Vista - Automate https website file download?

12-27-2008

How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https website,
selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to start a file
download?

12-28-2008

"ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx

Quote:

> How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https
> website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to
> start a file download?

How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of scriptable
COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The
InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object
model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events
usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window and
navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost any
object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make
selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course, many
web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of eyes
that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage
automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or
microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like
internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code examples.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is Microsft's
reference for the object model.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en
will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that provides
snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and manipulate
many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA should give you a
good understanding of how to access the contents of a web page.

-Paul Randall

12-28-2008

Limited to no experience with COM. What I'm after specifically is a vbs
script file that can be run scheduled and unattended overnight on a server.

"Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https
>> website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to
>> start a file download?

>
> How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of scriptable
> COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The
> InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object
> model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events
> usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window
> and navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost any
> object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make
> selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course, many
> web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of eyes
> that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage
> automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or
> microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like
> internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code
> examples.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is Microsft's
> reference for the object model.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en
> will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that
> provides snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and
> manipulate many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA
> should give you a good understanding of how to access the contents of a
> web page.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
>
>
>
>

12-28-2008

I don't think anyone here will write this script for you; this newsgroup
provides voluntary free user to user assistance. Depending on how the web
page is set up, there may be fairly simple ways to get the files you want,
or it may be a complex problem. You would have to post the URL in question
and explain the criteria for selecting files for download to give us enough
info for anyone here to evaluate what needs to be done.

-Paul Randall

"ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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UX5l.1684$em5.224@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Limited to no experience with COM. What I'm after specifically is a vbs
> script file that can be run scheduled and unattended overnight on a
> server.
>
> "Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ezBy8WPaJHA.5340@xxxxxx

Quote:

>>
>> "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx

Quote:

>>> How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https
>>> website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to
>>> start a file download?

>>
>> How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of
>> scriptable COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The
>> InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object
>> model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events
>> usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window
>> and navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost
>> any object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make
>> selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course,
>> many web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of
>> eyes that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage
>> automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or
>> microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like
>> internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code
>> examples.
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is
>> Microsft's reference for the object model.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en
>> will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that
>> provides snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and
>> manipulate many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA
>> should give you a good understanding of how to access the contents of a
>> web page.
>>
>> -Paul Randall
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
>

12-27-2008	#1 (permalink)
ER n/a posts	Automate https website file download? How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to start a file download?
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12-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
Paul Randall n/a posts	Re: Automate https website file download? "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx Quote: > How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https > website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to > start a file download? How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of scriptable COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window and navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost any object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course, many web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of eyes that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code examples. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is Microsft's reference for the object model. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that provides snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and manipulate many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA should give you a good understanding of how to access the contents of a web page. -Paul Randall
My System Specs

12-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
ER n/a posts	Re: Automate https website file download? Limited to no experience with COM. What I'm after specifically is a vbs script file that can be run scheduled and unattended overnight on a server. "Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ezBy8WPaJHA.5340@xxxxxx Quote: > > "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx Quote: >> How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https >> website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to >> start a file download? > > How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of scriptable > COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The > InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object > model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events > usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window > and navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost any > object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make > selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course, many > web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of eyes > that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage > automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or > microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like > internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code > examples. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is Microsft's > reference for the object model. > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en > will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that > provides snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and > manipulate many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA > should give you a good understanding of how to access the contents of a > web page. > > -Paul Randall > > > > >
My System Specs

12-28-2008	#4 (permalink)
Paul Randall n/a posts	Re: Automate https website file download? I don't think anyone here will write this script for you; this newsgroup provides voluntary free user to user assistance. Depending on how the web page is set up, there may be fairly simple ways to get the files you want, or it may be a complex problem. You would have to post the URL in question and explain the criteria for selecting files for download to give us enough info for anyone here to evaluate what needs to be done. -Paul Randall "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsUX5l.1684$em5.224@xxxxxx Quote: > Limited to no experience with COM. What I'm after specifically is a vbs > script file that can be run scheduled and unattended overnight on a > server. > > "Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:ezBy8WPaJHA.5340@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> "ER" <vmccarthy@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:Q_B5l.17253$fs1.2547@xxxxxx Quote: >>> How can I automate into a standalone vbs file logging into an https >>> website, selecting from drop down form lists then submitting the form to >>> start a file download? >> >> How much experience do you have with scripting the multitude of >> scriptable COM objects that Microsoft includes with its OSs?. The >> InternetExplorer.Application object has a fairly well documented object >> model, with a huge number of objects, methods, properties, and events >> usable with VBScript. With 20 lines of script you can open an IE window >> and navigate to a URL. With 100 lines of script you can get to almost >> any object on a web page, such as forms, checkboxes, and dropdowns, make >> selections, and execute methods such as the click method. Of course, >> many web sites get their revenues from advertising based on the number of >> eyes that view the web page; these sites may be designed to discourage >> automation. Searching this microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript or >> microsoft.public.scripting.* using groups.google.com, for things like >> internetexplorer.application should lead you to some working code >> examples. >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...50(VS.85).aspx is >> Microsft's reference for the object model. >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en >> will lead you to HTA Helpomatic, which is an HTML application that >> provides snippets of VBScript and associated HTML that create, access and >> manipulate many of the DHTML objects. Reading the source of this HTA >> should give you a good understanding of how to access the contents of a >> web page. >> >> -Paul Randall >> >> >> >> >> > >
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