I have done this sort of thing pretty effectively in the past. It's all about understanding how pages post data and the technology (ASP/ ASP.NET/JSP/PHP...) those pages use to validate or process that submitted data.
If you have a specific issue, I'd be most happy to help out. On Dec 28, 12:26 pm, Dixie Normous <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm researching "screen scraping" or "web crawling", basically > creating a tool which could activate controls on a particular web page > to simulate user activity. Specifically I have an external customer > website I want to access which has various dropdowns that let you > drill down selections until you reach a specific set of criteria, then > retrieve the data which is retrieved using that criteria. > > I have the ability and authorization to access the site manually as > far as credentials are concerned, I'd just like to automate the > process both to make things easier for me and to help me learn about > how crawling is accomplished through .NET. > > If someone could please help me find some sample code or help me with > some additional info I'd appreciate it greatly. Thanks!!
