Getting a URL form a "logged in" site

[Dennis Brown]

Jim/Bill,

I took a quick look at the altBrowser demo.  I could not actually try  
scripting with it, because the demo is a stand alone.  However, I  
could manually log into the site and it remembered that it was still  
logged in when I restarted it later.  So if I can direct which page  
to open and get the html of that page, it would technically work in  
this one case.

If altBrowser came with an external command (fake keyboard and mouse  
driver) to move the mouse, click, and enter keystrokes.  Then it  
could be programmed by Rev to automatically (after a fashion)  
navigate sites or control Java apps (that don't change their layout  
dynamically).  This could be useful for some people.  If it did this  
I could have justified the price for my use --it is a bit steep for  
personal use, but for someone else who wants to distribute it as part  
of a stack, it is a bargain.

Dennis

On Dec 19, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Bill Marriott wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I may be wrong, but I believe the altBrowser works as a "black box"  
> and you
> cannot automate with scripting the login process or any other  
> activity on
> the site. You simply have the ability to integrate the OS browser  
> into a Rev
> stack (going to particular URLs, displaying custom HTML text, etc.).
>
> [Not that that isn't VERY useful.]
>
> One additional thought that occurs to me is that many sites have "web
> services" that allow you to get information, for example in XML  
> format,
> bypassing the usual login procedures. You might look into that.
>
> Bill
>
> Jim Ault wrote:
>
>> One avenue is to consider AltBrowser, which is actually Safari/Mac or
>> Explorer/Win32 inside a Rev stack.  You can compile an app cross- 
>> platform.
>> Works great for me, but you may want a solution that does not require
>> purchasing software.
>> http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/altBrowserCover/default.htm
>
>
>
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