How to set values for Controls in an application

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

Hi Monks,

Am into automating the Unit level validations of the controls in a web application. I just want to set values for all the controls in a screen. Let's assume the screen is a Login page. I have two textfields "Username", "Password" and a button "Enter". While writing PERL code which name should I mention for the controls, whether I have to use the Label names or the Textfield names which were used by the developer while developing the application?

Thank You,

Saravanan.S

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Re: How to set values for Controls in an application by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 29, 2009 at 09:30 UTC
Hi saran_techie, If you are simply looking to automate the filling in of forms and clicking of buttons you may want to start by looking at what WWW::Mechanize. This module does not support JavaScript, so if the site in question does you need to use something like Win32::IE::Mechanize or Mozilla::Mechanize. Alternativly read Using WWW::Selenium To Test Or Automate An Ajax Website from the tutorials section of this site. Hope this helps, Martin	[reply]
Re: How to set values for Controls in an application by Anonymous Monk on Jan 29, 2009 at 09:19 UTC
You wouldn't use the label, you would use the name. Hopefully you would write Perl code (not PERL).	[reply]