webBrowser ALT+S

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Hi,

I'm porting an application from VB 6 to C# compact framework 2.0 on an
iPAQ. I'm using the webBrowser to load a login page from a target
system and I see the page fine and can fill out the userID and
password.

The older application focused on the browser then used SendKeys to
provide it an ALT+S. The password and userid was then sent to the host
and login was accomplished. I can repeat this same behavior on the PC
using Internet Explorer alone with no custom code at all.

When I run on the iPAQ, I set focus, but there is no response from the
webBrowser component to the ALT+S and nothing goes back to the host.
(Please note that I've incorporated the SendKeys function from
OpenNetCF, but the webBrowser is the one provided by the compact
framework).

I haven't seen any hotkeys defined for IE as ALT+S. I don't see
anything defined in the HTML login page (unless I missed something).
I'm not super HTML literate at this time. Can anyone tell me what to
look into?

Thanks in Advance!
jrshedden
 
Alex said:
So, what's this ALT+S supposed to do?
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Hi Alex,

Thanks for the reply. Here is a snippet of the HTML code on the login
page the browser is displaying:

<!--
******************************************************************************
-->

<input class="SUB" type="button" accesskey="S"
onclick="enbtn('')"></input>



<input type="hidden" name="JTRS_HMI_CommandType"
id="JTRS_HMI_CommandType" value="JTR_AUTHENTICATEUSER"><!-- {Command to
HMI Services} -->

<!--
******************************************************************************
-->

I assume that when you hit ALT+S it is an 'accesibility' feature of the
browser to run some code that parses the input fields and sends them
back to the host computer. A collegue explained to me that although
the button is 'S' on a Windows machine you send ALT+S and on Mac you
would send the Mac Key+S. Sorry I can't tell you more, I'm learning as
I type. The version of HTML is 4.01.

I can't reprogram the server to accomodate the iPAQ.

It may be that the browser component doesn't have the ability to
understand the ALT+S. I can't click the button, because it doesn't
appear. I can't try it in pocketIE because I don't see a way to send
and ALT+S from the soft input panel.

Regards,
Jim Shedden
 
Right, neither WebBrowser control nor PIE support that.

The only solution would be to modify the server pages to be more PPC
friendly.
 
Alex said:
Right, neither WebBrowser control nor PIE support that.

The only solution would be to modify the server pages to be more PPC
friendly.
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Hi Alex,

I will have difficulty programming on the server side, it is not our
unit. I have sent queries on other browsers to their support staff.
Although they are not components (Netfront and Thunderhawk), maybe I
can 'Interop' them if they have interfaces. I've also called in one of
my MSDN support incidents on this, as maybe they have run into this.

I am also thinking of 'screen scraping' the CF2 webBrowser component,
as you can pull the HTML text. Now we may be going outside budget and
schedule though.

If I get any brilliant, workable solutions, I will add them to the
thread.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Jim Shedden
 
Hi Jim,

I am in a similar position and will need to send an ALT+S to submit a page
on my Pocket PC IE. This page is a jsp/struts page and so I dont really have
control over changing the way it is done. Were you able to find a solution?

Also you mentioned 'screen scraping'. DId you get anything out of it. If you
could let me know how I can submit the page by 'screen scraping' at least it
would still work for me though your initial idea is what I am also looking
for.

Please let me know what you have found out.

Narasimham
 
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