Hey i need some help again with mechanize :( I will try to explain this the best way i can... I came upon a form with 2 buttons on it however i cant get mechanize to click_button() because for some reason it wont find the input values and names. So i checked the sites source and it goes something like this 

<form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="....
<div>
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="...ran
+dom letters
<br>
<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"> ... the table     
<input type="submit" name="... and the name of the button

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so what do i need to do here in order to get mechanize to see that button, im thinking its something about that hidden viewstate thing.

In reply to Mechanize hidden fields by lazybowel

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