automatically submitting a page

[middletree]

I suspect this has been asked before, and I know that it technically is
off-topic, as it would probably take client-side code to accomplish. But I'd
like to ask it here anyway. I'd like to add that I did a search of this
forum and other sites. I did come up with
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2281, but that doesn't quite do it for me.

I have a project to .... ( in the background), navigate to a web page,
pre-fill some xml text into a html text box, and push the submit button.

I have reached a dead end on component invoke's - MICRSOSOFT HTML OBJECT
LIBRARY.

I am able to get the document.

I am able to get element by collection

I am able to set the value in the text area.

I simply don't know how to process (push the button). below is the

html source. I've tried " form element" "input element". I get various
errors. I heard Argo has customers that have done this basic html handling.
Can someone give me some advice. On how this could work.



<FORM ACTION="some.dl l" METHOD="POST" NAME="InfoFrmGe t" TARGET="Respons e">

<PRE>

<TEXTAREA ROWS=15 COLS=80 NAME="HFPTREQUE ST" ></TEXTAREA>

<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit Values"> <INPUT TYPE="reset"

VALUE="Reset " >

</PRE>

</FORM>

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Re: automatically submitting a page

middletree wrote:[color=blue]
> I suspect this has been asked before, and I know that it technically
> is off-topic, as it would probably take client-side code to
> accomplish. But I'd like to ask it here anyway.[/color]

Why?

There are newsgroups set up to handle this type of question? If you were a
newcomer I would answer it here anyways, but since you have been posting
here long enough to know better, I'm going suggest posting to a relevant
newsgroup. One of the .scripting neswgroups, or any newsgroup with "dhtml"
in its name will be happy to handle this question (I know, because I
frequent those groups myself).

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

[middletree]

Re: automatically submitting a page

Mainly because I see it as somewhat related to ASP(in a roundabout way), and
because most of the DHTML groups that I have been to seem to be slow in
answering and I was holping for a quick answer to this one.


"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01501@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
news:uzsVaEslEH A.3756@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> middletree wrote:[color=green]
> > I suspect this has been asked before, and I know that it technically
> > is off-topic, as it would probably take client-side code to
> > accomplish. But I'd like to ask it here anyway.[/color]
>
> Why?
>
> There are newsgroups set up to handle this type of question? If you were a
> newcomer I would answer it here anyways, but since you have been posting
> here long enough to know better, I'm going suggest posting to a relevant
> newsgroup. One of the .scripting neswgroups, or any newsgroup with "dhtml"
> in its name will be happy to handle this question (I know, because I
> frequent those groups myself).
>
> Bob Barrows
> --
> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
> don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
> "NO SPAM"
>
>[/color]

[Harag]

Re: automatically submitting a page

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:45:11 -0500, "middletree "
<middletree@HTO mail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Mainly because I see it as somewhat related to ASP(in a roundabout way), and
>because most of the DHTML groups that I have been to seem to be slow in
>answering and I was holping for a quick answer to this one.
>[/color]

You could try the

comp.lang.javas cript

group, there always helpful to me when I ask there. as this problem
being related to ASP - that is so far from the truth. ASP is
serverside, your problem is clientside.

quick tip: look up the ".submit()" method.

HTH

Al.
[color=blue]
>
>"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01501@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
>news:uzsVaEslE HA.3756@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. .[color=green]
>> middletree wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > I suspect this has been asked before, and I know that it technically
>> > is off-topic, as it would probably take client-side code to
>> > accomplish. But I'd like to ask it here anyway.[/color]
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> There are newsgroups set up to handle this type of question? If you were a
>> newcomer I would answer it here anyways, but since you have been posting
>> here long enough to know better, I'm going suggest posting to a relevant
>> newsgroup. One of the .scripting neswgroups, or any newsgroup with "dhtml"
>> in its name will be happy to handle this question (I know, because I
>> frequent those groups myself).
>>
>> Bob Barrows
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
>> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
>> don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
>> "NO SPAM"
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]

[middletree]

Re: automatically submitting a page

At my job, I don't have access to Usenet. I can get to specific groups which
reside on servers such as Microsoft, Macromedia, and GRC, but not a group
like comp.lang.javas cript. So to go there, I'd have to wait until I got
home. That's why I didn't go there.

