Can I use "IE.au3" functionality in AutoItX ?

[Ilikeauto783]

I would like to control Internet Explorer using AutoItX.

Is there some way to use "#include <IE.au3>" or something similar to call up this function.

Thank You in advance.

[Richard Robertson]

AutoItX does not support #include. #include has to do with interpretting a file, which AutoItX does not do.

You can translate the functions to your calling language and it should work just fine.

[Ilikeauto783]

I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean by "translate the functions to your calling language". Is there any way you could give an example? Im using C# if that helps any.

thank you very much!

[DaleHohm]

You asked about IE.au3 as an example. IE.au3 uses the COM support in AutoIt, which is not available in AutoItX. Instead, you must use the native COM interfaces in your low(er)-level language and call the COM functions directly (CreateObject for example). You cannot use the UDF libraries directly, so you must (re)implement their convenience functionality in the language from which you are calling AutoItX.

Dale

Edit: fixed funny typos

Edited September 16, 2006 by DaleHohm

[Richard Robertson]

In C#, you must reference the COM objects yourself and make calls through them. I won't bother translating the code from AutoIt to C#. Just read IE.au3 and convert it to C#. It's not hard.

[Ilikeauto783]

Ok, I get what your saying now, I've actually done the com method in the past. I was just hoping that I could use AutoIt becaue it works so nicely. I really like the ie.au3 it works quite nicely.

Thanks a bunch, I appreciate the response.

Edited September 16, 2006 by Ilikeauto783

[Richard Robertson]

Yeah, using an indirect COM reference through a COM component would be rather confusing and inefficient.