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Web Browser Control (AxSHDocVw) & sendkeys.. won't work!
What I need to do is to log into a website, and download a file.
In order to do that I need to use this AxSHDocVw control and sendkeys to tab and enter the username / password, click the download link and save it.
(downloading would be a secondary question) For now I need to figure out how to do the sendkeys.
One of 2 things is happening.
1) the page doesn't have focus, so the sendkeys doesn't happen
2) the sendkeys happens before the page is loaded.. (i tried a thread.sleep, even after the navigate method, but somehow this prevents it from loading until the sleeper is over.. see below!)
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkIt
Thread.Sleep(10000)
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
etc etc etc
OR
browser.Navigate(url)
Thread.Sleep(10000)
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
etc etc etc
I also tried it without the sleeper.
I also tried it using the navigate2complete event.
private sub browser_NavigateComplete2(
and put the above code int he method. I'm lost!
nothing seems to work..
I can use:
System.Diagnostics.Process
HELP!
In order to do that I need to use this AxSHDocVw control and sendkeys to tab and enter the username / password, click the download link and save it.
(downloading would be a secondary question) For now I need to figure out how to do the sendkeys.
One of 2 things is happening.
1) the page doesn't have focus, so the sendkeys doesn't happen
2) the sendkeys happens before the page is loaded.. (i tried a thread.sleep, even after the navigate method, but somehow this prevents it from loading until the sleeper is over.. see below!)
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkIt
Thread.Sleep(10000)
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
etc etc etc
OR
browser.Navigate(url)
Thread.Sleep(10000)
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}")
etc etc etc
I also tried it without the sleeper.
I also tried it using the navigate2complete event.
private sub browser_NavigateComplete2(
and put the above code int he method. I'm lost!
nothing seems to work..
I can use:
System.Diagnostics.Process
HELP!
you should hook up to DocumentComplete event instead
ASKER
how would i do that?
ASKER
no documentComplete event that I can find....
ASKER
k that works sometimes but not really. half the time the documentcomplete event fires before the document is actually loaded and visible and able to take keystrokes.
still stuck.
still stuck.
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Bob
Dim clientReader As New WebClient
Dim bufferImageData As Byte() = clientReader.DownloadData(
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Return New Bitmap(streamImage)
Bob
ASKER
thanks bob.. i have a solution that works but that might help things out a little.
there is one thing i need that isn't working so far.. and that is a save file dialog.
How would I go about saving the file from that to a location easily?
sendkeys won't work because i can't find an event for when the dialog pops up..
and there isn't a straight link to the file for download!
there is one thing i need that isn't working so far.. and that is a save file dialog.
How would I go about saving the file from that to a location easily?
sendkeys won't work because i can't find an event for when the dialog pops up..
and there isn't a straight link to the file for download!
ASKER
the save file dialog pops up from a javascript submit function, that is called on the form submit button it seems. so i need to click the button on the form and then download the file that is prompted.
I wish I could do it your way, without sendkeys, but there are some things I can't do, like selecting listbox elements, etc... without sendkeys... especially this Save File Dialog, and file browser (have to tell it the exact location to save too!)
I wish I could do it your way, without sendkeys, but there are some things I can't do, like selecting listbox elements, etc... without sendkeys... especially this Save File Dialog, and file browser (have to tell it the exact location to save too!)
I don't know of any way, yet.
Bob
Bob
ASKER
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325204
I have worked through the file download via sendkeys. Although I'm trying to work through the above so that I know when the file is downloaded etc. and can close the browser when it is..
I am having troubles with this as well.
Should this intercept the filedownload? That is what I would prefer to have happen, intercept it and save the file automatically, in a specific location.
I have worked through the file download via sendkeys. Although I'm trying to work through the above so that I know when the file is downloaded etc. and can close the browser when it is..
I am having troubles with this as well.
Should this intercept the filedownload? That is what I would prefer to have happen, intercept it and save the file automatically, in a specific location.
That article states that this is a problem only in C#, and if you are using VB.NET it might not be a problem. Is the WebBrowser_FileDownload event not firing?
Bob
Bob
ASKER
not for me... even after the save button is clicked that event still doesn't fire.
I've tried both adding a custom method and attaching an event to it that way, and also in vs.net going to the dropdown list and selecting teh event.. both should work the same and I don't see the event being fired in either case.
I've tried both adding a custom method and attaching an event to it that way, and also in vs.net going to the dropdown list and selecting teh event.. both should work the same and I don't see the event being fired in either case.