Accessing form fields in IE/NS from an application..

[mp3cdman]

Hi there,

I have an HTML editor written in C++ and I would like it to be able to automatically (on click of a button) update populate (or read from) some form fields in a web browser..

I can't put any code in the webpage so that sockets could be used to communicate and thus need to do so directly through the windows api or somehow..

It can be done cos there's programs like Gator out there which will pupulate a form in a web browser with store info when you click on a single button..

Anyone know how this can be achieved.. Backing up your solution with some code (or a demonstration program) would be much appreciated.

John S.

 

[mp3cdman]

Can no-one help with this problem?

 

[mp3cdman]

So has no one got any idea how programs like Gator can access the fields in a webform directly to eneter information. If it can't be done in c++ then has anyone got a suggestion of how to achieve this??

 

[qednick]

Read up on Windows messaging. It is possible to send messages to a window in another application that is currently running - however, I've never personally had to do this so I can't elaborate but I suspect this is your answer.

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[mp3cdman]

Thanks gednick! I'll have a look at it.