Script/Batch file? Have a form field automatically have input text?

[gjon]

I was wondering if there was a way to set up some kind of script, etc. that would fill in a form field with a name when I double clicked that script on the desktop.
For example, a web browser would open to a specific page and the name of a person would be filled into the proper form field on that page.
ex: opens ie, then directs it to nbc.com/whathaveyoupage.html, then finds the input box with the name name and adds a specific name into that form field.
I was hoping there was a simple way to do this without installing a specific piece of software to do it. Maybe not possible otherwise, I don't know, but I'd like to find out.


Any information would be much appreciated.

Thank you so much.

[gjon]

Ok, I have found this for a batch file:

start iexplore http://www.google.com

But how do you add the part where I would like a specific name to go into the input field named q?
input value would be?

[RobDog888]

Automate the page by loading it into a webbrowser control.

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=416275

[gjon]

I didn't know which forum to post this thread in, but I was hoping for a shell scripting solution using the command line/batch file.
Sorry for the confusion, but I am hoping for a solution that doesn't require the installation of programs and/or .net to utilize.

[RobDog888]

Then you need to decide which language you are going to want to write it in. .NET will require the .NET framework. VB 6 will require the vb 6 runtimes, etc.