(Note the "GetAttribute", which isn't "SetAttribute")
On Sep 15, 9:48 pm, Anonymous <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually this is not an ASP thing. It's a WebBrowser on a Windows > Form. It's not altering the HTML in any way, it's just looping > through all HtmlElements and getting their types. There's no reason > this is insecure, for example, I could just right click in IE8 and > View Source and look for "<input type=\"text\"". Why can't I do that > programmatically with a WebBrowser? > > On Sep 14, 5:02 pm, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Some controls like input type="file" can't have their text set > > serverside because you don't want to enable someone to force upload an > > arbitrary file from your machine. Concerns like that -- by opening a > > web page, you're giving a degree of access to your machine. You can't > > fully trust any random server. > > > I've never known an input type="text" to have this issue, but I > > suspect there's some context we're not seeing here. > > > ∞ Andy Badera > > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 > > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, VIKAS GARG <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > An what are those reasons plz tell us > > > > On 9/14/09, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> That's not Microsoft. That's HTML spec. There are certain controls you > > >> can't set in certain ways from the server due to security issues. Quit > > >> bitching about Microsoft for no good reason. (There are PLENTY of good > > >> reasons -- bitch about them!) > > > >> ∞ Andy Badera > > >> ∞ +1 518-641-1280 > > >> ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > > >> ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Anonymous <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> Im automating a webbrowser to do certain tasks. I loop through the > > >>> text boxes in the html sometimes and this requires > > > >>> if(HtmlElement1.GetAttribute("type") == "text") > > >>>>>>do stuff; > > > >>> Right now it's sometimes giving me the UnauthorizedAccessException > > >>> when I get there. > > > >>> ARGH! > > > >>> Does microsoft have to control what I do on my own computer...? > > > >>> Anyways, I tried caspol -security off. It says it temporarily turned > > >>> it off but it still gives the exception. Stupid security mechanisms. > > > > -- > > > With Regards > > > Vikas Garg > > > 919458309530
