> I'm working on an Access database application used for researching
> commute information for company employees and recommends travel
> routes
> and distances for busing to work instead of driving.
> Using VBA in Access I have automated opening up Google Maps and
> populating the starting and ending addresses and clicking on the get
> direction boxes.
> I must then manually click on the "Public Transit" option because I
> have been unable to determine they name of the "Public Transit" menu
> option by viewing the Source for the Google Maps web site.
> I have been searching for the <input type phrase and I am unable to
> locate anything that looks like it could be this selection option.
> Could anyone please give me the input type, id, and name of that
> check
> box so that I can finish automating my application please?

> I was able to get some help from Barry Hunter on my earlier problem,
> but now I could use some help with this one.

> Barry helped me with the name of the Avoid Highways option which I was
> able to add into my Access database using this VBA code and it works
> great!

>     IEapp.Document.All("ddopt_avhwy").Click
>     While IEapp.Busy
>         DoEvents
>     Wend

> Your help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thank you in advance.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Ted Palsson <bear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm working on an Access database application used for researching
> commute information for company employees and recommends travel
> routes
> and distances for busing to work instead of driving.
> Using VBA in Access I have automated opening up Google Maps and
> populating the starting and ending addresses and clicking on the get
> direction boxes.
> I must then manually click on the "Public Transit" option because I
> have been unable to determine they name of the "Public Transit" menu
> option by viewing the Source for the Google Maps web site.
> I have been searching for the <input type phrase and I am unable to
> locate anything that looks like it could be this selection option.
> Could anyone please give me the input type, id, and name of that
> check
> box so that I can finish automating my application please?

> I was able to get some help from Barry Hunter on my earlier problem,
> but now I could use some help with this one.

> Barry helped me with the name of the Avoid Highways option which I was
> able to add into my Access database using this VBA code and it works
> great!

>    IEapp.Document.All("ddopt_avhwy").Click
>    While IEapp.Busy
>        DoEvents
>    Wend

> Your help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thank you in advance.

> As I said before you really should install Firefox and the Developer
> Toolbar and/or Firebug, finding things like this takes seconds. (You
> just enable Display ID and Class details - or Inspect in Firebug)

> I would also really recommened doing it via url paramaters - they are
> at least more likly be stable ( &dirflg=r ), and you dont have to
> waste time loading the directions then changing the option.

> Anyway this time its not a checkbox, but a simple link. The code looks
> like this:
> <a id="dmode_link_r" href="javascript:void(0)">Public Transit</a>
> you can probably trigger some sort of onclick - but it probably uses
> the slightly propriety event binding so I dont know the syntax to do
> so.

> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Ted Palsson <bear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I'm working on an Access database application used for researching
> > commute information for company employees and recommends travel
> > routes
> > and distances for busing to work instead of driving.
> > Using VBA in Access I have automated opening up Google Maps and
> > populating the starting and ending addresses and clicking on the get
> > direction boxes.
> > I must then manually click on the "Public Transit" option because I
> > have been unable to determine they name of the "Public Transit" menu
> > option by viewing the Source for the Google Maps web site.
> > I have been searching for the <input type phrase and I am unable to
> > locate anything that looks like it could be this selection option.
> > Could anyone please give me the input type, id, and name of that
> > check
> > box so that I can finish automating my application please?

> > I was able to get some help from Barry Hunter on my earlier problem,
> > but now I could use some help with this one.

> > Barry helped me with the name of the Avoid Highways option which I was
> > able to add into my Access database using this VBA code and it works
> > great!

> >    IEapp.Document.All("ddopt_avhwy").Click
> >    While IEapp.Busy
> >        DoEvents
> >    Wend

> > Your help would be greatly appreciated!
> > Thank you in advance.

> --
> Barry

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