JamesNL Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hi, I'm developing a web application that is hosted from within a HyperText Application (the file is called client.hta, it runs fullscreen on some kind of voting machines). From within this HTA, I open a website via an Iframe. I have used AutoIt before to block starting programs like the task manager or Internet Explorer. But, now I want to add advertisements to the website, I also want to have them open in a new window, so I need to allow iexplore.exe to open. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to entirely control IE. I've written this script, it almost works as I want it it: expandcollapse popupHotKeySet("^o", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^O", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^p", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^P", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^n", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^N", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F1}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F2}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F3}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F4}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F5}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F6}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F7}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F8}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F9}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F10}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F12}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{F12}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^e", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^E", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^i", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^I", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^h", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^H", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^b", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^B", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^f", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("^F", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("{ESC}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!b", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!B", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!w", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!W", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!l", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!L", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!f", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!F", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!x", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!X", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!h", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!H", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!{home}", "DoNothing") HotKeySet("!", "DoNothing") AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) While ProcessExists("iexplore.exe") If ControlHide("Internet Explorer", "", "ReBarWindow321") = 0 Then MsgBox(16, "Fout", "Unable to secure IE. Killing IE.") ProcessClose("iexplore.exe") EndIf Sleep(1) WEnd Func DoNothing() EndFunc As you can see, I use a lot of HotKeySet()'s to block the hotkeys in IE. I use ControlHide to completely hide the IE toolbar (menu bar, toolbar and addressbar). This works very well (it creates a grey place on where the toolstrips used to be, ah well, too bad), but pressing the ALT-key and then pressing the down key still opens a menu, and gives the user access to the 'new window' and 'open' options. Is there any way I can prevent this, or completely hide that toolbar like most internet café software does? Thanks in advance! P.S. I am using a Dutch IE6, so some hotkeys might be different from the English ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleHohm Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 _IEAttach with the "ebmedded" parameter will allow you to attach to a .hta You can then use several of the _IEPropertySet commands to turn off specific controls. You might also want to look at theatre mode. I am not familiar with Alt-Down -- can you explain more about that? Dale Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model Automate input type=file (Related) Alternative to _IECreateEmbedded? better: _IECreatePseudoEmbedded Better Better? IE.au3 issues with Vista - Workarounds SciTe Debug mode - it's magic: #AutoIt3Wrapper_run_debug_mode=Y Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead? Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesNL Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Thanks DaleHohm, but it is not exactly what I meant. When I click an ad from inside the .hta, it opens a new Internet Explorer window (a regular IExplore.exe), I want to modify that window. What I meant with alt-down was this: Open a new IE window. Press ALT. Press the Down arrow. I want to prevent that from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleHohm Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 (edited) Thanks DaleHohm, but it is not exactly what I meant.When I click an ad from inside the .hta, it opens a new Internet Explorer window (a regular IExplore.exe), I want to modify that window.What I meant with alt-down was this:Open a new IE window. Press ALT. Press the Down arrow. I want to prevent that from happening.You can watch for new windows with WinActive (e.g. with AdLib).I see that the Alt press/release followed by a Down arrow key activates the window menu... I'm sure there is a way to intercept that but I don't know it off hand.Dale Edited September 16, 2006 by DaleHohm Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model Automate input type=file (Related) Alternative to _IECreateEmbedded? better: _IECreatePseudoEmbedded Better Better? IE.au3 issues with Vista - Workarounds SciTe Debug mode - it's magic: #AutoIt3Wrapper_run_debug_mode=Y Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead? Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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