Controlling combobox in Internet Explorer

[BHo15]

I'm having trouble controlling a combobox in Internet Explorer. I've done it before by using IE.Document.getElementByID("controlName").Selected Index = 2, and then IE.Document.getElementByID("controlName").FireEven t ("onchange"). But... that is not working this time. I keep getting error 438 on the .SelectedIndex line.

Here is a pared down version of my code...

Public Sub StockChartsTrades()
    Dim IE As Object
        Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
        IE.Visible = True
    Dim IEDoc As Object
 
    IE.Navigate "https://stockcharts.com/login/"
    Set IEDoc = IE.Document.All("form_UserID")
    IEDoc.Value = "MyUserName"
    Set IEDoc = IE.Document.All("form_PW")
    IEDoc.Value = "MyPassword"
    IE.Navigate "https://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/ScanUI"
    Set IEDoc = IE.Document.All("selectScan") 'This is the combobox
    IEDoc.SelectedIndex = 2 'Code throws error 438 here
    IEDoc.FireEvent ("onchange")
 
    Set IEDoc = Nothing
    Set IE = Nothing
End Sub

Here is the HTML from around this combobox...

<div id="scc-scanengine-head">
     <!-- SELECT ALERT -->
     <div class="form-item" id=selectScan">
          <div class ="form-item-label">...</div>
          <div class="selectric-wrapper selectric-selectric-scc">
          <div class="selectric-hide-select">...</div>
          <div class="selectric">
               <span class="label">- Your Favorite Scans -</span>
               <button type="button">...</button>
          </div>
          <div tabindex="-1" class="selectric-items">...</div>
          <input tabindex="0" class="selectric-input" />
     </div>
</div>
<!-- LIST ACTIONS -->
<ul class="scanalert-actions">...</ul>
</div>
 

My apologies if the HTML is a bit botched. I typed it myself since I couldn't figure out how to copy it.

So... Why am I getting error 438 when trying to set the SelectedIndex?

[NeoPa]

In order to copy the HTML of a page in IE simply right-click and select View Source. That gives you selectable text.

No idea on your actual question as it needs someone who works in IE I expect.

[BHo15]

Thanks NeoPa. I was using Inspect and not View Source. That did the trick.

So, here is the unadulterated HTML...

        <div id="scc-scanengine-head">
            <!-- SELECT ALERT -->
            <div id="selectScan" class="form-item">
                <div class="form-item-label"><strong>Your Saved Scans</strong></div>
                <select id="favScans" class="selectric-scc" name="favScans" onchange="doLoadScan()">
  <option value="default" selected="selected">- Your Favorite Scans -</option>
      <option value="1798045" >3-01-01 Owned Scan</option>
      <option value="1002282" >300-005 All Stocks that can be Purchased in PIA 1-14-2013</option>
      <option value="1186206" >300-005 Buy Signal Scan 2015-05-06 #01-#05</option>
      <option value="1005424" >300-006 All PIA Securities that had 8EMA-18SMA Cross 1-20-2014</option>
      <option value="998271" >400-001 Sell Signal Active Portfolios - Bearish 50-Day Moving Average Cross</option>
      <option value="998268" >400-001 Sell Signal Active Portfolios - Bearish MACD Crossover</option>
      <option value="1001469" >400-003 Current Potentially Unhealthy Securities (<200D SMA) in Active Portfolios</option>
      <option value="1001471" >400-003 Current Potentially Unhealthy Securities (<50 & 200D SMA) in Active Portfolios</option>
      <option value="1001468" >400-003 Current Potentially Unhealthy Securities (<50D SMA) in Active Portfolios</option>
      <option value="1302706" >AEH3</option>
      <option value="1334840" >Custom MarketSmith 5-17-2016</option>
      <option value="1320273" >EMA x SMA</option>
      <option value="1340364" >Green Line Trading 5-30-2016</option>
      <option value="1411269" >Industry Analysis - Bottom 11-8-2016</option>
                </select>
            </div>
 
            <!-- LIST ACTIONS -->
            <ul class="scanalert-actions">
                <li class="rename"><a id="rename-link" data-toggle="modal" href="#renameModal"><span class="fa-stack fa-lg"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i><i class="fa fa-eraser fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i></span><span class="hide-xs">Rename</span></a></li>
                <li class="save"><a href="javascript:doSaveScan();"><span class="fa-stack fa-lg"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i><i class="fa fa-download fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i></span><span class="hide-xs">Save</span></a></li>
                <li class="saveas"><a href="javascript:doAddModifyScan();"><span class="fa-stack fa-lg"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i></span><span class="hide-xs">Save As</span></a></li>
                <li class="delete"><a href="javascript:doRemoveScan();"><span class="fa-stack fa-lg"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i><i class="fa fa-trash fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i></span><span class="hide-xs">Delete</span></a></li>
                <li class="viewall"><a href="javascript:doViewAll();"><span class="fa-stack fa-lg"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i><i class="fa fa-eye fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i></span><span class="hide-xs">View All</span></a></li>
            </ul>
        </div><!-- end of SCANENGINE HEAD -->

[BHo15]

I see from the HTML I pasted that there is an ID "favScans" which actually has the choice options listed below it (I did not see that one when I was working with it). I just tried the code with using favScans instead, but it would not let me interact with that element at all (error 70 Permission DENIED!!!).