Is _IEAttach working correctly?

[Clark]

Hi all

According to the help file, _IEAttach should exhibit the following:

Success: Returns an object variable pointing to the InternetExplorer Object for all but Embedded and DislogBox modes which return a Window Object Failure: Returns 0 and sets @ERROR

So, to some code:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php")
Send("{TAB 12}")
Send("{ENTER}")
_IELoadWait ($oIE)
$oIE = _IEAttach ("AutoIt")
While $oIE > 0
    $oIE = _IEAttach ("AutoIt")
    sleep(1000)
WEnd
msgbox(0,"Test","wait for it...")

So, the intent of this code is that it should never reach the msgbox line whilst there is an IE window open with AutoIt as a substring in it. However, it always reaches the msgbox line whether the window is there or not.

What am I missing?

The reason I want this is I am writing test automation scripts. I need to have a mechanism to wait for an IE window to close so that my script can continue.

TIA

Clark

Edited December 13, 2011 by Clark

[Clark]

Experimenting, I tried changing the while loop to use @error. _IEAttach sets @error to 0 if the window is found and something greater than 0 otherwise:

Some code:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php")
Send("{TAB 12}")
Send("{ENTER}")
_IELoadWait ($oIE)
$oIE = _IEAttach ("AutoIt")
msgbox(0,"Test","Error is " & @error)
While @error = 0
    $oIE = _IEAttach ("AutoIt")
    sleep(1000)
    msgbox(0,"Test","Error is " & @error)
WEnd
msgbox(0,"Test","wait for it...")

No matter if the window is there or not, @error is always zero. I can't figure this out.

Edited December 13, 2011 by Clark

[Clark]

Ok, well I can't figure out what is going on with _IEAttach, but I can get the effect I am looking for with the following code:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php")
Send("{TAB 12}")
Send("{ENTER}")
_IELoadWait ($oIE)
msgbox(0,"Test","Error is " & @error)
$title=_IEPropertyGet($oIE,"title")
msgbox(0,"Title",$title)
While $title = "General Help and Support - AutoIt Forums"
    sleep(1000)
    $title=_IEPropertyGet($oIE,"title")
    msgbox(0,"Title",$title)
WEnd
msgbox(0,"Test","wait for it...")

Edited December 13, 2011 by Clark

[water]

Which version of the IE do you use?

[DaleHohm]

The correct way to test for an object is

IsObj($oIE)

You're getting confused by the conversions betweens Ints and Object variants in comparisons.

Dale

[Clark]

So, I understand that _IEAttach returns an object variable if it manages to attach to something, but the help file says it should return a 0 (an integer) if it does not get a match. In the example I posted above it does not get a match but clearly does not return 0. In fact it seems to return a random object variable.

Also, I don't really understand how IsObj works in the context of what I am trying to do, which is:

The application pops up a new IE window. I wish to wait until that window closes before continuing my script.

Edited December 14, 2011 by Clark