Hello Darren, How about using an http component such as the one in ICS? You can do it from the protocol level.
BTW, how do you simulate clicking a button with TWebBrowser? -- Best regards, Jack Thursday, December 22, 2005, 9:27:50 PM, you wrote: > All, > I am trying to automate IE using Delphi in a process that can load a web > page, fill in some fields, simulate the clicking of a button and navigating > to the page that resulted from the simulated click and then processing it in > the same manner. > I could achieve this with the TWebBrowser component, but all of the > IHTMLElements are not loaded until the TWebBrowser finishes loading the > first page, and the first page will not load if the TWebBrowser component is > not actually visible on the screen. > I have been to the great www.euromind.com site, and have used the UILess > version written by Per. Unfortunately, I do not know how to handle the > clicking of a button on the loaded HTML page using the component. I know how > to click the button, but a visible Explorer window appears when I do it, and > then my Explorer process crashes. > The steps needed are: > 1. Load web page using UILess or some other mechanism > 2. Auto-select combo box option from HTML page > 3. Simulate clicking of button to proceed to next page > 4. Load next web page > 5. Fill in form fields > 6. Simulate clicking of button to post form data > 7. Close browser > The reason for doing this is to automate a web-based document management > system which has no API of its own, and all the business rules are written > into the UI logic. This logic must also be reusable from any kind of > application, including Windows Service programs. Any suggestions welcome. > Many thanks and seasons greetings, > Darren > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
