_IELoadWait() fails if there are more tabs

[darkmaster071]

I have more tabs opened in IE8 and _IELoadWait() starts to fail to wait on tabs, even if they are currently focused. Anyone can think of a reason why this happens and how to fix it (or maybe im the only one experiencing this?) Thanks.

Edited January 9, 2011 by darkmaster071

[Juvigy]

How do you use _IEAttach and _IEloadwait ?

Post your code

[darkmaster071]

I stripped down my code, showing you the thing that doesnt work. I want it to click through 5 links and wait for them to load, so i can continue with my code. If the tabs arent fully loaded my script could fail. So... Why doesnt _IELoadWait($IEvar) wait for opened tabs to load? I am seeing it cycle through the clicks, but tabs open over eachother when they are not loaded yet.

#Include <IE.au3>

$IEvar=_IECreate("www.url.com", 1, 1, 1, 1)

$imagesclicked=1
While $imagesclicked<6
    Switch $imagesclicked
        Case 1
            _IEImgClick($IEvar, "image1.gif")
            Sleep(500)  ;just in case...
            _IELoadWait($IEvar)
            
        Case 2
            _IEImgClick($IEvar, "image2.gif")
            Sleep(500)
            _IELoadWait($IEvar)
            
        Case 3
            _IEImgClick($IEvar, "image3.gif")
            Sleep(500)
            _IELoadWait($IEvar)
            
        Case 4
            _IEImgClick($IEvar, "image4.gif")
            Sleep(500)
            _IELoadWait($IEvar)
            
        Case 5
            _IEImgClick($IEvar, "image5.gif")
            Sleep(500)
            _IELoadWait($IEvar)
    EndSwitch
    
    $imagesclicked=$imagesclicked+1
WEnd

Edited January 10, 2011 by darkmaster071

[DaleHohm]

$IEvar is always pointing to your original IE window. What made you think it would magically point to the IE instance in the new tab?

You need to use _IEAttach to get a reference to the new tabbed IE instance and then you can use _IELoadWait on it.

Dale