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Element Id.
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    GetElementById Method
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    Gets a Web element by ID.
    Syntax
    expression.GetElementById( _
   ByVal Id As String _
) As WebElement object
    where expression is a variable that represents a WebDocument Object

    Parameters

    Id
    Element Id.

    Return Value

    A WebElement object
    Example
    This example navigates to a Web page and clicks on a link in the page. To run this sample, create and open a Web session and run this code in the session code module.
    Sub webClick()
    
    'Declare variables:
 
    Dim wControl As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects.WebControl
    Dim wDocument As WebDocument
    Dim wElement As WebElement
    Dim wElementInput As WebElement
     
 
    Set wControl = ThisWebControl
    
    'Get a handle to the workspace
    Set app = GetObject("Reflection Workspace")
 
    'Go to the Host Access Analyzer documentation page
    wControl.Navigate1 ("https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/host-access-analyzer/")
            
    'Wait until the Web page is ready and then set it as the Web document
    Do Until wControl.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState_Complete
      app.Wait (1000)
    Loop
    
    Set wDocument = wControl.Document
    
    'Get the table that includes the link
    Set wElement = wDocument.GetElementById("getting_started")
    
    'Get the link element
    Set wElementInput = wElement.GetElement("tbody/tr[0]/td[0]/a[0]")
 
    
    'Click the link
    wElementInput.Click
    
    'Print the tag name of the element
    Debug.Print wElementInput.tagName
    
End Sub
    See Also

    Reference

    WebDocument Object
    WebDocument Members

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