Re: How to handle a browser window that opens up during the execution of some external program commands

[hdb]

I am on Internet Explorer and found Win32::IEAutomation useful in the past as it emulates the user interaction with the browser. Have a look at the code snippet below. This is a bit older code and I hope it still works on newer IE.

    my $ie = Win32::IEAutomation->new( visible => 1 );
    $ie->gotoURL( "http://some.site.com/" );
# login
    $ie->getTextBox('name:', "userid")->SetValue($user);
    $ie->getTextBox('name:', "password")->SetValue($pass);
    $ie->getButton('name:', "login.x")->Click;

# move to job page
    $ie->getLink('linktext:', "Job")->Click;
    $ie->getLink('linktext:', $jobid)->Click;

# retrieve results
    my $content =  $ie->PageText;