Hi,
I'm using HTML::Form extensively in a script that submits resumes to
multiple forms on several sites. For the most part, it works just great.
However sometimes, it does not fill out a select field (usually the kind
that allows multiple selections) or a checkbox.
I always grab the form from the site, then check if a certain field exists.
For example:
$key="pos";
$fillin="1830";
$inputexists=$form[$formnum]->find_input($key);
if(($inputexists ne "") and ($fillin ne "")){
$form[$formnum]->value("$key","$fillin");
}
else{
print"Did not find field $key on form.";
}
I do this for each field and then submit it. This works most of the time.
However I've come across one site that has several checkboxes. When I use
the code above to select one, it doesn't seem to be saved in $form. When I
do a dump:
$form[$formnum]->dump;
It shows something like this for that field:
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|183]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|1813]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|192]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|174]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|1821]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|173]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|164]
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|1830]
As you see 1830, the one I just selected above, is not selected here. If it
was, it would look like this:
pos=<UNDEF> (checkbox) [*<UNDEF>|*1830]
I've had the same happen on several sites that have select menus. I make a
selection, I don't get any error message, however when I do a form dump it
does not show as being selected.
Has anybody come across this problem before?
Thanks,
Paula Jakobs
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