Automating Actions With WebBrowser Control?
Mar 30, 2009I'm trying to use WebBrowser to remotely log into a site and perform a basic action on the site.
The first step is logging in to the site. Here's the form code for the login:
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VS 2005 : Automating CSV Download Using Webbrowser Control?
Apr 11, 2009I am trying to automate the download of a .CSV file from a password protected website. This file is updated every 15 minutes, but I could get by downloading it 2-3 times a day. I would love to find a way to download this file without any user interaction.
The problem is that there is no direct URL to access the CSV file. There is a webpage with a submit button that initiates the file download. The usual File..Save As Dialog box appears, you click save and then specify the location through the second dialog box.
Looking at the source of the main webpage, I found the form containing the download button, hoping that I could simulate the POST using the HTTPRequest/Response objects, but I couldn't get them to work. The form contains three hidden variables, one of which is called "Key" with a 20 character hexadecimal string. Im assuming this key is regenerated regularly, so this may explain the constant errors I received saying "...press the back button and resubmit the previous page".
Then I decided to try the WebBrowser control. I was able to figure out how to pass the authentication through the URL and the download page appears in the browser control window. Clicking on the download button brings up the same Save As dialog as the main browser window.how to automate this process. I just need to get this csv file (which, by the way is approx 25MB) downloaded so that my scripts can use it to update our site database.
WebBrowser - Automating Form Submission Process?
Jul 30, 2010I am automating a javascript web form submission process using webbrowser. I would like to use something without a UI but don't think httpresponse etc would do all that is needed. My code works but I think is not designed correctly. I think I should be breaking each step into its own sub or function. In its current state I think every time a page is refreshed/redrawn all the code is running which makes causes endless looping of clicking a link which is on its own destination page. What that means is click the link and the page refreshes with new information but does not navigate to a new page. So the code looks for the link and selects it over and over and over .... This I think needs to be subbed or done as a function instead.
Here's the code.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Part 1: Load elogging login page in Form_Load event
WebBrowser1.Navigate("[URL]")
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Well by selecting some menu some ThunderRT6PictureBoxDC show up and some don't.
That's how they switch screen
What is ThunderRT6PictureBoxDC?
How do people get it?
How do I set which one show up and which one is hidden using sendmessage?
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View 3 RepliesVisual Basic 2008 Click Html Buttons, Clicking URL Link, VB Automating Web Browser Control
Aug 29, 2009I'm new to visual basic & have learned many new things in such a short period of time from being on the MSDN forums. I have learned particularly in the subject of automating web browsing control using the getattributes etc., but I have tried everything that I have seen in the forums to auto click the "Settings" link in a created gmail account and then have the browser automate the "Forwarding" to another gmail address. I haven't found a solution anywhere to accomplish this.
So here is an account to try out in which this should only take a few mins to a veteran coder:
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2. On the developer side, it seems to be low in features. The features are sufficient in most cases, but there are some "special" things that I need.
3. It has VERY low HTML (and especially HTML5) compliance.
My question is, how much work would it take to use a different engine (such as webkit .net, which I HAVE heard of) and be able to distribute it easily. Or, if you guys feel ambitious, we could try writing a brand new engine ourselves. I know how big of a job it is, and frankly, I have no clue where to begin. I would just like your thoughts and opinions on the matter.
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For Each RW As DataGridViewRow In Me.DataGridView1.SelectedRows
'''''''''''#######cell values into strings ########''''''''''''''
If RW.Selected = True Then
Dim domain As String
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Is it possible? 'Cause I havn't found any info about it. And when I tryed, I got this error.
The current request for action 'Create' on controller type 'InterviewController' is >ambiguous between the following action methods:
System.Web.Mvc.ViewResult Create() on type
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Dim outlookApp As Object
Dim outlookNamespace As Object
Dim newMailItem As Object
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[code]...
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*5 secs later*
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*5 secs later*
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<form action="#">
<p><textarea id="textArea" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
[Code].....
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Public Class Form1
Dim abp As Boolean
Dim number1 As Double
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