Use WebBrowser to submit data

Hey,

I am trying to submit data using the vb6 webbrowser control.
In the case of google it is quite easy:
Right click the textbox and select inspect element which reveals the textbox name to be "q"
Right click the google submit button which reveals the button's name to be "btnG"

So the code to submit data to the google search engine is:

Code:

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WebBrowser1.Document.All("q").focus
WebBrowser1.Document.All("q").Value = "Enter the Search Lookup"
WebBrowser1.Document.All("btnG").focus
WebBrowser1.Document.activeElement.Click

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However, it is not always that easy. For example, how to submit a reply to this site?

I tried:
WebBrowser1.Document.All("quick_reply").focus
WebBrowser1.Document.All("quick_reply").Value = "A Reply"
However, setting the value that way didn't work.

Same when I tried using:
WebBrowser1.Document.getElementById("cke_contents_vB_Editor_QR_editor").value

Error in both cases: 'Object does not support this property or method'

Although submitting a reply is easy:

Code:

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WebBrowser1.Document.All("sButton").focus
WebBrowser1.Document.activeElement.Click

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Most sites require both a POST and the need for a cookie. Additionally, ASP pages can't really be accessed from the client side.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dglienna

Most sites require both a POST and the need for a cookie. Additionally, ASP pages can't really be accessed from the client side.

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Thanks for the reply dglienna, what do you mean by POST?

I found that I could get the value in the quick reply section using this code:

Code:

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WebBrowser1.Document.All("message_backup").focus
Debug.Print WebBrowser1.Document.All("message_backup").Value

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Although setting it like so:
WebBrowser1.Document.All("message_backup").Value = "12345"
Debug.Print WebBrowser1.Document.All("message_backup").Value
Didn't change the reply.

I wonder why?