Jeff, There's a "lo-tech" method that works with any application that works within a window. What you can do is use VB's SendKey command which can simulate keys being typed in a window. And you can even use VBA to do it. I've seen an Excel macro which opened up a window to an as400 mainframe app and then download data through 8 screens by screen scraping.
--- Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is an executable. > If it were web based, I could probably work > something out with cfhttp (is > that were you were going?) > > At 10:58 AM 4/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >When you are talking about the GUI program, > > > >is it an executable (an app written in VB or some > such, and run as an .exe) > > > >or > > > >is it a web app, where you go to a web page, choose > which graphics to > >download, and they magically appear? > > > >Jerry Johnson > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/24/02 10:29AM >>> > >Hi All, > > > > Here is my dilemma. > > > > I'm working with a client in the real-estate > industry. They plan to > >download MLS (Multi-Listing Service) data from the > local MLS provider, > >including images. > > > > The data files are located on an FTP server, so > downloading them and > >performing a mass import into a database is no > problem. > > > > To get the photos the client uses a GUI > interface. They enter a sign-in > >and the photos automatically download to the > specified location. > > > > We want to be able to automate the photo > download process. We were told > >that the photos were not available on FTP and that > the GUI program was the > >only way to get them; there was no command line > version. My client thinks > >he was told a mistruth. > > I do believe that the GUI program has to go out > to some type of server > >(even if it isn't FTP) on the internet to download > the files. > > > > Question 1: Are there any utilities that allow > me to monitor the outgoing > >traffic on my machine? Something along the lines > of "The machine sent X > >request to X IP / port." I figure I can run the > program and see where it > >is going. > > > > Question 2: Is there a way to automate a GUI > program? ( Doesn't that > >defeat the purpose of a GUI program in the first > place? ). > > > > > >-- > >Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > >AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 > >-- > >My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > >My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
