AutoIT vs VB Net for complex IE automation

[unity06]

Hello guys,

I am relatively new still to the programming scene.

I am intending to learn a lot in the coming times as I have really taken an interest in this direction.

I wish to create a few automation programs to be used for IE, but I do not want to automate the mouse clicks and coordinates.

I want to create scripts that can control IE through the "COM" (I think it is called)

So they can run in the background and do the following:

• Navigate around various pages
• Post text to various pages
• Download images and upload images

I spoke to a few people and some say to use AutoIT, others say to use VB Net

Which is more powerful or more suitable for the task?

So in which direction should I put my learning to be more effective?

AutoIT or VB Net?

[water]

AutoIt offers a UDF (User Defined Functions Library) to automate IE. Does VB Net offer a Library?

[unity06]

AutoIt offers a UDF (User Defined Functions Library) to automate IE. Does VB Net offer a Library?

 

I dont know, but hoping someone can tell me, how where to best spend my time learning.

[unity06]

Also can Autoit run/automate IE in the background with the user not seeing anything? (only the desired outputs)?

[water]

With the IE UDF you can create an invisible IE object, do what you want to do and then set visibility to True.