Get Hidden Text values from returning page

[DougP]

I have a web page that calls UPS WEB site to return the tracking information. On that page is the Reference 1 “PO-2101” which is our PO and the actual UPS tracking number “1Z blah blah blah”

The UPS tracking number is in a hidden text box on that page.

<INPUT TYPE=&quot;HIDDEN&quot; NAME=&quot;line1&quot; VALUE=&quot;1Z3670451550845123,313092b7c3014d7b00decd94f5622e1509202020,,2020202020202020202020202020202020202020,I,,20011020,065100,ANAHEIM,CA,US,,,,,,20011019,YORBA LINDA,CA,US,NEXT DAY AIR EARLY AM,,,1,20011022,,,,mpts,AR,,,,,,,,,,,2020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020,2020202020202020202020202020202020202020,,,,,,,,&quot;>

it’s the first 18 characters in text box &quot;line1&quot;

How can I get that value ???
By using a form.request????

Can someone assist in this??

DougP, MCP

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[link9]

Ya know, though... it really seems to me as if there should be a way to do this.

I mean, you have a cached copy of the page on the client's computer. I just can't believe that there is no way to extract a little piece of text out of it. It's just too simple.

I'm not giving up on this. I'm still thinking.

 

[jmcpher]

Just something I noticed. I said this:
Welllll, it appears I have been talking o u t o f m y a s s.
but my post toned that down to:
Welllll, it appears I have been saying the wrong thing. &quot;Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it forever.&quot;

John

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[DougP]

Thanks for you Help Link9
I really appreciate it
Once upon a time I created a Visual Basic .EXE app that would somehow open a WEB page and save it to a file and then parse through it looking for something.

Not sure how, I'll look back at my notes.
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[jmcpher]

If thats acceptable then it can easily be done. Just open up IE with a VB program, go to whatever page you want, sendkeys or execwb your way to file saving, open the file, parse.

PS Just because I was wrong doesn't mean I wasn't trying, I mean, wheres the LOVE? ;-) &quot;Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it forever.&quot;

John

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[DougP]

Any method will be fine at this point
total Browser solution is great
I want to scan the 1Z barcode have it go to UPS WEB site find the PO and return it so I can save it to a database DougP, MCP

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[jmcpher]

Open up VB, put a button down and paste this into the code:

Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Private Sub Command1_Click()
  Dim ie As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
  Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
  ie.Visible = True
  ie.Navigate "[URL unfurl="true"]www.google.com"[/URL]
  Do While ie.Busy
    Sleep 1000
  Loop
  Const fileName = "temp.html"
  SendKeys "%fa" & fileName & "{TAB}{DOWN 3}{TAB 5}", True
  SendKeys "{DOWN 3} {TAB}{DOWN}~{TAB 3}~", True
End Sub

This will save your page as a file. This may not work depending on what OS you are running, so for a bulletproof way to do it, you will have to figure out how to do this with ExecWB, which you can use to save the file.

[and still no love...] &quot;Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it forever.&quot;

John

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