suddenly have a "navigate2 " problem

[Elmer]

a simple LOGIN script has worked for a couple years, now gives me:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\Sue\Documents\Kens\AutoIT\lib.au3"

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

C:\Users\Sue\Documents\Kens\AutoIT\lib.au3 (45) : ==> Variable must be of type "Object".:

$oIE.Navigate2("http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/patroninfo", 2048)

$oIE^ ERROR

>Exit code: 1 Time: 1.906

I have the #include

#include <IE.au3>

Global $oIE

I'm not that experienced, so I'm at a loss... HELP please.

TYIA

Elmer

[water]

What version of the Internet Explorer do you use? Did you switch to IE9 lately?

[Elmer]

I'm running IE8 still. Another "facts" that's "different" suddenly:

My CA Virus software now finds 2 AUTOit files "suspicious", but says it hasn't done anything to/with them.

(autoit2exe\autoitSC.bin & autoit_v3_setup.exe)

[DaleHohm]

This is the important message:

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

You'll needto debug your _IEAttach statement.

Dale

[Elmer]

OK Dale, I give... I've UnInstalled AutoIt3 and reloaded completely. No change. I've checked the script and even put the full path to IE.au3. There is no "_IEStatus_NoMatch" in the script, and the "_IEAttach" syntax appears correct.

Any other thoughts?

[DaleHohm]

Your syntax may be correct, but it is not finding an IE window to match the criteria you gave in your _IEAttach statement.

Dale

[Elmer]

Thanks Dale, you were correct. I was using a ProcessExists("iexplore.exe") to test for an available IE.

There are always iexplore.exe running on my system (Sidebar, etc), but it couldn't IEAttach("","instance",1).

I've cleaned up the logic and now things are stable. Thanks for the HELP and learning experience - again!

EJ