Problem with _IEpropertyget with browserx property

[anilmanyam]

I am trying to get the top left coordinates of the screen in order to use the mouseclick function.

following is the script:

#include <IE.au3>

$ie = _IECreate("")

_IENavigate($ie,"http://darpan")

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

$x = _IEPropertyGet($ie,"browserx")

$y = _IEPropertyGet($ie,"browsery")

MsgBox(0,"",$x & " " & $y)

But i am getting the error :

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "D:\SPPC\Performance\Scripts\click_bu_coordinates.au3"

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\IE.au3 (2579) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:

$iTemp += $oTemp.offsetLeft

$iTemp += $oTemp.offsetLeft^ ERROR>

Exit code: 1 Time: 5.166

Can anyone tell me what's the problem

Edited April 5, 2011 by anilmanyam

[DaleHohm]

I'm surprised it is getting that far - it should fail with InvalidObjectType because you need to pass an HTML (DOM) element to this, not the browser pointer. What version of IE are you using?

I think what you want is screenx and screeny

Dale

[anilmanyam]

I'm surprised it is getting that far - it should fail with InvalidObjectType because you need to pass an HTML (DOM) element to this, not the browser pointer. What version of IE are you using?

I think what you want is screenx and screeny

Dale

Dale,

I am using IE 8. I need to use mouseclick to click on a link on the browser regardless of size of window and situation where user has installed some random toolbars with internet explorer. Mouse click takes the actual screen coordinates as x and y coordinates.

What do i need to do in order to get the coordinates relative to the actual top-left location on the browser from where the webpage starts.

[DaleHohm]

Is it an HTML page or some sort of Flash or Java applet? If it is HTML, then there are much better ways to do this that do not rely on screen or browser layout (_IELinkClickByText, _IEAction click, etc).

Dale