Automate Internet Explorer Forms

[jmcd0719]

I have written the following code to automatically login to a particular website (the site name is changed below) and it works fine.

The question I have is two fold, one is there a place where all automation methods, controls,commands for InternetExplorer.Application, etc. is listed, (Microsoft's site blows).

Secondly, if I have a form that I want to populate on the web in a certain position, but I do not know what the objectname's name is, is there a way to fill it in. The webpage after I login shows only a coldfusion program running the form without any specific object name.

Thanks in advance.

oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application&quot
oIE.Visible = .T.
oIE.Navigate("

https://www.test.com/login.cfm")

oie.document.loginForm.loginName.value="login"
oIE.document.loginForm.password.Value = "password"
oIE.Document.Forms(0).Submit

 

[chpicker]

I've asked this question myself, and no one seems to know. ( I could never find any decent information about the methods available to an IE automation or ActiveX implementation.

Without knowing the exact name of the form, you should be able to access it using the Forms() collection. For example, here is my code that I used to make an automated post on a message board:

with oIE.document.forms(0)
	.password.value=m.cPassword
	.subject=m.cSubject
	.body=m.cBody
	.name=m.cName
	.submit
endwith

 

[jmcd0719]

I finally found something that works.

This program ($25) will automatically fill in forms whether it's on the internet or another windows application. It has a command line structure that can run the processes and pass parameters. It also mirrors window clicks based upon relative position. The documentation is fairly good, and you can write a job in less than a couple of minutes.

It's not the perfect solution to keying in forms but it's real close.

http://www.mjmsoft.com/home.html