_IECreateEmbedded () and New IE Windows

[litlmike]

I would like to Embed an IE window in a GUI, and when the user clicks on a link that normally would open a new IE window, just have the current IE navigate to that new page. Is that possible?

As a side question, are the forums laggy for everyone else right now?

If you need my code, just let me know, but I don't think that would necessary in this case, since we are not debugging a script, we are asking about the functionality of _IECreateEmbedded ().

Thanks in Advance.

[mikehunt114]

Yes, it is possible to navigate the embedded IE object like you want. You just need to set an object's event (your "link") to _IENavigate your embedded IE object.

And yes, the forums are super laggy right now for me as well.

[litlmike]

Yes, it is possible to navigate the embedded IE object like you want. You just need to set an object's event (your "link") to _IENavigate your embedded IE object.

And yes, the forums are super laggy right now for me as well.

Thanks for the feedback. Does this assume you already know the link the user is going to click on? If so, then can I make this work for all links? So that, it can be any link the user ever clicks?

[mikehunt114]

Ah, sorry, miscommunication there. What I was referring to was navigating the embedded object from outside the embedded object, but within the GUI. If you want to navigate from a link on a page inside the embedded object, you simply have to click on it. Hope that helps.

Edit: (Now that I've completely read your title/post...lol) I'm not sure about how links that force the opening of a new window will work in an embedded object, off the top of my head I would think you would run into trouble, and could maybe solve it by removing the command to open the link in a new window from the source?

Edited December 13, 2006 by mikehunt114

[litlmike]

Ah, sorry, miscommunication there. What I was referring to was navigating the embedded object from outside the embedded object, but within the GUI. If you want to navigate from a link on a page inside the embedded object, you simply have to click on it. Hope that helps.

Edit: (Now that I've completely read your title/post...lol) I'm not sure about how links that force the opening of a new window will work in an embedded object, off the top of my head I would think you would run into trouble, and could maybe solve it by removing the command to open the link in a new window from the source?

Ha! That's funny.

Yes I am for sure running into trouble with this, and if there is a way to remove this command, I certainly have no idea where to begin. Anyone have any guesses?

[mikehunt114]

Can you post the url?

[litlmike]

Can you post the url?

It is a non-specific URL. Meaning any weblink, on any page on the Internet, that automatically launches a new browser when the user clicks on that type of link.

[mikehunt114]

Ok. If I'm understanding correctly and you want to prevent each and every link from ever opening the link a new window, I think you'd have to _IEDocReadHTML every source containing a link, and remove the "target=" section. You'd have to set up a loop that checks every part of the page for links and then adjust each source accordingly. Do these links not work in an embedded IE object? Sorry, I have never used the embedded IE. It sounds rather cumbersome to avoid them, given that you don't know where the user is browsing. I could be missing something here.

[DaleHohm]

New windows can get opened in several ways. The simplest case is with target= in the link definition as Mike suggests. You can manipulate those by rewriting the link, perhaps like this:

$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink in $oLinks
    If StringLen(String($oLink.target)) Then
        $oLink.target = "_top"
    EndIf
Next

New windows can also be created with Javascript and element events... this is much more involved to anticipate.

Dale

[mikehunt114]

Hi Dale,

So how does an embedded IE object react when a new window or pop-up is trying to be opened? I understand why and how it can happen, but what is the result? Is it just disregared/null?

[DaleHohm]

I have not tested, but I expect it to open a new "unembedded" browser window.

Dale

[mikehunt114]

Yeah, I played around for a couple minutes with an embedded IE object and that's precisely what it did. So it doesn't really cause any issues, it can be contained within the embedded object. (I tested a page with a link having a target of a new window and managed to contain it to the embedded IE)

Learned something again today. Wewt.

[litlmike]

Ok. If I'm understanding correctly and you want to prevent each and every link from ever opening the link a new window, I think you'd have to _IEDocReadHTML every source containing a link, and remove the "target=" section. You'd have to set up a loop that checks every part of the page for links and then adjust each source accordingly. Do these links not work in an embedded IE object? Sorry, I have never used the embedded IE. It sounds rather cumbersome to avoid them, given that you don't know where the user is browsing. I could be missing something here.

That is an interesting idea. I was hoping that this would be a simple parameter switch from 0 to 1.

Along your thinking, it seems that we would have to detect every new page load, then re-write the HTML. That sound about right?

[DaleHohm]

Yes, I've written a couple of examples posted in the forums. Look for ObjEvent and Navigate

Dale

[big_daddy]

Dale - I played around with the onload event yesterday, but never could get it to fire with the embedded browser.

[DaleHohm]

Dale - I played around with the onload event yesterday, but never could get it to fire with the embedded browser.

Ah yes, it is the onload event, not navigate.

If you start the _IECreateEmbedded example the following works for me:

#include <IE.au3>
    
$sTitle = "Embedded Web control Test"
$oIE = _IEAttach ($sTitle, "embedded")
    
; Set up an event sink so that we can trigger on page loads
$oEvent = ObjEvent($oIE, "Evt_")
    
; The inital page load is already done... refresh so that event fires
_IEAction($oIE, "refresh")
    
; Exit is the window closes
While WinExists($sTitle)
    Sleep(500)
WEnd
    
Exit
    
Func Evt_onload()
    ; This function will be fired whenever a new help page loads
    ConsoleWrite("I'm in..." & @CR)
EndFunc   ;==>Evt_onload

Dale