Internet Explorer_Server1 Control

[saikumar]

Hi ,

I am using AutoIt for web automation. I want to check some text displayed on the web page after an operation.

HTML Body control name is Internet Explorer_Server1 and I got the handler to this but when i call ControlGetText with this it is giving empty string.

But If use ControlClick ( $whandle,"", $hwnd , "right",1 ) it works fine.

Can any one help me.

Thanks

Regards

Sai Kumar

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HTML Body control name is Internet Explorer_Server1 and I got the handler to this but when i call ControlGetText with this it is giving empty string.

As it seems, ControlGetText does not work with every control, as it obviously depends on the control if you can "extract" the text. It's easy for an edit Control (notepad). However, vim (another editor) uses it's own control to view and edit text (VimTextArea1). Using the "AutoIT Window Info" tool, I'm getting the following visible Window Text for

notepad: TEST MESSAGE 1 2 3

vim: Vim text area, Screollbar

I typed the same text into both editors. I guess it's the same for IE. You won't be able to get the text of a web page from "Internet Explorer_Server1".

Better use InetGet (see help) to retrieve a web page and parse that page for any

changes.

Cheers

Kurt

[TuMbLeWeEd]

You also could scan the Temp Internetfiles dir befor page load and after to get the filename that contains the loaded page (did not try that, should work) or a screenreader wich will be much slower and not easy to do (differentfonts, fontsizes, images,linespacing, ...... to long)

[DaleHohm]

Using 3.1.1++ you can use the COM interface and then use the DOM (Document Object Model) for IE to retrieve the text. I can't recite the correct object hierarchy off the top of my head because it always takes some messing around for me to get it right, but it can be done.

Dale

[GaryFrost]

try ControlGetHandle

[saikumar]

Using 3.1.1++ you can use the COM interface and then use the DOM (Document Object Model) for IE to retrieve the text.  I can't recite the correct object hierarchy off the top of my head because it always takes some messing around for me to get it right, but it can be done.

Dale

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Can u breif on this or quote with a small example .

How do i integrate a dll into autoit script

[saikumar]

As it seems, ControlGetText does not work with every control, as it obviously depends on the control if you can "extract" the text. It's easy for an edit Control (notepad). However, vim (another editor) uses it's own control to view and edit text (VimTextArea1). Using the "AutoIT Window Info" tool, I'm getting the following visible Window Text for

  notepad: TEST MESSAGE 1 2 3

  vim: Vim text area, Screollbar

I typed the same text into both editors. I guess it's the same for IE. You won't be able to get the text of a web page from "Internet Explorer_Server1".

Better use InetGet (see help) to retrieve a web page and parse that page for any

changes.

Cheers

Kurt

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Can u tell me some thing abt vim. Is it a tolol to find windo info.

[DaleHohm]

Can u breif on this or quote with a small example .

How do i integrate a dll into autoit script

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Here's an example. It shows you the text on the www.amazon.com page. There are tons of properties for the document object... Google search or use MSDN for more info. Also search these forums for InternetExplorer.Application for a lot more examples.

$ObjIE=ObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")

With $ObjIE
  .Visible = True
  .Navigate("http://www.amazon.com")
  Do
    Sleep(50)
  Until .ReadyState = 4
EndWith

$theText = $ObjIE.document.body.outertext

ConsoleWrite($theText)

[kenn]

Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', 2)

$w = WinGetHandle('Internet Explorer')

while ControlGetFocus($w) <> 'Internet Explorer_Server1'

ControlFocus($w, '', 'Internet Explorer_Server1')

wend

ControlSend($w, '', 'Internet Explorer_Server1', '^a^c')

Sleep(3000) ;can probably reduce this

MsgBox(48, 'Internet Explorer_Server1 Text', ClipGet())

exit