[RESOLVED] How to login to website using WebBrowser component?

[stefo911]

I want to make program that will login to phpbb3 forum...

And I want to use WebBrowser component... but I dont know how to login to forum using it...

[chris128]

Search these forums, there are loads of examples of people asking the exact same thing.

[stefo911]

Well I did some researches here but here is the thing...

I setup a browser and command button for design... and here is the code:

Private Sub command1_click()
    Dim ie As WebBrowser
    ie.Navigate ("http://forumurl.com/ucp.php?mode=login")
    ie.Document.Forms(0).Elements("username").Value = "stefo"
    ie.Document.Forms(0).Elements("password").Value = "pass"
    ie.Document.Forms(0).submit
    MsgBox "you're in!!!-click OK to close browser"
End Sub

I get error: "Object variable or With block variable not set"

[chris128]

You have to wait until your browser has actually loaded the page. Your telling it to navigate to that website and then instantly asking it to enter text into some textboxes that wont even be there yet.
You should drag an instance of the WebBrowser control onto your form and then place this code (minus the declaring bit obviously as you would already have a webbrowser there now) in the LoadComplete event (or whatever its called).

[stefo911]

Like this:

Private Sub command1_click()
    Dim ie As WebBrowser
    ie.Navigate ("http://forumurl.com/ucp.php?mode=login")
End Sub

private sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted()
    ie.Document.Forms(0).Elements("username").Value = "stefo"
    ie.Document.Forms(0).Elements("password").Value = "pass"
    ie.Document.Forms(0).submit
    MsgBox "you're in!!!-click OK to close browser"
end sub

Didn't tried this but I assume it's something like this?

[chris128]

Yeah very similar to that

[stefo911]

It doesn't work. It navigates me to the page but it wont log me in.

[chris128]

Are you sure your text fields on the website are named "username" and "password" ?
Also, you may need to set the OuterText (or might be InnerText, cant remember) properties instead of the Value

[stefo911]

Well I want to login to the phpBB3 forum so I'm sure fields are username & password.

[dee-u]

This thread could provide valuable hints.

[stefo911]

I tried it,it navigates me to the page but it doesn't log me in...

[dee-u]

Does it raise an error? Perhaps those elements are locate in a different form.

[stefo911]

Hey I got it finally...

I modified code from the page you gave me...

Dim i As Integer
Sub getMail()
    ie.Navigate ("http://forum.org/ucp.php?mode=login")
    While ie.Busy: DoEvents: Wend
    ie.Visible = True
    While ie.Busy: DoEvents: Wend
    
    'your user id
   ' ie.document.Forms(0).Elements("username").Value = "user"
    'your password
    'ie.document.Forms(0).Elements("password").Value = "pass"
     
     ie.document.All("username").Value = "stefo"
     ie.document.All("password").Value = "nissano19"
     
     
    While ie.Busy: DoEvents: Wend
    
   ' ie.Document.Forms(0).submit
    ie.document.All("Login").Click

    While ie.Busy: DoEvents: Wend
    
    MsgBox "you're in!!!-click OK to close browser"
End Sub



Private Sub Command1_Click()
Call getMail
End Sub

[dee-u]

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[stefo911]

Just one more question... does anybody know how to check if some strings exists on the website that webbrowser component loaded?

For example,I logged into website through VB but when I do it again it says Object .... With variable block set bla bla... something like that... so I figured why wouldn't I check if page has the word Logout... if it does then app shouldn't login but if it doesn't contains word Logout then it would log the user in...

And also,how to get content of some field? Cause I want to take content from the field message on forum that I have previously logged in...

I would like if you would be able to answer me first question,second question isn't that important to me....

[chris128]

You can get the entire HTML source of the website your browser is displaying by using the DocumentText property so you might be able to just use IndexOf or a RegEx query to see if the word Logout exists in that string.

[stefo911]

Okay,thanks will give it a shot.