Why would _IECreate or _IEBodyReadHTML not work when a machine is locked?

[gte]

In testing, I've had this work twice to where it returns an empty html file and once where it returned the correct html file?

Here is my code, can these functions not work or read html when a machine is locked?

$ietext =_IECreate("http://server/folder/folder/Rotation/Current.aspx?View=%7BE25B5C98%2D352E%2D4818%2D8FF7%2D448F0B581C3C%7D&ShowInGrid=HTML" , 0, 1, 0, 0)
    Do
    ConsoleWrite("Opening web page" & @CRLF)
    
    Until WinExists("Shift Rotation", "Shift Rotation")



$ietext2 = _IEBodyReadHTML($ietext)
$ietext3 = StringReplace($ietext2, '</TD><TD Class="ms-vb2">', '</TD> &nbsp; <TD Class="ms-vb2">')

$saveschedulelocation = "\\serverlocation\schedule\schedule_" & $todaysdate & ".htm"

FileWrite($saveschedulelocation, $ietext3)

[jvanegmond]

I'm quite sure this part fails:

Do
    ConsoleWrite("Opening web page" & @CRLF)
    
    Until WinExists("Shift Rotation", "Shift Rotation")

You can replace it with _IELoadWait.

[gte]

Ok, I will do that

It also appears that my string replace functions are taking longer than a few milliseconds, I have more then what's in the example.

Is there a wait command for that? Or would a do ... until work for that?

[jvanegmond]

Your script will not continue until a function call completely returns. This means that for the rest of your script, it is irrelevant how long StringReplace takes.

[gte]

That is what I had thought too, the reason I questioned/suggested it is because when it is saving the .htm file, it's cutting it off at about 40 lines of html, unless I put a sleep command in before the filewrite or consolewrite??

Your script will not continue until a function call completely returns. This means that for the rest of your script, it is irrelevant how long StringReplace takes.

[jvanegmond]

That's definitely not the case.

It can also be the FileWrite command being cut off due to network issues.

- You can write the file locally first, then try to copy it to it's new location.

Or it can be because you used _IEBodyReadHTML instead of _IEDocReadHTML

[gte]

Are you saying to use IEDocReadHTML, cause I'm using body already.

Also, with the file write, I used a console write to compare, to eliminate network issues, and it did the same thing without that extra pause?

Maybe my do ... until for the webpage was failing/not loading in time? And the iewait will fix that?

That's definitely not the case.

It can also be the FileWrite command being cut off due to network issues.

- You can write the file locally first, then try to copy it to it's new location.

Or it can be because you used _IEBodyReadHTML instead of _IEDocReadHTML

[jvanegmond]

At this stage, it's very important that you start making changes to your code and see if it works.

[gte]

I implemented your changes, and also put some wait commands in, and it did not happen last night, I'll see how it performs the rest of the week, and if it is consistent, I'll be good to go