Hide Active Window

[richietheprogrammer1]

Hello I am kind of a beginner here, so any help would be MUCH appreciated.

I need to hide an active IE window.I thought about hiding it behind a splashscreen image. Is there a better way around it? And if not, how can I hide it behind the image? What is the best way to do this? Again, any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance

Edited October 21, 2010 by richietheprogrammer1

[Crash]

Using WinSetState will help you.

To hide the IE Window, use this:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "MSN.com", @SW_HIDE)

Note that the word MSN.com is used to tell AutoIt which window to hide. Replace it by the title of the IE window you are trying to hide.

Say, you went to google. The title bar will have the word "Google - Windows Internet Explorer", so your coding will be:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Google", @SW_HIDE)

If you went to http://misc314.com, your codings will be:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Misc314", @SW_HIDE)

You can also make it into:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Misc314 - Windows Internet Explorer", @SW_HIDE)

(With Windows Internet Explorer added) But I don't advice that. If the user has the words removed, your script probably won't work anymore.

To show the IE window again:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "", @SW_SHOW)

You don't need to add anything, say MSN.com, into the double-quotes above.

More more information, you can type 'WinSetState' in the AutoIt SCITE window and press F1. The help file can really help you a lot.

Cheers, and good luck.

Edited October 21, 2010 by Crash

[richietheprogrammer1]

Using WinSetState will help you.

To hide the IE Window, use this:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "MSN.com", @SW_HIDE)

Note that the word MSN.com is used to tell AutoIt which window to hide. Replace it by the title of the IE window you are trying to hide.

Say, you went to google. The title bar will have the word "Google - Windows Internet Explorer", so your coding will be:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Google", @SW_HIDE)

If you went to http://misc314.com, your codings will be:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Misc314", @SW_HIDE)

You can also make it into:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "Misc314 - Windows Internet Explorer", @SW_HIDE)

(With Windows Internet Explorer added) But I don't advice that. If the user has the words removed, your script probably won't work anymore.

To show the IE window again:

WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "", @SW_SHOW)

You don't need to add anything, say MSN.com, into the double-quotes above.

More more information, you can type 'WinSetState' in the AutoIt SCITE window and press F1. The help file can really help you a lot.

Cheers, and good luck.

Thanks a lot for this!! Here is what is going on: I am trying to read the html of a webpage, here is my code:

$url = "google.com"
$oIE = _IECreate($url)
$clip = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)
_IEQuit($oIE)

So even though I can use WinSetState("[CLASS:IEFrame]", "google", @SW_HIDE), the window still opens, and after a second it hides. How can I make it so that the IE window never opens? Thanks again for your help

[Bert]

Look at the _IECreate parameters. You can make it hidden there.

[richietheprogrammer1]

that will do it thanks a lot. Here is what worked for me:

$oIE = _IECreate($url,0,0,1,0)

Thanks again.