Hello:

I have been programming with VB for quite a while and am something of a 
newcomer to ASP and programming with Internet Explorer and Browser form 
objects.  I would like have the capability of automating such processes as 
logging into my email and downloading all new and unread mail.  I use DICE 
when job hunting, and it has a standard form that applies to all the 
hundreds of recruiters it represents.  I would like to automatically cycle 
through all of the strategic companies I choose, fill out the standard 
form, and catalogue the results.

I am curious to know if VB catalogues the controls that are on any given 
page by extrapolating from that page's HTML.  I reasoned that, since the 
controls on an HTML page are all named, VB should have that capability.  
And once the form is filled out, I'd like to be able to push the Submit 
button of my choice programmitically.  My intuitive sense tells me this 
should be possible -- and I know that people write spiders using perl -- 
but I've never seen it done in VB.  

I'd be grateful for some code that I could download and pick apart.  If 
this subject is covered in one of WROX's published books, I'd be more than 
glad to purchase it.

Thanks,
Peter Ferber