Help Hiding Windows

[Zywl]

I tried to hide the download window that Internet Explorer shows when you click on a download link, something like this:

#include <IE.au3>

_IELoadWait($oIE)
_IELinkGetCollection ($oIE, 0) ; Get links.
_IELinkClickByIndex($oIE, 2)   ; Click on the second link.
;. 
;. A piece of code that sets the path and clicks on "Download" goes here.
;.
WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]");<---- This is the Download Window
WinSetState("[CLASS:#32770]", "", @SW_HIDE)

The problem is, the download window does not hide fast enough to be totally invisible to the user, it just pops up for like 2 seconds before hiding.

Is there a way to hide it faster or make it invisible from the beggining or something like that?

[jfcby]

You could set window to transparent.

WinSetTrans("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 0) ;Invisible

jfcby

[Zywl]

You could set window to transparent.

WinSetTrans("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 0) ;Invisible

jfcby

I have tried that line "WinSetTrans("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 0) after the code i have, it's now something like this:

WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]")
WinSetTrans("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 0) ;Invisible

But the problem persists, the download window pops up and becomes invisible when the window is fully loaded after 1,2 or 3 seconds; i suspect that AutoIt is unable to hide that window properly.

Edited June 2, 2010 by Zywl

[Juvigy]

How did you create the window ? _IECreate? It has a visibility switch.

[Zywl]

Yes, i'm using _IECreate, at the beggining of the script i create a new IE window to start browsing.

$site="www.something.com"    ;Website to navigate
.
.
$oIE = _IECreate($site,0,0)  ;Run IE Hidden.
.
.
;A bunch of code here navigates the website.
.
.
_IELoadWait($oIE) ;Here i wait the page to be fully loaded, Example: http://www.something.com/pages/pageN.aspx
_IELinkGetCollection ($oIE, 0) ;Get the links of the site.
_IELinkClickByIndex($oIE, 2)   ;Click the second link of the collection.
;       After _IELinkClickByIndex simulates a click on the link, the download windows i want to hide appears, but they are not initially hidden.
;       Then i use WinSetTrans("Window Title", "", 0) or WinSetState("Window Title", "", @SW_HIDE)

WinWait("File Download")
WinSetState("File Download", "", @SW_HIDE)
ControlSend("File Download","","","s")

WinWait("Save As")
WinSetState("Save As", "", @SW_HIDE)
ControlClick("Save As","","Button2"); Click "Save"

WinWait("[CLASS:#32770]")
WinSetTrans("[CLASS:#32770]", "", 0) ;This window does not hide fast enough, here is my problem =(

Edited June 2, 2010 by Zywl

[AnselRoe]

I am having exactly the same issue.

The only solution that I see is to move the 'File Download' and 'Save As' dialog windows off the screen boundaries.

This should keep it from appearing on the visible window area.

But I am not sure what command(s) would effect this.

Windows is setting the screen position of the 'File Download' and 'Save As' dialog windows.

This may entail a reg patch to change the default window position and a re-Patch to return to defaults.

Any help in this matter will be appreciated.

Thanks.