Hi Denis,
I managed to program exactly the same using IE object for a website hosting a catalogue of items. My VFP application was able to open a web page, simulate clicks on it, enter values in text boxes and combos and so on -- going through the whole ordering process.
Find Rick Strahl's article "Use Internet Explorer with your VFP applications" in VFP Advisor, Nov. 2003. It provides everything you need to program this approach -- using automation with IE, capturing browser events.