in reply to Win32::OLE VBA to Perl Translation Question about Internet Explorer

I don't know if this is helpful, but have you considered using Win32::IE::Mechanize? It's basically a port of LWP::UserAgent, but it uses Internet Explorer as the driver, so you can go all out on the JavaScript without having to learn yet another API.

Also available: Mozilla::Mechanize and Mozilla::Mechanize::GUITester (the latter appears to be dependent on X windows)

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Re^2: Win32::OLE VBA to Perl Translation Question about Internet Explorer
by sailortailorson (Scribe) on Jan 16, 2007 at 19:59 UTC
    Yes, some of this discussion went on in the Chatterbox before I took it to SOPW, and I think bart had mentioned Win32::IE::Mechanize. I did not know about it, nor did I know about the Mozilla packages you mention, and they might be very useful to us too, from the point of view of having overlapping technologies.

    However, there is either a serious hole in my understanding of calling methods in Win32::OLE or a problem there. Either way, I need to understand and fix that hole. Thank you for your comment. I am making a note of the libraries you mentioned.
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