Using Excel VBA to input a value into Internet Explorer textbox - vba

Question

New to VBA/StackOverflow/etc. My code currently opens Internet Explorer, navigates to a URL, checks to see if it's logged in, logs in if necessary, then navigates to a new page.
Now I'd like to input a string value into an Internet Explorer textbox.
Here's the relevant elements' HTML source code:
<input type="text" class="search_customDate" name="dateFrom" id="dateFrom"
value="mm/dd/yy" size="13"
onchange="RTSDHTMLUTIL.getRTSDHTML('dateFrom').onChange(event);"
OnFocus OnBlur />
<input type="text" class="search_customDate" name="dateTo" id="dateTo"
value="mm/dd/yy" size="13"
onchange="RTSDHTMLUTIL.getRTSDHTML('dateTo').onChange(event);"
OnFocus OnBlur /> <INPUT id="dateTo" class="search_customDate"
<input type="text" class="search_companyLookupField" name="tokens" id="tokens"
value title OnChange OnMouseOver OnMouseOut OnKeyDown="doLookup(event);"
OnKeyUp OnFocus OnBlur OnDisable />
Here's relevant portion of my code:
'Input From and To dates
Dim DateFrom As Object ' MSHTML.HTMLInputElement
Set DateFrom = AppIE.Document.getElementByID("dateFrom")
If Not DateFrom Is Nothing Then
DateFrom(0).Value = "05/05/05"
End If
Dim DateTo As Object ' MSHTML.HTMLInputElement
Set DateTo = AppIE.Document.getElementByID("dateTo")
If Not DateTo Is Nothing Then
DateTo(0).Value = "06/06/06"
End If
Dim Ticker As Object ' MSHTML.HTMLInputElement
Set Ticker = AppIE.Document.getElementByID("tokens")
If Not Ticker Is Nothing Then
Ticker(0).Value = "XYZ"
End If
As of now, nothing appears in the text boxes and I can't seem to figure out why. Would love anyone's input/advice.
Thanks

Answer 1

That's where I would start:
remove the "(0)" after your HTML element variables names - the getElementByID method returns unique elements, not collections
make sure that the HTML input elements you are trying to retrieve aren't actually returning nothing