I do understand the difference between client-side and server-side. I felt
that this was a question that someone here could answer. I only do this type
of thing very rarely, and each time I do, I get heat for it. I think I'll
stop here before I say something I'll regret.


"Harag" <haragREMOVETHE SECAPITALS@soft home.net> wrote in message
news:8fp2k09oar k18q21r4o7aacp5 cgp3lpikg@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:45:11 -0500, "middletree "
> <middletree@HTO mail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Mainly because I see it as somewhat related to ASP(in a roundabout way),[/color][/color]
and[color=blue][color=green]
> >because most of the DHTML groups that I have been to seem to be slow in
> >answering and I was holping for a quick answer to this one.
> >[/color]
>
> You could try the
>
> comp.lang.javas cript
>
> group, there always helpful to me when I ask there. as this problem
> being related to ASP - that is so far from the truth. ASP is
> serverside, your problem is clientside.
>
> quick tip: look up the ".submit()" method.
>
> HTH
>
> Al.
>[color=green]
> >
> >"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <reb01501@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
> >news:uzsVaEslE HA.3756@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. .[color=darkred]
> >> middletree wrote:
> >> > I suspect this has been asked before, and I know that it technically
> >> > is off-topic, as it would probably take client-side code to
> >> > accomplish. But I'd like to ask it here anyway.
> >>
> >> Why?
> >>
> >> There are newsgroups set up to handle this type of question? If you[/color][/color][/color]
were a[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> newcomer I would answer it here anyways, but since you have been[/color][/color][/color]
posting[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> here long enough to know better, I'm going suggest posting to a[/color][/color][/color]
relevant[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> newsgroup. One of the .scripting neswgroups, or any newsgroup with[/color][/color][/color]
"dhtml"[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> in its name will be happy to handle this question (I know, because I
> >> frequent those groups myself).
> >>
> >> Bob Barrows
> >> --
> >> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
> >> don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
> >> "NO SPAM"
> >>
> >>[/color]
> >[/color]
>[/color]

[Chris Hohmann]

Re: automatically submitting a page

"middletree " <middletree@hto mail.com> wrote in message
news:e8VxqVzlEH A.2588@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> At my job, I don't have access to Usenet. I can get to specific groups[/color]
which[color=blue]
> reside on servers such as Microsoft, Macromedia, and GRC, but not a group
> like comp.lang.javas cript. So to go there, I'd have to wait until I got
> home. That's why I didn't go there.
>
> I do understand the difference between client-side and server-side. I felt
> that this was a question that someone here could answer. I only do this[/color]
type[color=blue]
> of thing very rarely, and each time I do, I get heat for it. I think I'll
> stop here before I say something I'll regret.[/color]

Here are some options:

1. You could post to microsoft.publi c.scripting.jsc ript. While JScript
somewhat IE-centric, it still represents a subset/superset of EMCA
JavaScript and the newsgroup is fairly active.
2. Post to comp.lang.javas cript from a web based system like Google Groups
3. If this is a background process, perhaps you should discard a browser
based solution in favor of a pure scripting solution. Here's an article that
includes an example of using the MSXML2.ServerXM LHTTP interface to post data
to a remote web page:

http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2173

Once you ASP page is working, you could move the code into a script file and
schedule it to run periodically. Here's a related article:

http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2143

I can understand your frustration, but it really is a disservice to everyone
when off-topic questions are posted. You are less likely to get a
meaningful/useful response, the person responding is occupied redirecting
you to a more appropriate forum for your question and others who have posted
on-topic questions are left waiting.

[David C. Holley]

Re: automatically submitting a page

Oh come on! The number of posts about where to post far exceed the one
that it would take to answer the question. I'm not certain if this will
answer the question or not (IF IT DOESN'T PLEASE SEE ONE OF THE
BEFOREMENTIONED SCRIPTING FORUMS), however client-side you'd use within
a function.

document.[FORM NAME].submit();

David H

Chris Hohmann wrote:[color=blue]
> "middletree " <middletree@hto mail.com> wrote in message
> news:e8VxqVzlEH A.2588@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
>[color=green]
>>At my job, I don't have access to Usenet. I can get to specific groups[/color]
>
> which
>[color=green]
>>reside on servers such as Microsoft, Macromedia, and GRC, but not a group
>>like comp.lang.javas cript. So to go there, I'd have to wait until I got
>>home. That's why I didn't go there.
>>
>>I do understand the difference between client-side and server-side. I felt
>>that this was a question that someone here could answer. I only do this[/color]
>
> type
>[color=green]
>>of thing very rarely, and each time I do, I get heat for it. I think I'll
>>stop here before I say something I'll regret.[/color]
>
>
> Here are some options:
>
> 1. You could post to microsoft.publi c.scripting.jsc ript. While JScript
> somewhat IE-centric, it still represents a subset/superset of EMCA
> JavaScript and the newsgroup is fairly active.
> 2. Post to comp.lang.javas cript from a web based system like Google Groups
> 3. If this is a background process, perhaps you should discard a browser
> based solution in favor of a pure scripting solution. Here's an article that
> includes an example of using the MSXML2.ServerXM LHTTP interface to post data
> to a remote web page:
>
> http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2173
>
> Once you ASP page is working, you could move the code into a script file and
> schedule it to run periodically. Here's a related article:
>
> http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2143
>
> I can understand your frustration, but it really is a disservice to everyone
> when off-topic questions are posted. You are less likely to get a
> meaningful/useful response, the person responding is occupied redirecting
> you to a more appropriate forum for your question and others who have posted
> on-topic questions are left waiting.
>
>
>
>[/color]

[Harag]

Re: automatically submitting a page

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:15:53 -0400, "David C. Holley"
<DavidCHolley@n etscape.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Oh come on! The number of posts about where to post far exceed the one
>that it would take to answer the question. I'm not certain if this will
>answer the question or not (IF IT DOESN'T PLEASE SEE ONE OF THE
>BEFOREMENTIONE D SCRIPTING FORUMS), however client-side you'd use within
>a function.
>
>document.[FORM NAME].submit();[/color]

document.forms["FORMNAME"].submit();

and I did give the OP an idea on what to look up
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>quick tip: look up the ".submit()" method.[/color][/color][/color]


Al

[Chris Hohmann]

Re: automatically submitting a page

"David C. Holley" <DavidCHolley@n etscape.net> wrote in message
news:eE7taeTmEH A.3340@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Oh come on! The number of posts about where to post far exceed the one
> that it would take to answer the question. I'm not certain if this will
> answer the question or not (IF IT DOESN'T PLEASE SEE ONE OF THE
> BEFOREMENTIONED SCRIPTING FORUMS), however client-side you'd use within
> a function.
>
> document.[FORM NAME].submit();[/color]

My thinking is that redirecting the poster to a more appropriate forum is
hopefully a one time affair that provides a better resource for future
client-side inquiries. Conversely, making an exception "just this once" only
reinforces the notion that this newsgroup is an appropriate forum for
client-side questions. You will note that in addition to pointing the poster
to a client-side newsgroup accessible from his work environment, I also
suggested a server-side solution. Finally, I empathize with the posters
frustration. We've all been in this situation at one time or another. Using
the most tactful language at my disposal, I simply tried to explain why
off-topic posting is a losing proposition for all involved. As you seem
willing to be the standard bearer for client-side questions in this
newsgroup, I will leave you to it and wish you Godspeed.