[Chicago-talk] www::mechanize - setting a drop down list
Ed Summers
ehs at pobox.com
Sun Nov 2 07:38:05 CST 2003
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:27:34PM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote:
> <SELECT NAME="TIME_PERIOD" onChange="selectTimePeriod()" SIZE="1"
> STYLE="font-size: xx-small; font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">
> <OPTION VALUE="0" SELECTED>Last 7 Days</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="1" >Last 14 Days</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="2" >Last 30 Days</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="3" >Last 60 Days</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="4" >Last 6 Months</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="5" >Current Year</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="6" >Prior Year</OPTION>
> </SELECT>
It looks like there is some JavaScript being called as a result of the
onChange attribute on the SELECT tag. Most likely it is doing some
sort of client side form verification before it submits the form.
Last I heard there is some rudimentary support for JavaScript in
WWW::Mechanize, but nothing that would handle this function selectTimePeriod().
You could look at the JavaScript code, figure out what it is doing, and change
your WWW::Mechanize bot behavior as appropriate. Perhaps it is mapping the
value's to a new value, or doing some other kind of voodoo? If you post the
whole page I would be willing to take a look.
A couple other things to double check:
- is the form name really "DATERANGE"?
- is there a special button that the user is supposed to click, like a
"search" button or something? If so, you'll have to specify the button
to click with the 'button' parameter in your call to submit_form().
Good luck!
//Ed
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