IEAttach title vs hwnd

[Hasher]

OK I post a probelm yesterday and after a sleep and some deep thought I found my probelm ;-) Posted yesterday here http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41674

It revolves around the the _IEAttach method I use , if I use the "title" way _IEAttach($title, "Title") it supports the IE7 tabs BUT fails *sometimes* with DOM like:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\test.au3 (24) : ==> Variable must be of type "Object".:

MsgBox(4096,"test",$oIE.document.url)

MsgBox(4096,"test",$oIE^ ERROR

Whereas if I use the _IEAttach($hwnd, "hwnd") method then it attachs to IE7 but not its tabs.

Am I pushing the IEAttach's function to hard as IE.au3 doesnt support tabs yet or is there a work around that I can use. Only getting data from the page not writing to it.

THanks for any help in advance !!

Yesterdays code that produces errors (try logging into hotmail)

#include <IE.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <file.au3>
AutoItSetOption ("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
    $tit = ""
    $title = ""
    While 1
    Do
    sleep(100)
    if WinGetHandle("classname=IEFrame", "") == WinGetHandle("Active", "")  Then
            $title = StringMid(WinGetTitle("Active",""),1,StringInStr(WinGetTitle("Active",""),"-"))
        EndIf
    Until $title <> ""
    if $tit <> $title Then
    $tit = $title
    $oIE = _IEAttach($title, "Title")
    $oIEEvents = ObjEvent ($oIE,"IEEvent_")
    $oDWEvents = ObjEvent ($oIE,"DWEvent_","DWebBrowserEvents2")
    endif
    WEnd    

Func DWEvent_BeforeNavigate2()
MsgBox(4096,"test",$oIE.document.url)
endfunc

[DaleHohm]

You do realize that it is your code that is producing that error and NOT IE.au3 right?

Dale

[Hasher]

Please enlighten me Dale or give me a shove in the right direction :-D I am not saying its IE.au3 probelm , I was blameing IE7 tabs

Edited February 26, 2007 by Hasher

[DaleHohm]

Please enlighten me Dale or give me a shove in the right direction :-D I am not saying its IE.au3 probelm , I was blameing IE7 tabs

The error you showed was on line 24 of your script: MsgBox(4096,"test",$oIE.document.url)

It is most likely that for some reason $oIE may not have a valid document (at least at the time th command is executed). Suggest you use isObj and ObjName funnctions to debug. and check $oIE and $oIE.documnt. You can also use _IEErrorHndlerRegister() so that the error can be trapped and you'll get more information in the console.

The hwnd will be the handle of the container window and when you attach to it you get the active browser window. You can use _IEAttach with title and several other attributes because it loops through the Shell.Windows collection which picks up all the browserrs in the tabs.

There are situations when a valid browser object does not have .document and even some cases when the .document does not have all of the expected properties, like .url and if you are in the middle of a Redirect all bets are off. It would help if you could dig deeper and perhaps provide a reproducer.

Hope this helps.

Dale

[Hasher]

Thank you Dale , enlightening as normal

BTW love the 'thinking' Gorilla !!!!