?best way to click checkboxes in a PDF loaded in IE?

[philkryder]

I'm trying to click checkboxes in a PDF that is loaded in a webpage.
I've tried to use both SENDkeys and MOUSEclicks by x-y coordinates.

Neither work well. Alignments, screen orientation, toolbars cause coordinates to move.

SENDkeys doesn't reliably tab thru fields to get to the correct checkboxes.

The info tool doesn't distinguish the checkbox controls. They are all:
[CLASS:AVL_AVView; INSTANCE:15]
 

What is the best tool to click checkboxes in a PDF?
thanks!
Phil

 

 

[mLipok]

Why exactly you are trying to do this ?

Long time ago I was trying something similar.
Finally I have many workarounds to many things.

 

[philkryder]

  On 9/10/2015 at 10:30 PM, mLipok said:

Why exactly you are trying to do this ?

I'm filling out a form automatically so that our workers don't have to.

The form has about 100 fields but only 3 need to be filled in. Then a submit button needs to be clicked at the bottom of the form.

 

[mLipok]

look in my signature for Debenu Quick PDF UDF.

 

[philkryder]

  On 9/11/2015 at 5:58 PM, mLipok said:

look in my signature for Debenu Quick PDF UDF.

 

Does that require me to buy the Debenu product?

or is there a lite version that can click check-boxes 

[mLipok]

There is lite version, but very limited, and feature which you ask is in commercial.
But, trust me, I do not see any other way to do this kind of trick, without any other tools like Debenu Quick PDF Library.

mLipok

Edit:
of course you can write your own tool, even in AutoIt, but the cost of doing that will be significantly higher then buying other tools.

 

Edit2:
and the other problem is :
If your PDF is embeded inside Internet Explorer, then I do not know how to get reference to this PDF
This would be much easiest if this PDF was located on disc and then uploaded to the IE Page.

Edited September 12, 2015 by mLipok

[philkryder]

  On 9/12/2015 at 4:19 AM, mLipok said:

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Edit2:
and the other problem is :
If your PDF is embeded inside Internet Explorer, then I do not know how to get reference to this PDF
This would be much easiest if this PDF was located on disc and then uploaded to the IE Page.

Does that mean that even the commercial product would not work?

[mLipok]

No that mean if you get reference to PDF it could work.

EDIT:

http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/topic3177_post12713.html#12713

Edited September 12, 2015 by mLipok

[philkryder]

any way to get access to text fields and check boxes in a PDF within IE by using AutoIt Controls?

[mLipok]

First I need some info.

  On 9/10/2015 at 7:03 PM, philkryder said:

I'm trying to click checkboxes in a PDF that is loaded in a webpage.

Is it Acrobat Reader embeded in Internet Explorer ?

Does the PDF opens in a separate tab ?

 

[philkryder]

I open a website with IECREATE.

It is confidential data, so sorry, I can't share it.

After navigating through several IE pages, I click a link which opens a PDF template within IE.
It does NOT open in a separate window or tab.

After filling in the PDF, I click a SUBMIT button at the bottom and the website  returns to an HTML page.

I hope that answers your questions.
I don't know what it means to be "embedded" in IE. The window still says IE; but, I can't use the IE controls to navigate or click on it. I use mouse moves and clicks and key sends which are unreliable.

 

thanks for your help. Phil

 

[mLipok]

This submit button is in HTML or in PDF ?

Can you back from PDF to IE with _IE... Functions ?

 

  On 9/21/2015 at 8:08 AM, philkryder said:

I don't know what it means to be "embedded" in IE. The window still says IE; but, I can't use the IE controls to navigate or click on it. I use mouse moves and clicks and key sends which are unreliable.

Embeded mean PDF inside IE - not outside.

 

[philkryder]

the submit button is in the PDF which is in IE. Only the submit works. After submit is clicked IE returns to regular HTML in IE.

[mLipok]

Submit button is in PDF ??

This mean in PDF is JavaScript which for example can only read FormFiled from PDF and send only XML or any other data but not entire PDF ? 

Am I right ?
 

EDIT:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/PDF15.html

 

 

Edited September 21, 2015 by mLipok

[mLipok]

Is this something like this:

http://www.nk-inc.com/software/pdfemail.net/examples/default.aspx

 

EDIT:  I mean: Click in Example #2

 

Edited September 21, 2015 by mLipok

[philkryder]

Yes, it is similar - but no email is involved. The pdf is saved on the server side and printed.

[mLipok]

Can you try to find other example over the net ?

 

[mLipok]

  On 9/21/2015 at 9:21 PM, philkryder said:

Yes, it is similar - but no email is involved. The pdf is saved on the server side and printed.

Is this PDF in the URL bar every time has a different name ?
Is the file name is known ?

 

[philkryder]

  On 9/21/2015 at 10:03 PM, mLipok said:

Is this PDF in the URL bar every time has a different name ?Is the file name is known ?

 

the URL changes.

[mLipok]

Is this URL also contains the name of the PDF file ?
In that case it should be possible to find this PDF on your disc, fill it and post it back to server.

But you must:

1. connect to this page via winhttp
2. find PDF on your disc, or just get it via winhttp
3. use QPDF to change the PDF file
4. submit it back to website .. again via winhttp

But I'm not quite sure as you have never done before.

mLipok