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Interacting w/ other text fields
kwikness
27 Mar, 2007 - 07:44 AM
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Hi, I want to write an application, in Java, capable of interacting with the text fields of another application.

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A Java application that could paste a URL into the URL bar of the Mozilla Firefox browser.

1) Is this possible? (I don't see how it wouldn't be..)

2) Where can I learn more about this?

3) I would also like to learn about simulating mouse clicks on various places on the screen. Is this possible? If so, where can I learn about it?

Thank you for your time.

,Kyle

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27 Mar, 2007 - 07:47 AM
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i've seen a javascript link that did this....
and took over the computer ....
which it sounds like you want to do....

google will be on to you when all of their ads get click....


eh. maybe the intentions are all good.

its possible.
i do not know how to do it.
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27 Mar, 2007 - 09:27 AM
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Simulating mouse clicks can be done using the Robot class. If you're not sure how to use it, google Java Robot tutorial and something will come up. As far as pasting a URL into another application...hmmm. You might be able to do that using the Clipboard. I'm not sure. I think it may require knowledge of the browser application, which might mean writing native code (use JNI to access). Someone correct me on that if I'm wrong.
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27 Mar, 2007 - 09:29 AM
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Look over the java robot class. I've always wanted to try it, but never found the time nor motivation to:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html

This should get you started.

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damn alcdotcom, you beat me.

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i've seen a javascript link that did this....
and took over the computer ....
which it sounds like you want to do....


I can assure you my intentions are good.

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Simulating mouse clicks can be done using the Robot class.

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Look over the java robot class.


Thank you. This was exactly what I was looking for.
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