Script Worked Under Internet Explorer 8, Fails Under Internet Explorer 9

[SoftwareJock]

After upgrading from Internet Explorer 8 to Internet Explorer 9, my AutoIt script fails on an http (not https) web page in selecting an element from a list & submitting a form.

The web page code for the list is:

<td width="50%"><b>Source:</b>

</td>

<td width="50%"><select size="1" name="SourceBox" onchange="javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'SourceBox\',\'\')', 0)" id="SourceBox">

<option selected="selected" value="">Any Enabled</option>

<option value="83bb989f-a591-4d5b-92f9-106320695cb3">S-Video</option>

</select></td>

The web page code for the submit is:

<p align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" onclick="javascript:WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(new WebForm_PostBackOptions(&quot;Submit&quot;, &quot;&quot;, true, &quot;&quot;, &quot;&quot;, false, false))" id="Submit" />

</p>

The related code in my script, which worked under IE 8, is:

$oReturn = _IEFormElementSetValue ($oSourceBox, "S-Video")

if $oReturn = 0 Then

MsgBox(16, "Error", "_IEFormElementOptionselect on $oSourceBox failed")

Exit

EndIf

; Click Submit button.

$oSubmitButton = _IEGetObjByName ($oIE, "Submit")

if $oSubmitButton = 0 Then

MsgBox(16, "Error", "_IEGetObjByName on Submit failed")

Exit

EndIf

$oReturn = _IEAction ($oSubmitButton, "click")

if $oReturn = 0 Then

MsgBox(16, "Error", "_IEAction on Submit failed")

Exit

EndIf

I modified the code as follows but this code also failed to submit the web page.

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "Form1")

if $oForm = 0 Then

MsgBox(16, "Error", "_IEFormGetObjByName on Form1 failed")

Exit

EndIf

$oReturn = _IEFormSubmit($oForm)

if $oReturn = 0 Then

MsgBox(16, "Error", "_IEFormSubmit on $oForm failed")

Exit

EndIf

The failure symptoms are that both the element selection action & submit action have no effect; they are essentially ignored. (None of the MsgBox/Exit checks are executing so the _IE functions are returning successful return codes.)

I first tried the release version of AutoIt, 3.3.6.1, without success. Now I am using the beta version, 3.3.7.10, & it fails, too.

Does anyone have a solution or workaround for this problem? I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks.

[Juvigy]

Try the IE9 compatibility mode. Also lower the security settings.

[Tvern]

Have you tried the _IE error handler already?

[Zuldan23]

I had the same problem with submitting a form in IE9. It worked great in IE8 but for some reason the _IEFormSubmit function didn't do anything.

What I did was turn on the compatibility mode in the registry.

If StringLeft(RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version Vector", "IE"), 1) > 8 Then ;Check for version 9 or later
  $wshNetwork = ObjCreate("WScript.Network")
  $struser = $wshNetwork.Username
  $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
  $objAccount = $objWMIService.Get('Win32_UserAccount.Name="' & $struser & '",Domain="' & @ComputerName & '"')
  RegWrite("HKU\" & $objAccount.SID & "\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\", "AllSitesCompatibilityMode", "REG_DWORD", 1)
EndIf

After I did this the _IEFormSubmit worked. Hope this helps.

Edited August 17, 2011 by Zuldan23

[PsaltyDS]

The was a known issue with ObjName() that caused some IE9 objects to be missed by the IE.au3 UDF functions. An ObjName() change and some tweaks to IE.au3 by DaleHohm are coming. Make sure you've tried it with the latest Beta.