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tardcaster
tardcaster

Reputation: 293

How can Perl fill out fields on a GUI made in Visual Basic?

I have a script that runs several little programs I don't have the source code to, one of which requires filling out some fields in a GUI. I've been doing this by hand, but I'd like to have the Perl script focus the GUI window, then enter some hardcoded text into each field and close the window.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 262

Answers (3)

ChrisN
ChrisN

Reputation: 16953

In the past I've used the Win32::GuiTest module for tasks like this. Have a look at the example scripts and documentation.

Upvotes: 4

chaos
chaos

Reputation: 124325

You might want to look into Win32::OLE. There's also a book on this topic.

Upvotes: 1

Mark Rushakoff
Mark Rushakoff

Reputation: 258358

Unless there's a specific reason you're using Perl, Autoit is a Basic-like scripting language pretty much specifically designed for automating GUI tasks. It's very easy to pick up.

You can have it wait for a window to become active, send any sequence of keystrokes or tell it to specifically focus on a GUI element with a given handle, and much more. You can also package the scripts as standalone executables, which can be a nice benefit when you need it.

Upvotes: 1

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