CTRL + T Not working in the script

[mjoshi]

Hi This is a small program which I have created :

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Sleep(8000)
Send ("{CTRLDOWN}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("t")
Send("{CTRLUP}")
_IECreate ("www.google.com")

But instead of opening up google in the same IE in different tab, the script is opening separate IE.

My requirement is to open up sites in same IE in different tabs, instead of multiple IE, as managing different IE becomes messy.

[Zedna]

Try to use _IEAttach()

Edited December 25, 2011 by Zedna

[mjoshi]

Try to use _IEAttach()

Thanks, yes It worked!!!

But I am not sure whether I am using _IEAttach function correctly. I tried reading AutoIt help also, but couldn't figure out a way of using it.

So my code looks like this(which is working for now)

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Sleep(5000)
;Send("^{TAB}")
Send ("{CTRLDOWN}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("t")
Send("{CTRLUP}")
_IEAttach ("")
Send("www.gmail.com")
Send("{ENTER}")

Now I have two questions:

1) Can I pass the value of URL(www.gmail.com in this case) from the _IEAttach function only?

2) When I made this script like this:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Sleep(5000)
;Send("^{TAB}")
Send ("{CTRLDOWN}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("t")
Send("{CTRLUP}")
_IEAttach ("")
Send("www.gmail.com")
Send("{ENTER}")
Sleep(3000)
Local $oUser, $oPass, $oSubmit, $oInput
If WinExists("Gmail: Email from Google") Then
  WinSetState("Gmail: Email from Google", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
  ;get the htm source
  Local $oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "input")
  ;loop through elements and get the names of the text fields for user and pass
  For $oInput In $oInputs
   If $oInput.type = "text" And $oInput.name = "Email" Then $oInput.value = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
   
   If $oInput.type = "password" And $oInput.name = "Passwd" Then $oInput.value = "xxxxxxxxxxxx"
    Sleep(1200)
   If $oInput.type = "checkbox" And $oInput.name = "PersistentCookie" Then Send("{SPACE}")
     Sleep(1200)
   
   If $oInput.type = "submit" And $oInput.name = "signIn" Then _IEAction($oInput, "click")
   
   Next
  EndIf
  Send("{ENTER}")

It was not working, the reason could be because of the line in the code :

Local $oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "input")

Because the above line I guess, will pick the data from the first tab of IE, i.e. www.autoscript.com and not from www.gmail.com

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks.

[Zedna]

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Sleep(5000)
;Send("^{TAB}")
Send ("{CTRLDOWN}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("t")
Send("{CTRLUP}")
$oIE = _IEAttach ("")
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.gmail.com")

[Zedna]

Ctrl+T can be optimized this way (not tested)

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Send("^t")
$oIE = _IEAttach ("")
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.gmail.com")

[mjoshi]

Ctrl+T can be optimized this way (not tested)

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Send("^t")
$oIE = _IEAttach ("")
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.gmail.com")

Thanks! But still it is not working It is not opening gmail.com in the tabbed window.

[Zedna]

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Send("^t")
Sleep(5000) ; elaborate with this value
$oIE = _IEAttach ("")
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.gmail.com")

[mjoshi]

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Send("^t")
Sleep(5000) ; elaborate with this value
$oIE = _IEAttach ("")
_IENavigate($oIE, "www.gmail.com")

I literally copied the above code and tried to run the script, but it didn't succeed

Are we missing something? I mean there has to be a way in AutoIt by which we can open multiple tabs in IE and do some processing in each tab!