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OK, that's it. Win32::IE::Mechanize will be back on CPAN this week.

OK, I'll repeat your original question, Michael:  Whatever happened to Win32::IE::Mechanize? I could really use it if it's working in IE8 and available to install. (See Using Perl and Win32::OLE to Convert XML/XSLT Opened in Internet Explorer to PDF Documents.)

Jim

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Re^2: Whatever happened to Win32::IE::Mechanize?
by Michael Roberts (Sexton) on Apr 12, 2014 at 15:03 UTC

    OOooooh, Jim, you would not believe the rabbit hole that Windows COM turns out to be. I have nearly all the tests working under IE 7+, except for form submission. Every few weeks I get some time to look at it again, bang my head against the wall, and realize I still don't understand what's happening under the hood well enough to diagnose the problem. Then I do some more research, learn some more, resolve to fix it next time I get some time - and the cycle repeats.

    I am making progress, and now that I've seen this post, I feel like maybe I should finish the tech article I'm working on now, and devote at least tomorrow to the next iteration of that cycle.

    Although I note that you don't actually need form submission! So definitely, tomorrow I will at least package up the working copy I've got right now and make it available for download. Until I can submit forms, I obviously don't want to submit anything to CPAN yet.

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      Hey! Did you ever post this in its modified form for download somewhere? I also don't need form submission and would love to try it out.
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        I need to be able to navigate web pages that require LDAP/AD authentication...will this work for that?
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