my $input_name = 'DMPName'; my $web_url = 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/DMP_config.asp'; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new(); $mech->get($web_url, no_cache => 1); $current_form = $mech->form_with_fields($input_name); print "Present value of $input_name: " . $mech->value($input_name);