WWW::Mechanize::Shell and forms with <select>

rkg has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Wise Monks --

I am working with WWW::Mechanize::Shell, and not sure how to set a <SELECT> field.

The form looks like this

<select name="language" multiple size="4">
<option value="*" selected> All Languages </option> <option value="---
+---0">------</option>    <option value="da"> Danish </option>    <opt
+ion value="nl"> Dutch </option>    <option value="en"> English </opti
+on>  
...snip...
</select>
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When I use

fillout
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interactively or when I declare

value language en
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::FormFiller complains

Illegal value 'en' at C:/APPS/Perl/site/lib/WWW/Mechanize/Shell.pm lin
+e 471
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I think I am not grokking how to fill out a SELECT pull down menu via WWW:M:S. Advice, wise monks?

Thanks

rkg

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Re: WWW::Mechanize::Shell and forms with <select> by simonm (Vicar) on Sep 17, 2003 at 22:25 UTC
One tip: it looks like the error is originally coming from HTML::Form::ListInput (part of HTML::Form). You may find that it's expecting you to specify the display value rather than the hidden value; maybe `value language English` or `value language " English "` would work?	[reply] [d/l] [select]