How to send text to a textbox in a webbrowser w/out using sendkeys (input type=file)?

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 12:22 AM

apparantly, its impossible to set the value of a <input type=file> element in a webbrowser..

anyone know how to set text to elements like this without using sendkeys (ie WM_SETTEXT).. how would i figure out the elements hwnd?

**Deepak Sakpal** · Aug 26th, 2004, 12:28 AM

i dont know will this help u but u should check it out.

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 12:34 AM

doesnt help..

**chemicalNova** · Aug 26th, 2004, 02:08 AM

There have been multiple posts about things like this in the past. Mostly from a user called EJ12N, and I believe he found the answer and posted it. It has something to do with the Document Object Model... Try searching..

Phreak

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 02:24 AM

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ghlight=object

might be what youre referring to. otherwise i cant find anything :/

but that post doesnt answer the question

**EJ12N** · Aug 26th, 2004, 02:30 AM

Originally posted by «°°phReAk°°»
There have been multiple posts about things like this in the past. Mostly from a user called EJ12N, and I believe he found the answer and posted it. It has something to do with the Document Object Model... Try searching..

Phreak

you remembered me

anyways...like phreak said use DOM...

With WebBrowser1.Document
.getElementById("email").Value = sEmail
End With

That will set the element with name email in this case was a textbox with the value or variable sEmail
Hope that helps

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 03:02 AM

thanks, but that wont work

input type=file elements cannot have their value set that way..

the only thing that has worked in the past was sendkeys, but that requires app focus...

is there another way?

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 02:20 PM

bump

**EJ12N** · Aug 26th, 2004, 03:29 PM

Do it with javascript

ie.Navigate "javascript:document.write('<html><body><input type=file id=txtFile></body></html>');"

ie.Navigate "javascript:document.write('<html><body><input type=password id=txtPass></body></html>');"

ie.Navigate "javascript:document.write('<html><body><input type=text id=txtName></body></html>');"

Hope that's what you mean

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 03:57 PM

i need to set the value of them, not create them

ie.

<input type=file name=something>

how can i set the value of this element? you cannot do it with the DOM

**EJ12N** · Aug 26th, 2004, 04:05 PM

how can i set the value of this element? you cannot do it with the DOM

How you do it in HTML

i 4got post it here then i might be able to solve it ...

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 04:32 PM

with dom it would be

wb.document.forms(0).something.value = "whatever"

but you cannot set the value of input type=file with DOM

**EJ12N** · Aug 26th, 2004, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by VaxoP
with dom it would be

wb.document.forms(0).something.value = "whatever"

but you cannot set the value of input type=file with DOM

No i want raw HTML how you do it...
what value you want to change ?... -.-
you just said change value of type=file but what value i changed type= value in above post... to other value else tell what value u want to change....

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 05:11 PM

i need to know in general..

it is impossible to set the value of input type=file with dom

impossible.

doesnt matter how big the box is, no matter what style it has, or its name

ALL input type=file cannot have their value set by DOM..

i need to know how to set their value without using DOM, without using sendkeys

**techgnome** · Aug 26th, 2004, 05:19 PM

People, people, people..... 1) I don't think it can be done. It's a security thing. Prevents people for using hidden file tags to upload files w/o the user knowing. Bad juju. 2) If some one does figure out how to do it, please post your web site, I want to mark it on my list of places to never visit.

TG

**Vishalgiri** · Aug 26th, 2004, 08:27 PM

a software named "Gator" enters username password all my personal info when ever a form appers in web browser, i think this theread is like that

**VaxoP** · Aug 26th, 2004, 08:59 PM

gator fills input type = 'anything BUT file'

i dont want to do this with HTML, i am aware MS has purposely made it so you cannot set the value of the element.

i dont want to do this with DOM either, as it probably cannot be done.

but there MUST be a way to do it with api??

i mean theres a very simple way..

wb.document.forms(0).element_file.focus
sendkeys whatever

but that requires focus to the app.. isnt there ANY other way?

**VaxoP** · Aug 27th, 2004, 02:17 AM

bump

**VaxoP** · Aug 27th, 2004, 07:58 PM

^^;

**VaxoP** · Aug 29th, 2004, 02:42 PM

bump

**EJ12N** · Aug 29th, 2004, 09:18 PM

Bumper...have fun
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