WWW::Mechanize problem with button

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

I am having problem getting WWW::Mechanize to work on a button. This button has no name, which is my problem I am guessing.

The code for it is

<input type="submit" value="Add to Friends">
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And I tried

      # the get link exists, but excluded in the sample
      $mech->submit_form(
         form_name => 'addFriend',
         submit    => 'Add To Friends'
     );
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But it resulted in "no clickable button..". The form name is right and there are 2 buttons on this form. There's this one that I NEED to click, and another one (code below) that I need to ignore

                            <input type="button" value="Cancel" onclic
+k="window.history.back()">
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Can someone please help me with this one?

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Re: WWW::Mechanize problem with button by hesco (Deacon) on Jun 03, 2006 at 18:06 UTC
Try: perl -MWWW::Mechanize::Shell -e"shell" after install and reading the perldoc for WWW::Mechanize::Shell and use the shell to navigate the form, inspect its structure and find a way of submitting that button. `get URL forms form FORMNAME click NAME or click "" script (to obtain the results in an executable form for importation into your script)` [download] -- Hugh if( $lal && $lol ) { $life++; }	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: WWW::Mechanize problem with button
by hesco (Deacon) on Jun 03, 2006 at 18:06 UTC

after install and reading the perldoc for WWW::Mechanize::Shell and use the shell to navigate the form, inspect its structure and find a way of submitting that button.

get URL
forms
form FORMNAME
click NAME
   or 
click ""
script 
   (to obtain the results in an executable form 
   for importation into your script)
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if( $lal && $lol ) { $life++; }

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[d/l]