use a sniffer to see where the GUI is connecting to On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, cf refactoring wrote:
> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
