ok First, set up Apache on your computer www.apache.org there is a windows distribution and it's running smoothly on win2k.
Then, is your home computer always over the internet? Does the IP changes (if yes, you may want some dynip style account or check your IP before going to work) Once you have apache up and running, you should be able to see a "sucess" webpage when hitting http://localhost/ from your ho9me computer and from hitting http://123.123.123.12/ from your work computer once that is done, you can move to the next step. you don't have to create a login.asp, you only have to set up a ..htaccess file into your directory, which will prompt you for username and passworsd everytime you will request this folder or files within this folder. If you can get to this step, we'll be glad to help you do the rest Etienne Terry wrote: > > Hi all > > I'm a complete Perl newbie so please treat me gently :) > > I have installed ActivePerl V5.6.1 and also libwww-perl-5.62 and have > gained a VERY basic understanding of Perl. I have programmed databases > using BASIC type languages in the past, but interaction with the Web is > a completely new beast to me. > > When connected to the Internet, via a dial-up connection, all I want to > be able to do from my PC (Windows 2000) is to write a programme to > automatically: > > a) access a web page on the Internet using a URL address > (http://www.xxx.com) > b) enter into the resulting displayed page > (http://www.xxx.com/1-1Login.asp) > (i) into the login box, my login id > (ii) into the password box, my password > (iii) press the adjacent 'Login' button > c) another page is then displayed > (https//www.xxx.com/MyAccountBalanaces.asp) which displays account > information > On this page I wish to: > (i) copy certain displayed information and insert this copied > information into an Excel spreadsheet (or alternatively append into a > simple text file) on my PC > (ii) then press the 'Logout' button on the web page to logout > > I do really need some ideas/pointers on how to achieve this. I am of > course assuming that this is all possible using Perl. I am trying to > automate a daily task to collect my account balance information that I > perform from my home PC, and would like to just run a programme that > would go away, pick up the information from a web page a deposit it onto > my PC. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Thanks > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Etienne Marcotte Specifications Management - Quality Control Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada 514.932.6161 x.4001 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
