IE.au3 and Internet Explorer on Server 2016

[Iceburg]

So I have a script that I've been using for years.  Logins into a website, grabs some data, throws it into Excel, graphs the data, and sends it in an e-mail.  This has worked for a long time until HTML code changes, and I've done tweaks along the way to address HTML changes on the site.

Couple days ago a major new HTML page was release that I was scrapping.  I rewrote the regex's on my Win10 laptop and ran, and everything is good to go.  IE loads, logins in, scraps, excels graph, and e-mails it all to me.

I compile the code, and place it on the server, and while I'm at it I decide I'll update the server with the newest MS patches.

I know, I know, in hindsight I added another variable, but the script is working fine on my laptop so whats the big deal?

Anyway, the code won't run on a 2016 server now.  To test I ran the old script (That was working, logging in, and failing on the regex) it won't even load the pages any more.  So its definitely the server that had some changes.

I removed all the new patches, and reboot.  Still doesn't work.

If I run the code through scite vs the compiled code, it fails at the regular expression, but thats cause its not even navigating to the pages anymore.

Anyone else seen anything similar?  In the mean time I have the script running on my laptop, but I can't find a solution to the server issue.

-Iceburg

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by Iceburg

[Iceburg]

A bit more troubleshooting, even this much doesn't work...

Global $oIE = _IECreate("about:blank", 1, 1, 1, 0)     ; 1 - visible
ConsoleWrite("IE Created...." & @CRLF)
Global $oIE = _IEAttach("about:blank", "url")
If @error = $_IEStatus_NoMatch Then Exit
ConsoleWrite("IE attached..." & @CRLF)

Results in:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\test.au3"    
--> IE.au3 T3.0-2 Warning from function _IEAttach, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch
IE Created....
--> IE.au3 T3.0-2 Warning from function _IEAttach, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch
>Exit code: 0    Time: 0.9332

[Iceburg]

Downgrade server I guess.  Where is Dale? 

 

Edited December 9, 2018 by Iceburg

[mLipok]

Try to change security zone and other security settings in Windows server.

 

[Iceburg]

Tried that, added the sites to the safe zone, removed almost all security.  IE security is turned off for administrators, and I'm logged in as administrator.

I'll keep trying to find what changed.

[Iceburg]

Okay, after future research, and installing a new server MS 2019, the script works fine.  Something happened specific to the server.  A rebuild is in order, nothing to see here.