topic Re: How to do auto program in Operating System - HP-UX

How to do auto program

intp — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:01:05 GMT

hi,

i need something like the following...

1) when i execute a program (any programming language or any method), it needs to
open a web browser fills in the data required.

is this possible in c programming ? if so can someone send a simple example c program which opens a webbrowser and fills in some data.

I'm trying to fill in my timesheet(its in a web browser) automatically :) Damn every week i need to do the same stupid thing. :) Please help

Thanks.

Re: How to do auto program

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:30:12 GMT

Shalom,

If your browser runs on windows there are open source windows scripting tools that will do it with a lot less code.

As an aside, time sheets are supposed to be filled out by a person not a program. Its also ill advised to use automated programs to click web ad's or do other things that can clog bandwidth and potentially get you into a bit of trouble.

Good Luck,

SEP

Re: How to do auto program

Torsten. — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:30:19 GMT

You don't need C but HTML.

You can call most of the browsers only with an URL as argument. This will open a page only, but not fill the forms.

Most browsers have a function "autofill", but you need to go to every field.

Some tools are available in the web (for windows mostly) to recoed your entries and fill it automatically.

If your application is allowing it, you can save an offline copy of the page and modify the source.

You will find a

Re: How to do auto program

intp — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:03:33 GMT

any tools ..any websites ? that you can suggest , where i can find these tools ?

Re: How to do auto program

Torsten. — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:14:04 GMT

Search the web for terms like "autofill forms" or something or go with the offline method.

The tools can even auto-assign points ;-))