I am hitting a website that requires IE. I thought Win32:IE:Mechanize was the simplest solution. (Is there a way to mimic IE in LWP or Mechanize?)

Withouth the Follow_Link() the program gives the same information you get with View->Source in IE but it doesn't reveal the information you get with RightClick->ViewSource on the specific frame.

When I tried to use follow_link(), in the IE window that opens the site reports errors and clears the frames and the program outputs the wrong data.

I suspect there is something basic I am missing. Any ideas?

use Win32::IE::Mechanize;

my $ie = Win32::IE::Mechanize->new( visible => 1 );
    $ie->get( 'URL' );
    $ie->submit_form(
        form_name => 'j_security_check',
        fields    => {
            j_username => 'USER',
            j_password => 'PASS',
            j_mapping_key => 'REALM'
        },
        button    => 'Login',
    );
    $ie->follow_link('JobPosts/List/NewJobPostList.aspx');
    print $ie->content();

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In reply to win32::ie:mechanize and Forms by dneedles

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