is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the client-side)
that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from a certain
URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page, before
transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user? (the
user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
5  1890 
javascript :wind ow.open(....) -> prepopulate the new page on the server side
ie use an aspx page.
remember that even though asp.net is far smarter than the older cgi apps,
all processing is done server side. Anything that is required on the client
side, you will need to do with client side script
Jody
MCSD.Net
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O9******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the client-side)
that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from a
certain URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page, before
transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user? (the
user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
Hi Jody. Thanks for the response.
I think perhaps you misunderstood my question.
What I am attempting to do *can not* involve server-side code nor
client-side script .... I have no control over the coding of the
web-application.
I need to write a client-side executable in VB.NET that emulates actions a
user would manually perform when interacting with a browser-page.
This VB.NET EXE would triggers download of a web-page (from a specific URL)
into a browser, then populate some of the controls on the browser-page, but
not submit the page -- just pass it over to the end-user so that they can
finish populating the other controls and submit it themselves.
"Jody Fisher" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in message
news:Oz******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... javascript:wind ow.open(....) -> prepopulate the new page on the server
side ie use an aspx page.
remember that even though asp.net is far smarter than the older cgi apps,
all processing is done server side. Anything that is required on the
client side, you will need to do with client side script
Jody
MCSD.Net
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O9******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the
client-side) that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from a
certain URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page, before
transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user? (the
user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
That does sound like a lot of fun....
OK so if we are working in a vb windows app. obviously the first thing that
you will want to do is open your initial page in a web browser control (you
can keep it hidden at first if you want). I must assume that you know what
fields you want to populate... I am pretty certain that you can just do
something like wbrowser1.docum ent.getElementB yId("...").valu e = "test"
The only problem that I can see is that there may be permission issues -
this is generally the case when working with cross site frames etc. so you
may have to actually download and save the file to the hard drive first??
Give it a try a let me know how you go...
Cheers
Jody
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u5******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl... Hi Jody. Thanks for the response.
I think perhaps you misunderstood my question.
What I am attempting to do *can not* involve server-side code nor
client-side script .... I have no control over the coding of the
web-application.
I need to write a client-side executable in VB.NET that emulates actions a
user would manually perform when interacting with a browser-page.
This VB.NET EXE would triggers download of a web-page (from a specific
URL) into a browser, then populate some of the controls on the browser-page,
but not submit the page -- just pass it over to the end-user so that they can
finish populating the other controls and submit it themselves.
"Jody Fisher" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in message
news:Oz******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... javascript:wind ow.open(....) -> prepopulate the new page on the server
side ie use an aspx page.
remember that even though asp.net is far smarter than the older cgi
apps, all processing is done server side. Anything that is required on the
client side, you will need to do with client side script
Jody
MCSD.Net
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O9******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the
client-side) that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from a
certain URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page, before
transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user?
(the user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
Hmmm ... interesting ...
So VB.NET code can be written to populate objects exposed by the DOM of a
browser-page ...
So would such a control population display instantly? I assume that the
actual web-page file is not being altered, so no point triggerring a
refresh-from-cache ...
"Jody Fisher [MCSD.Net]" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in
message news:O5******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... That does sound like a lot of fun....
OK so if we are working in a vb windows app. obviously the first thing
that you will want to do is open your initial page in a web browser control
(you can keep it hidden at first if you want). I must assume that you know
what fields you want to populate... I am pretty certain that you can just do
something like wbrowser1.docum ent.getElementB yId("...").valu e = "test"
The only problem that I can see is that there may be permission issues -
this is generally the case when working with cross site frames etc. so
you may have to actually download and save the file to the hard drive first??
Give it a try a let me know how you go...
Cheers
Jody
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u5******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl... Hi Jody. Thanks for the response.
I think perhaps you misunderstood my question.
What I am attempting to do *can not* involve server-side code nor
client-side script .... I have no control over the coding of the
web-application.
I need to write a client-side executable in VB.NET that emulates actions
a user would manually perform when interacting with a browser-page.
This VB.NET EXE would triggers download of a web-page (from a specific
URL) into a browser, then populate some of the controls on the browser-page,
but not submit the page -- just pass it over to the end-user so that they
can finish populating the other controls and submit it themselves.
"Jody Fisher" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in message
news:Oz******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... javascript:wind ow.open(....) -> prepopulate the new page on the server
side ie use an aspx page.
remember that even though asp.net is far smarter than the older cgi
apps, all processing is done server side. Anything that is required on the
client side, you will need to do with client side script
Jody
MCSD.Net
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O9******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...
> is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the
client-side) > that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from a
certain
> URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page, before
> transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user? (the > user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
>
>
Not sure how instantly it would happen, but if you weren't entering too much
data, it should be quick enough for the user not to notice. VB.Net has all
the functionality plus more compared to something like vb6 - remember that a
lot of the complex functions that we used call up were simply COM controls
or libraries, these are still available if you need them through the
marshalling libraries in .NET
The other other option is to look at reading the DOM tree and retrieving the
field names then using inet or something to actually post the form data to
the site? - not quite as messy and may work a bit better.
Jody
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#g******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Hmmm ... interesting ...
So VB.NET code can be written to populate objects exposed by the DOM of a
browser-page ...
So would such a control population display instantly? I assume that the
actual web-page file is not being altered, so no point triggerring a
refresh-from-cache ...
"Jody Fisher [MCSD.Net]" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in
message news:O5******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... That does sound like a lot of fun....
OK so if we are working in a vb windows app. obviously the first thing that you will want to do is open your initial page in a web browser control
(you can keep it hidden at first if you want). I must assume that you know
what fields you want to populate... I am pretty certain that you can just do
something like wbrowser1.docum ent.getElementB yId("...").valu e = "test"
The only problem that I can see is that there may be permission issues -
this is generally the case when working with cross site frames etc. so
you may have to actually download and save the file to the hard drive
first??
Give it a try a let me know how you go...
Cheers
Jody
"John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u5******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl... Hi Jody. Thanks for the response.
I think perhaps you misunderstood my question.
What I am attempting to do *can not* involve server-side code nor
client-side script .... I have no control over the coding of the
web-application.
I need to write a client-side executable in VB.NET that emulates
actions a user would manually perform when interacting with a browser-page.
This VB.NET EXE would triggers download of a web-page (from a specific
URL) into a browser, then populate some of the controls on the
browser-page, but not submit the page -- just pass it over to the end-user so that they
can finish populating the other controls and submit it themselves.
"Jody Fisher" <jf*****@clayto nutz.com.dontsp amme> wrote in message
news:Oz******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
> javascript:wind ow.open(....) -> prepopulate the new page on the
server side
> ie use an aspx page.
>
> remember that even though asp.net is far smarter than the older cgi
apps, > all processing is done server side. Anything that is required on
the client
> side, you will need to do with client side script
>
> Jody
> MCSD.Net
>
> "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O9******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...
> > is it possible to write a vb.net code (intended to run on the
client-side)
> > that would invoke an instance of IE, have it download a page from
a > certain
> > URL, and then pre-populate some of the controls on that page,
before > > transferring focus to the browser-page and showing it to the user?
(the > > user would be responsible for submitting the page.)
> >
> >
>
>
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