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Local $oIE = _IECreate("mylink...removed for security")
_IELinkClickByText($oIE,"FileName",0,0) ; final parameter states to NOT wait for webpage to open
WinWaitActive("Open Document") ; Download box
Call("_LoopSend",2,"{DOWN}") ; Custom function loops a key press, in this case DOWN twice. Selects Edit
Send("{TAB}",0) ; Move to OK/Cancel buttons
Send("{ENTER}",0) ; Hit OK

Above is an abridged version of my script. After opening IE and correctly opening the download box in SharePoint (download box says "Read," "Edit," "OK," "Cancel"), it gets stuck. The script does not move on to the third line. 

I know it's in a loop because I can't use my hotkey (not shown) to stop the script. Why is it getting stuck and how do I unfreeze it? Is it because it opens a download box and not a webpage?

Thanks for your help,

ecrain

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Are you sure it's not stuck on the third line? Seeing as how that line is going to wait until it finds the correct window, I would verify where you're getting stuck by putting in some error checking and consolewrites. Right now you can't tell anything about what's going on.

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Thanks for the reply. I've checked by including a message box before the WinWaitActive command... it never appeared. If there is a better way to check, let me know.

EDIT: I doubt it helps, but I had this same problem with $oExcel = ObjGet("", "Excel.Application"). I solved it by placing this $oExcel = ObjCreate("Excel.Application") further up in the code.

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Check out the second example for _IEAction for a workaround.

Dale

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Thanks for your posts. I now understand why it is happening (the popup). 

Dale, I've been working on the workaround. I can't figure out how to make the text "FileName" to be recognized by _IEAttach. See below. Can you assist?

; From the example

Local $oIE = _IE_Example("form")
Local $oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "submitExample") ; <-- I need $oSubmit to somehow equal the object/something for the text "FileName" or something like that. I've tried ByName, ID, ReadText, OptionSelect, etc., to no avail.
Local $hwnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
_IEAction($oSubmit, "focus") ; So that it can be "focused" here.
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