Blank white page rendered only in embedded IE control

[UEZ]

Hi,

when I render a web page embedded in a GUI and the height of the ActiveX control is greater than 8192 pixel then the web page will be shown only as an empty white page.

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#include <windowsconstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("", 1024, 600)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

$oIE = ObjCreate("Shell.Explorer.2")
$GUIActiveX = GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE, 0, 0, 1048, 8200)
Global Const $BrowserNavConstant = 2 + 128 + 256 + 512 + 4096 + 3276
$t = TimerInit()
With $oIE
    .Silent = True
    .FullScreen = True
    .Resizable = False
    .Visible = False
    .StatusBar = False
    .AddressBar = False
    .Navigate("www.stern.de", $BrowserNavConstant, "_top")
    Do
        Sleep(500)
        If .ReadyState = 4 Or TimerDiff($t) > 20000 Then ExitLoop
    Until False
    .Stop
EndWith

$oDocument = $oIE.document
$oBody = $oDocument.body
$oHtml = $oDocument.documentElement
$oBody.scroll = "no"
$oBody.style.borderStyle = "none"
$oBody.style.border = "0px"
$oHtml.style.overflow = 'hidden'


Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

GUIDelete($hGUI)

Versions:

IE: 9.0.8112.1623

Autoit: 3.3.8.1 (running as x86)

Os: Win7 x64

No problems on Win8 (IE 10.0)

Can somebody confirm or even know why this happens?

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 1, 2012 by UEZ

[Skitty]

This is what I'm getting.

Win32 XP

[UEZ]

If you can see something then it is working.

But for me the GUI is only blank.

Thanks for testing!

Br,

UEZ

[Skitty]

No problem, it sucks though how operation on 32bit and 64bit is sometimes unpredictable.

Edited June 1, 2012 by ApudAngelorum

[Bert]

It may be your rig

[armoros]

After i tested i have same result like ApudAngelorum

win32 XPsp3

All though the first 2 times it was only a blank page and the script ended alone (and is not a connection issue)

[UEZ]

I tested it on Vista x64 in my VM with IE v9.0 and same problem there.

What IE versions you are using?

As far as I can remember with IE 8 it had worked but I may be wrong.

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 1, 2012 by UEZ

[armoros]

UEZ i made a little search and found if it helps.

[armoros]

I tested it on Vista x64 in my VM with IE v9.0 and same problem there.

What IE versions you are using?

Br,

UEZ

UEZ i have installed IE 9

But i dont use it

[BrewManNH]

UEZ i have installed IE 9

But i dont use it

I thought you said you were running XP? XP can't run IE9.

[armoros]

No i dont use it

is IE9 preview

I have a set of Virtual Machines established which have an array of operating systems and browsers installed.

Also i have IETester with witch i can test IE10 preview, IE9, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows XP

[UEZ]

Have in mind that the web page will be rendered when the height of the activex control is less than 8192!

I've choosen stern.de because the height of the site is larger than 8192 pixels.

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 1, 2012 by UEZ

[armoros]

Have in mind that the web page will be rendered when the height of the activex control is less than 8192!

I've choosen stern.de because the height of the site is larger than 8192 pixels.

Br,

UEZ

I didn't knew that..

Any workaround on your issue?

[UEZ]

I can see this issue in my Screenshooter tool and the workaround is to limit the height to 8192 pixels by accepting the cut off the web page at the buttom.

But do I have this problem only or is it a generell problem with IE9?

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 1, 2012 by UEZ

[JLogan3o13]

I see the same under Win7 x64 and IE9, if that helps you any.

[UEZ]

It confirms my presumption that this is an issue with IE9. Now I need the reason why the page gets blank when it is higher than 8192 pixels.

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 1, 2012 by UEZ

[Skitty]

maybe if there was a method to set browser comparability mode for the operation.

[UEZ]

The odd thing is that when you browse the site in IE normally there is no problem with it - only when embedded and using the object commands.

Br,

UEZ

[DaleHohm]

I would recommend avoiding using the ObjCreateInterface with IE if you can. See my sig for alternatives what give the same visual effect, but use full browser instances.

Dale

[UEZ]

Thanks Dale, I will check your links in your signature whether I can adapt it into my tool.

Edit: I need to render the full web site without scroll bars to make a screenshot of it. The pseudo embedded solutions are unfortunately not usable for my purpose because of the scroll bars unless you can change that.

Br,

UEZ

Edited June 4, 2012 by UEZ