HTMLLoader Action and Cookies/Session Information

[Former Member]

Greetings All, I am using MII 11.5 sp3. Can anyone explain how the HTMLLoader action handles cookies and Session Info. Here's my problem. I am using the HTMLLoader to eventually scrape a web page but I have to get to the data page first. The website has a sign in page, which i can get past by sending parameters in the url But when I attempt to navigate to the next page(it's a link on this page), it seems to forget the session information/Cookies. I can get to the webpage with vba in an access module when I create an IE object Set Ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") Then point it to the two pages... But the HTMLLoader action seems to create a new object each on each call (even when I use the same HTMLLoader) Thanks Dennis

[Former Member]

I had a thought about reading the cookie from the default location and then populating the string with the required info... Will be checking it out.

[Former Member]

Sounds like a custom action would be the best approach...