[RESOLVED] Frustrated - Webbrowser1 !!!

**nbCathy** · May 13th, 2007, 12:42 PM

I just don't understand something.
I go to a web site. http://davidgrayspeoplefinder.com/
It's form appears on my screen.

Code:

   On Error Resume Next
   For z = 0 To WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0).length - 1
      Debug.Print WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0)(z).Name _
            & " " & WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0)(z).Type _
            & " " & WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0)(z).Value
   Next z
   On Error GoTo 0

The code doesn't see anything!

Well, if it's on my screen, why I can't I insert username and password and click.

Frustrated but determined
Cathy

**PeejAvery** · May 13th, 2007, 01:37 PM

Are you making sure that the document is complete first before executing this code?

**nbCathy** · May 13th, 2007, 02:04 PM

Yes, and it does complete.

I am wondering if the website is sending the webpage and then deleting the information in the temp int directory.

I'll clear my temp internet dir then request the website and only one file is there.

Cathy

**PeejAvery** · May 13th, 2007, 09:07 PM

No. The browser itself controls the temp internet files, no scripting can do that. What I don't understand is your z variable attempting to read the form. WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0)(z) is invalid because WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0) returns the form itself, not the objects in it. If you want the <input> tags, you will have to do WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0).ELEMENT_NAME.value.

**nbCathy** · May 14th, 2007, 08:30 AM

I am trying to get the names of the elements.

In all of my test runs I removed the 'On Error Resume Next' and everthing works perfectly except at "http://davidgrayspeoplefinder.com/"
For z = 0 To WebBrowser1.Document.Forms(0).length - 1

Generates a Run time error '91'
Object variable or With block variable not set

Using Goggle advanced search page, http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
my code works perfectly and generates the following:

as_q text
hl hidden en
num select-one 10
btnG submit Google Search
as_epq text
as_oq text
as_eq text
lr select-one
as_ft select-one i
as_filetype select-one
as_qdr select-one all
as_nlo text
as_nhi text
as_occt select-one any
as_dt select-one i
as_sitesearch text
as_rights select-one
safe radio images
safe radio active

Works great at another website I use often
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

op hidden Search
includedb hidden
lang hidden en
ti hidden
surname text
stype select-one Exact
given text
lskip checkbox 1
bplace text
bskip checkbox 1
byear text
brange select-one 0
dplace text
dskip checkbox 1
dyear text
drange select-one 0
mplace text
mskip checkbox 1
myear text
mrange select-one 0
father text
mother text
spouse text
skipdb text
period select-one All
hd checkbox 1
hn checkbox 1
hs checkbox 1
fuzzy checkbox Y
submit.x submit Search

Please help
Cathy

**PeejAvery** · May 14th, 2007, 09:42 AM

Well, the only difference is that the sites it works on have more than one form. Have you tried it on different site that only has one form besides davidgrayspeoplefinder?

**nbCathy** · May 15th, 2007, 10:34 AM

Well, I went to my banking site and it doesn't work there either.

I really don't know what I'm doing here so I thought someone would have the answer.

It's just suprising that the form is sitting on my desktop but I can auto enter anything.

Thanks for your help,
Cathy

**PeejAvery** · May 15th, 2007, 11:05 AM

Why don't you try giving the form a name and then using Webbrowser1.document.FORMNAME...

**ChaosTheEternal** · May 15th, 2007, 02:09 PM

I thought it odd too, that I could load the page in a WebBrowser and your code wouldn't find a form, but viewing the source showed a FORM tag.

So, I looked through the WebBrowser1.Document object.

What it is, is that the page you're looking at is inside a frame. The page you actually visit has a FRAMESET and a FRAME. Here's the HTML source of the page in that link (gotten by clicking on the View menu of the browser, not right clicking on the page and selecting View Source):

Code:

<!--redirect1--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>David Gray's People Finder</title>
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="adoption,search,genealogy,archives,texas birth index,texas marraige index,texas divorce index,texas death index index,vital records,vital">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Search 500mil people including the TX, CA, KY etc... Birth/Death/Marriage indexes and Texas Birth/Death/Delayed Books and more...">
</head>
	<frameset frameborder="0" framespacing="0" border="0" rows="100%,*">
	    <frame name="MYTOPFRAME" src="http://67.9.157.55:80/" noresize>
	    <noframes>
	       	<body>
           <h1>David Gray's People Finder</h1>
           Search 500mil people including the TX, CA, KY etc... Birth/Death/Marriage indexes and Texas Birth/Death/Delayed Books and more...<br>
	   adoption,search,genealogy,archives,texas birth index,texas marraige index,texas divorce index,texas death index index,vital records,vital<br>
	   <br>
	   Click here to enter <a href="http://67.9.157.55:80/">http://67.9.157.55:80/</a>
           <hr>
| Domain Name Registration and Domain Name Forwarding by <a href="http://www.mydomain.com">mydomain.com - Register your domain name</a>
        </body>
	    </noframes>
	</frameset>

</html>

That's what the WebBrowser1.Document control sees. There's no form in sight.

Now, if you access the page by the redirect they have (their FRAME src or the link in their NOFRAMES section), your code will work as you want it to.

**nbCathy** · May 15th, 2007, 04:36 PM

I have to be honest. I hardly know anything about HTML and barely can program VB but thru your suggestion, IT WORKED!!!!!

Using the src value, these are the values I found on the login page.

affUSER hidden
user text
pass password
submit PROCEED

The next page is the 'search parameter page' and it must also be in a frame because I used the same code and it worked also.

affUSER hidden
user text
pass password
submit PROCEED

user hidden
affUSER hidden
LastName text
FirstName text
MiddleName text
submit Search
BirthDateMM select-one 00
BirthDateDD select-one 00
BirthDateYY select-one 0000
ExactDobFlag hidden true
LevelControl hidden 0
Region hidden TxAll
ZipCode hidden
AllowBirthDateDD hidden 1
AllowBirthDateMM hidden 1
AllowBirthDateYY hidden 1
AllowExactDobFlag hidden 1
AllowFirstName hidden 1
AllowLastName hidden 1
AllowLevelControl hidden 1
AllowMiddleName hidden 1
AllowRegion hidden 1
AllowZipCode hidden 0
OtherName hidden
PersonStreet hidden
PersonNum hidden

Now, will the src change with time AND is this normal HTML programming as used by this site?

Your effort and enlightment is truly appreciated !

Cathy

**ChaosTheEternal** · May 15th, 2007, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by nbCathy

Now, will the src change with time

If they want to change where the page is stored, then the SRC attribute for the FRAME can change.

Originally Posted by nbCathy

is this normal HTML programming as used by this site?

Frames are a normal part of HTML. While the intent of frames is generally to not require you to redownload navigation and header content while going from page to page on a site, that site used them to hide the URL of the page you were currently on (as you notice the SRC attribute for the FRAME points to an IP address and not a named website).

Is it normal? I wouldn't think so, but if it can be done, it will, so you should expect to see some pages like that.

**dglienna** · May 15th, 2007, 08:19 PM

As soon as they detect that you are automating their form, is when they'll decide if and when they want to make changes. They have a pretty good system now. Just don't hit it 100 times in 20 minutes

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