accessing elements of a child window via javascript in a parent window across domain AND protocol
<p>I'm building an automation tool at work, and I've hit a bit of a snag... The task is to automate the laborious process of navigating a large web-based GUI which sends queries to a database based on the values entered in various fields.  We do not have access to the database itself or the server on which the web-GUI is located.  Furthermore, the protocol for the web-GUI is https.  Is there any way to have javascript open the web-GUI in a new window and then act on it [clicking buttons, reading returned text strings etc.]?  The implementation doesn't have to be javascript (autoIT would do the same job much more easily) but I am curious as to how the access denied errors might be overcome.  I have read about certain workarounds, but none of them went so far as to actually attempt to interact with elements of the cross-domain document.  I have also discovered easyXDM, but it doesn't solve the protocol discrepancy, and I'm not certain it would work for my situation anyway.  Any input would be appreciated!
thanks,
CCJ</p>
