How to grab ahold of Internet Explorer_Server1 control

[MrTWist]

I'm trying to programmatically get a hold on the Internet Explorer_Server1 control embedded in in the Google Updater UI.

Google Updater is available at http://pack.google.com/

I can get the handle of the control -- but then what? Any ideas how I could send clicks and tabs and text select/copy commands to it?

CODE

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = WinGetHandle("Google Updater") ; can get a handle to the container

$oIEhdl = ControlGetHandle ( "Google Updater", "", "Internet Explorer_Server1") ; can get a handle to the control

$IEattachResult = _IEAttach($oIE, $oIE) ; doesn't work

MsgBox(1, "Window handle", $oIE) ;works

MsgBox(1, "IE Server Handle", $oIEhdl) ;works

MsgBox(1, "Attach result", $IEattachResult) ; doesn't work

[DaleHohm]

Assuming that Google Updater is an Win32 App with an embedded browser, what you want is:

$oIE = _IEAttach("Google Updater", "embedded")

Unfortunately, an AutoIt regression in 3.2.2.0 causes the "embedded" option to throw an error. There is a very simple workaround for this, requiring an edit of IE.au3 here

Dale

Edited January 30, 2007 by DaleHohm

[MrTWist]

Thank you, Dale!

You're a hero!

Assuming that Google Updater is an Win32 App with an embedded browser, what you want is:

$oIE = _IEAttach("Google Updater", "embedded")

Unfortunately, an AutoIt regression in 3.2.2.0 causes the "embedded" option to throw an error. There is a very simple workaround for this, requiring an edit of IE.au3 here

Dale