Re: use Win32::IEAutomation;

Win32::IEAutomation's documentation is simple and clear. I would do something like this:

#!perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::IEAutomation;

my $ie = Win32::IEAutomation->new( 
         visible  => 1, 
         maximize => 1,
         warnings => 1,
);
$ie->gotoURL('http://www.example.com');
$ie->getTextBox('name:', "importFile")->
     SetValue("C:\test\9780547076034NIMAS.opf");
$ie->WaitForDone();
$ie->closeIE();
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Make sure that you have Win32::OLE installed.

Comment on Re: use Win32::IEAutomation; Download Code

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Re^2: use Win32::IEAutomation; by johngg (Canon) on Dec 26, 2011 at 18:10 UTC
Shouldn't the backslashes of the path in the `SetValue()` call be escaped since they're in a double-quoted string? Cheers, JohnGG	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: use Win32::IEAutomation; (\\) by tye (Sage) on Dec 28, 2011 at 16:55 UTC
Very much so. "\t" is a tab character, in that code. But backslashes often should be doubled even when they are inside a single-quoted string. That wouldn't be required for any of these particular backslashes (if the quotes were changed to single quotes), but it might be wise, depending on your style choices and programming habits. - tye	[reply]