, I'm a bit of a newbie to perl. I am trying to use Win32::IE::Mechanize for a data extraction script. The web application it accesses uses a hefty amount of javascript and frames, and Mechanize seems to be unable to detect any of the javascript links on the app.

I was wondering whether there was any easier solution (any modules), I've tried IEautomation but that didn't work (gave me different errors) My code is as follows, but is unable to follow the link. 

use Win32::IE::Mechanize;

my $mech = Win32::IE::Mechanize->new( visible => 1);
$mech->get(URL);
sleep(3);
my @links = $mech->links();
$mech->follow_link( text => "ServiceModel");

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Mechanize is unable to pull any of the links, and it @links remains uninitialized.

The link, as it appears on the web app, looks like this, and is an image <TD class=Expander><A name=#ServiceModel><IMG id=ServiceModel onclick=compandTree(this) src="URL/images/tree.plus.gif"></A></TD>

Now I realize that my follow link method shouldn't work, because the link is an image, but either way, shouldn't mechanize be able to pull all links with the links() method, regardless of whether it is an image link, image link, etc?

In reply to Problem with Win32 IE Mechanize by Timboh56

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