_IE Management Help

[pshankland]

I am using _IECreate to load a web page. I then use AutoIT to make a few mouse clicks, select a few buttons etc. After I have done this another IE window appears and I need to use _IEBodyReadText to get info from the page but I seem to be using the original object ID used for the first page.

How can I find the Object ID of the new window so I can parse it to _IEBodyReadText?

Thanks.

[pshankland]

Quick question about this... can I use the Window Handle of the IE screen that I have retrieved using WinGetHandle() and parse that to _IEBodyReadText() ?

Thanks.

[DaleHohm]

Quick question about this... can I use the Window Handle of the IE screen that I have retrieved using WinGetHandle() and parse that to _IEBodyReadText() ?

Thanks.

No, but you can use a window handle (hwnd) in _IEAttach to get the object reference.

Based on your first question though I doubt that is what you need to do. Most likely if you are using mouse clicks that change the state of the page, you need to use _IELoadWait($oIE) prior to trying to retrieve the body text.

Dale

[pshankland]

Based on your first question though I doubt that is what you need to do. Most likely if you are using mouse clicks that change the state of the page, you need to use _IELoadWait($oIE) prior to trying to retrieve the body text.

Dale

Not quite as when you click on a button within the original IE window this causes a second window to open and it is the body text of this 2nd window which is what I am after.

Does this make things a bit clearer?

Pete.

[DaleHohm]

Not quite as when you click on a button within the original IE window this causes a second window to open and it is the body text of this 2nd window which is what I am after.

Does this make things a bit clearer?

Pete.

Yes. In that case you'll need to use _IEAttach to get a reference to that browser.

There are ways to get a handle for the new window but it involves event routines and some advanced topics and you'd need to dig into MSDN to get the detail.

Dale

Edit: typos

Edited October 11, 2006 by DaleHohm