Just to be more clear, I need to automate this search procedure for a friend who has to perform many, many searches from this web site.
I know how to retrieve the data once the search has been performed, but I don't know how to find the search box, enter the search query, and submit the form using Visual Basic (since this has to be done lots of times). Sorry if this was confusing. -- Pete E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Peter Torpey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:29 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Navigating a Web Site Using Visual Basic I am trying to write a Visual Basic program to automate a procedure for a friend. I need some advice or a reference on the HTML Document Object and how to use it for this purpose. Here is the procedure: 1. The user needs to go to the web site: http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/RPT-TaxSearch/ 2. The user needs to click on the "I Agree" button at the bottom of the page. 3. This brings up a new web site with a search box. 4. The user then needs to enter and ID# in the search box and perform the search. 5. The results come up with a table from which the user needs to get some info and put it into an Excel document. This part I can do if I can get over doing the first few steps of getting to this page and performing the search. Anyway, here is some of the code I am using: Sub AcquireData(ByVal browser As WebBrowser) ' the parameter browser has already been set up to connect to the URL which contains the "I Agree" button ' set up the document object for the web page Dim doc As System.Windows.Forms.HtmlDocument ' use the HTMLElement object if necessary Dim Element As System.Windows.Forms.HtmlElement doc = browser.Document ' now, here is where I need the help: ' 1. Find the "I Agree" button on the page ' click on the "I Agree" button to bring up the search page ' find the search field for the ID# on the new page ' enter the search ID# (which my application acquires in another subroutine) ' Once the new page comes up, I have the code to process the table on the page and deal with the data Call ProcessTable( browser ) End sub Thanks for any help, suggestions, or references. Since this is rather a specialized topic, you can reply to me off list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Pete Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
