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    save as from web download

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    I have a script that opens IE, navigates to a web page that downloads a csv. This triggers the File Download box.

    I'd like my script to click the "Save" button and then enter the file name on the Save As box.

    Thanks!
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    How do I associate a variable with the File Download object to use the SendKeys method?
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    Post by jvierra »

    Here is the only way to save a DOM page to a file automatically. There is no "Save As" for teh DOM. The "Save As" is a function in the IE application which hosts the DOM . It is not easily accessible through "automation".

    Look at the following. It should work for any type of file posted to a web site that can be displayed as either HTML or plain text (CSV too).

    uploads/2491/XMLHttp2.txt

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