Question

I’m trying to program a tracking system in C# (a windows application.)
What I’m trying to do is once button is clicked, IE (or chrome) is opened,
and track the items with numbers in the textbox automatically.
The site is http://drc.edeliver.com.au/track/
In the Australia post page, I want my number in the *Enter tracking number* automatically.
Is it possible?

Answer 1

Tracking sites often have a method of supplying a direct link to track something. In your case, for Australia post, it is like this:

http://auspost.com.au/track/track.html?id=1234

where 1234 is the tracking number.

To run an application (or url etc), you can use the following:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://auspost.com.au/track/track.html?id=1234");

So in your button handler you could have something like this:

string trackingNumber = trackingTextBox.Text;
string trackingLink = string.Format("http://auspost.com.au/track/track.html?id={0}", trackingNumber);
// Launch browser to url
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(trackingLink);