Sample code for selecting the values in combobox, radio button

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

Hello Monks,
I've a set of code for selecting the values in the combobox. It's working fine with IEAutomation module, but problem occurred when tried with IEMechanize module. While executing the following peice of code, I got an error message "Select 'colour' not found. at D:\AUTOMA~1\Perl\Practice\IEMECH~2.PL line 5".

use Win32::IE::Mechanize;
$ie=Win32::IE::Mechanize->new(visible=>1);
$ie->get('http://help.joomla.org/content/view/500/60/');
#Get select list (single, multiple) selection box/drop down box/list b
+ox
$ie->select("colour", "2" );
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Likewise, how to get select the radio buttons?
Thank you,
Saravanan.S

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Re: Sample code for selecting the values in combobox, radio button by Anonymous Monk on Mar 03, 2009 at 07:47 UTC
That is because colour is not part of any form on that url. Likewise, how to get select the radio buttons? Search the documentation for "radio", it shows you how.	[reply]
Re: Sample code for selecting the values in combobox, radio button by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Mar 03, 2009 at 14:59 UTC
I installed the ActiveState Perl distribution and installed Win32::IE::Mechanize using the University of Winnipeg PPM Repository. Using a local web server and a very simple HTML page containing one form and one select, I tried using your code to get the same effect. I had no success whatsoever. However, when using the sample code from Win32::IEAutomation, it worked just fine. My recommendation based on this experience (which is not exhaustive to be sure) is to simply continue using Win32::IE::Automation. Is there some reason you wanted to use Win32::IE::Mechanize in particular?	[reply]