Grabbing file name from _iecreate - google flv video

[swisscheez]

Having some difficulty capturing a file name from a _IECreate call.

I'm going out to a site, finding a particular file and am attempting to download it - a dialog pops up and i'm allowed to save the file but i want to know the file name chosen because I'd like to have it for further processing.

#include <ie.au3>

$IEO = _iecreate ("http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6358824457869316582",0,0)
            
$var_player = _IEGetObjByName($IEO,"VideoPlayback")
    
$t = $var_player.src

;do some string replacement
;there's probably an easier way to do this...
$t = StringReplace($t, "%22",'"')
$t = StringReplace($t,"%27", '"')
$t = StringReplace($t, "%28","(")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%29",")")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%40","@")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%20"," ")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%3F","?" )
$t = StringReplace($t, "%3D","=")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%26","&")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%3A",":")
$t = StringReplace($t, "%2F","/")

$t = StringReplace($t, "/googleplayer.swf?&videoUrl=","")
$t = StringReplace($t, "&messagesUrl=http://video.google.com/FlashUiStrings.xlb?frame=flashstrings&hl=en&autoPlay=true","")

$ieo2 = _IECreate ($t,0,0,1,-1)
        
_IEQuit($IEO)
_iequit($ieo2)

Any assistance on capturing the file name would be appreciated.

[DaleHohm]

Where do you see the filename in the source?

[swisscheez]

Where do you see the filename in the source?

if you run the script (or if i run the script) when the 2nd create _iecreate runs, google responds with a file.

[DaleHohm]

Here's the easier way to unencode your string:

$t = $IEO.document.parentwindow.eval('unescape("' & $t & '")')

I don't know what you mean by

google responds with a file

Dale

[swisscheez]

Thanks for the unescape hint. i looked all over for something like that.

Regarding the response with the file - if i cut and paste the url from $t in to a browser and watch the tcpip stream, google starts streaming back the flv file after a response code of 200. I'm not sure how better to explain... it's like, rather than getting html back you get the binary data. IE interprets that as a file and prompts you to save it.

I'm glad to try another approach - just haven't found a good way.

[swisscheez]

Thanks for the unescape hint. i looked all over for something like that.

Regarding the response with the file - if i cut and paste the url from $t in to a browser and watch the tcpip stream, google starts streaming back the flv file after a response code of 200. I'm not sure how better to explain... it's like, rather than getting html back you get the binary data. IE interprets that as a file and prompts you to save it.

I'm glad to try another approach - just haven't found a good way.

Wondering if anyone has had an opportunity to check this out further.

I've tried ieloadwait and inetget but it's just not working.

[swisscheez]

Wondering if anyone has had an opportunity to check this out further.

I've tried ieloadwait and inetget but it's just not working.

in my attempt to debug - i've gone through ie.au3 and see that the process stops at

_IENavigate($o_object, $s_Url, $f_wait)

in _iecreate()

it looks like ie grabs the url that i pass and then somehow creates a new handle the autoit doesn't "know" about. i get prompted for a file save as dialog box but autoit continues to wait and wait until a time out.

strange. I wish I could capture this.

[DaleHohm]

Can you provide a reproducer?

[swisscheez]

Can you provide a reproducer?

if you mean, can i reproduce the problem, the script in the first post should do it.