Fill a Google form with http POST VI

Dear LabVIEW forum,
I am trying to fill a very simple Google form consisting in 4 text fields named AI0, AI1, AI2 and AI3.
I use the http POST VI provided by LabVIEW:
When I execute this, a new line is added to the response spreadsheet, but the values don't appear, except for the timestamp.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
LabVIEW 2013 SP1
Windows 7 64bit
Windows Server 2012 64 bit
Windows 8.1 32 bit
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi
I had a quick look at the form and the text next to the input boxes is AI0 ... but the names of the input text boxes are not AI0 etc. You may have to get the page first and then parse the page for the name of the entry.
<input type="text" name="entry.2117155241" value="" class="ss-q-short" id="entry_2117155241" dir="auto" title="">
Mike

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