I have the www::mechanize module installed, I tried to install the formfiller module and the data::random 0.05 module as it required the formfiller module, I received this error msg:

C:\Perl\bin\WWW-Mechanize-FormFiller-0.05>perl makefile.pl
Test::Inline 0.15_001 is nice for testing the examples, but not necess
+ary
Warning: prerequisite Data::Random 0.05 not found.
Writing Makefile for WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller

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I am using activeperl and did copy the formfiller directory after installation into the c:\perl\lib\www directory. www::mechanize has already been installed and I am trying to post to a forum with this code:

#! Perl\bin\perl -w
 
 
use strict;
 
  use WWW::Mechanize;
  use HTML::TokeParser;
 
my $username1 = 'guesthere53';
 
 
  my $subject = 'interesting';
 
  my $regex = 'viewtopic';
 
  my $message = 'Roy keane was sacked';
 
my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new();
 
 $agent->get(my $url = 'http://www.kendaltownfc.co.uk/forum/posting.ph
+p?mode=newtopic&f=1&sid=9996be5f86729fd29eb212ddfff4a2c5');
 
 
 
 
 
 
$agent->form(1);
 
$agent->field("username", $username1);
$agent->field("subject", $subject);
$agent->field("message", $message);
  $agent->click();

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it compiles but nothing is posted. I don't know if the formfiller module bad installation or data:random bad installation could have had an effect to the program not working, any suggestions as to how to get it to post will be greatly appreciated.

Edited by planetscape - added code tags and applied formatting

In reply to using www::mechanize to submit to a forum by coder45

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