Web page automation.... How to fill a 'File' input value on a form

[SnyAc]

I'm automating several 'other-party' web page functions in my applications and I need to fill in the value of a file name on a form. The html descriptor for the form field is type="file" and class="filebutton". I can click the field which displays the windows file selector dialog... but I can't fill the .value property... seems to be read only.

Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly apprectiated.



Andy Snyder
SnyAc Software Services

http://www.snysoft.com

 

[baltman]

can you post the link?

 

[GriffMG]

Andy,

The "file" type in a web page pretty much is readonly.

You can, in some browsers - I'm thinking of ie, put a value in, but most will ignore it (some might throw an error).

It's a security feature designed to stop malicious prepopulation of pop-ups which would upload files automatically.

I have spent a lot of time trying to bypass this, and not found much that works well. The closest I have come is to use a keyboard macro that stuffs text values into the field.

If you do find a solution - please post it!

At the moment I use West-Wind IP tools - that works very well indeed for downloads, nice progress indicator etc. Not so good for uploads... no progress indicator

Regards

Griff
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