HTML DOM parser?

[David LeBlanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Peter Hansen
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:45
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: HTML DOM parser?
>
>
> "Daniel E. Burrow" wrote:
> >
> > My present task requires the automation of IE. After much prayer, I
> > found that the "dom = ie.Document" assignment IS case sensitive. The
> > lower case form of "ie.document" just would not work for my
> > ActiveState ActivePython 2.2.1 distribution.
>
> That's odd.  I have never had to worry about case in almost any
> aspect of IE automation, especially this one.
>
> Does anyone with greater knowledge of the guts of this stuff
> have any input on why Daniel would have to worry about case
> while I do not?
>
> Peter

David LeBlanc wrote:
> While trying to figure out how to make the recently posted (by Paul Rubin)
> ie navigation example work, I had occasion to run makepy.py on "Microsoft
> Internet Controls". After doing this, the sample would fail on "ie.visible
=
> 1". Removing the generated file would return the sample to working order.

Mark Hammond replied:
"Was the problem "AttributeError: visible"?  If so, the problem is simply
that the correct name for the property is "Visible".  makepy is case
sensitive."

If he's run makepy, then the ?mapping? gets used, which is case sensitive.

I had to ask too :-)

Dave LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA