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Using axWebBrowser to input text to a web textbox

I am working in visual studio .net, I have created a window app and added an axWebBrowser with the standard navigation buttons, this works fine. I would like to be able to load a page with multiple textboxs and buttons then programmaticlly input text to a specific textbox and then fire a specific button. Say for example to automatically login to a web site.

Can I do this with axWebrowser or an mshtml.HTMLDocument ?

I have played with mshtml.HTMLDocument a little and am able to grab the text of the page but I can't figure out how to get access to textboxes or buttons.

Please give an example of how this can be done.

Éric Moreau

I use the axWebBrowser like this:

mblnDownloadCompleted = False
With AxWebBrowser1
.Navigate2("YourURLGoesHere")
Do While Not mblnDownloadCompleted
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
.Document.All("Username").Value = "YourUID" 'You may have to change UseName for your field name
.Document.All("Password").Value = "YourPassword" 'You may have to change Password for your field name
.Document.Forms(0).Submit()

mblnDownloadCompleted = False
Do While Not mblnDownloadCompleted
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
btnGo.Enabled = True
End With

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ASKER

Is that VB? I am working in C#, I have seen similar VB examples

AxWebBrowser1.Document.All("Username").Value = "YourUID"

but in C# axWebBrowser1.Document has no "All" member, ?!?!?

I have been trying somthing like this:

mshtml.HTMLDocument htm = (mshtml.HTMLDocument)axWebBrowser1.Document;
mshtml.IHTMLElementCollection cltn = htm.getElementsByName("email");

but I don't know to convert the mshtml.IHTMLElementCollection to a mshtml.HTMLInputElement
so I can access its value. Im not even sure if this is the right approach. Can you give me an example in C#?

Éric Moreau

why don't you use the axWebBrowser ?

Éric Moreau

I just saw "but in C# axWebBrowser1.Document has no "All" member, ?!?!?"

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ASKER

I got it to work,

htm = (mshtml.HTMLDocument)axWebBrowser1.Document;
mshtml.IHTMLElementCollection col;
col = htm.getElementsByName("email");

foreach (mshtml.HTMLInputElement i in col)
{
i.value = strUsername;
}

Thanks for trying to help

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tomvergote

why are you not simply posting to the second page instead of loading the first, filling it out, hunt for the submit button and fake a click?

Have a look at this sample
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/WebRequests/clientPOST.aspx

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ASKER

logging on to a web site was just an example, in some cases where I want to use this there is no second page.