VL" QC="KD" --> <!-- UpdateId:VKUMARAG --> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType5" value="VL"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode5" value="KD"> <input type="hidden" name="Print5" value="Y"> <tr id="tr5"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" onclick="return radio_onclick(5)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="5|VL|KD~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp; VL</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; KD</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; RANGER ICA </td> <td class="center">&nbsp; Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; VKUMARAG</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 23-apr-2020</td> </tr> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierType6" value="VL"> <input type="hidden" name="QualifierCode6" value="K#"> <input type="hidden" name="Print6" value="Y"> <tr id="tr6"><td width="1"> <input type="radio" name="rdOperation" language="javascript" onclick="return radio_onclick(6)"> </td> <td width="1"> <input type="checkbox" name="chkDel" value="6|VL|K#~"></td> <td class="center">&nbsp; VL</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; K#</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; RANGER OLD </td> <td class="center">&nbsp; Y</td> <td class="center">&nbsp; A</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; APIMPORT</td> <td class="left">&nbsp; 20-sep-2013</td> </tr> </tbody>

Answer 1

Try using css attribute = value selectors with contains operator (*). That way you can specify the static part of attribute value to match on, along with the node type attribute.

Eg

ie.document.querySelector("[type=checkbox][value*='0|MY|2018']").click

Here I assume that 0|MY|2018 is static within the target node.