How to get object variable of opened window?..

[Dudinin]

Hi guys! Please help ! I need to fill forms on IE-window which opened by click by link. Well, to fill form "form" on http://somesite.some I can use this script:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("http://somesite.some")
$oForm = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE, 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue (_IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "form"), "Form")

But how can I fill form on window opened by _IELinkClickByText ($oIE, "text_OF_link", 0, 1)? I need to know object variable of this window... The example of the script I want:

#include <IE.au3>
_IECreate ("http://somesite.some")
_IELinkClickByText ($oIE, "link_text", 0, 1)
$oIE = <object variable of opened window from link "link_text">
$oForm = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE, 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue (_IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "form"), "Form")

Edited July 8, 2011 by Dudinin

[PsaltyDS]

If it's another instance of IE, use _IEAttach() to get a reference to it.

Edited July 9, 2011 by PsaltyDS

[Dudinin]

If it's another instance of IE, use _IEAttach() to get a reference to it.

I try:

$oIE = _IECreate("http://somesite.some")
_IELinkClickByText ($oIE, "Text Of Link")
$oIE_new = _IEAttach("Title of window OR URL, nevertheless...", "URL") ;I tried almost all variants
$oForm_new = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE_new, 0)
;$oForm_new = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE_new, "name of form", 0)
$oSelect = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm_new, "login")
_IEFormElementSetValue ($oSelect, "filltext")

but there is an error:

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IEFormGetCollection, $_IEStatus_NoMatch

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IEFormElementSetValue, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

AutoIt Window info tool said this (Control tab):

Class Internet Explorer_Server

Instance 1

ClassnameNN Internet Explorer_Server1

etc.

Follow manual it means this window can be attached by _IEAttach, but I can't do this.

P.S. How to create tab in IE instead of window? And how to open link in new tab instead of window?

[DaleHohm]

_IEFormGetCollection, $_IEStatus_NoMatch

Try ConsoleWrite(_IEDocReadHTML($oIE_new) & @CRLF)

to see if the document in the attached IE instance contains what you think it does (hint: watch for frames).

Dale

[Dudinin]

The problem have been solved by add Sleep(1000) (if value lesser than 1000, it's not work properly):

$oIE = _IECreate("http://somesite.some")
_IELinkClickByText ($oIE, "Text Of Link")
$oIE_new = _IEAttach("Title of window OR URL, nevertheless...", "URL") ;I tried almost all variants
;$oForm_new = _IEFormGetCollection ($oIE_new, 0)
$oForm_new = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE_new, "name of form", 0)
Sleep(1000)
$oSelect = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm_new, "login")
_IEFormElementSetValue ($oSelect, "filltext")

I try to use _IELoadWait instead of Sleep (parameter of _IELinkClickByText is default - "Wait for page load to complete before returning", but nevertheless...) but it's not work properly too. May be because of strange structure of the page...

Somebody know how to create tab in IE instead of window =)? Do the AutoIt have ability to work with tabs?