Problem whit IE frames

[Armis]

Hi there,

Looks like i'm not able to access any form object in a specific Internet Explorer Frame. In the test which follows, i'm trying to display two "GOOGLE.COM" pages, one in my left frame and the other in my right frame. When this is loaded, i want to set the text of the search field to "test". Pretty simple...

Here is my HTML file where my frames are created

The file's name is "test.html" and is located on my desktop.

<frameset cols="50%,50%">
  <frame src="http://www.google.com" name="left">
  <frame src="http://www.google.com" name="right">
</frameset>

Here is my AutoIt code

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("about:blank")

_IENavigate($oIE, "C:\Documents and Settings\mahatch\Bureau\test.html")

$oLeftFrame = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE, "left")

; Google form name = "f" / Google query field name = "q"

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oLeftFrame, "f")

$oField = _IEFormGetObjByName($oForm, "q")

_IEFormElementSetValue($oField, "test")

All this is very simple but i'm just not able to find out what the problem could be. This is just not working at all. I'm also receiving an error message. Here it is:

$o_col = $o_object.document.forms.item ($s_Name)

$o_col = $o_object.document^ ERROR

Error: The requested action whit this object has failed.

[PsaltyDS]

If I recall correctly you invoke security measures against cross-site scripting when you try to do different things in each frame. It's a feature, not a bug...

[DaleHohm]

If you add this to your script: _IEErrorHandlerRegister()

I expect you'll see an "Access is denied." COM error.

This is called cross-site scripting of frames and is a security restriction (the parent document is about:blank which is not in the domain with google).

As nice as this would be, you cannot automate IE this way.

Dale

Edit: didn't notice that PsaltyDS has replied while I was ignoring the open reply in my browser :-)

Edited January 8, 2008 by DaleHohm

[Armis]

Well,

Thank-you for your replys guys!

I'll try to figure out an other way to do what I was trying to do. And there is no way to bypass this cross-site security?

What i'm trying to do is simple. I'm trying to deploy a software on some computers. To configure the webapp i need to browse some links and some buttons in a specific frame since the webapp is using two frames.

There is no way to bypass this security?

Thanks!

- Armis -

[PsaltyDS]

There is no way to bypass this security?

If there is, it won't be discussed on this forum...

The primary purpose of maliciously bypassing security is USUALLY to "deploy a software on some computers".

[Armis]

Yes you're right,

But anyway I figured out an other way to set up my application correctly. I have been able to get the localhost webapp address and went on the desired page directly whitout going through the left frame. That way I bypassed this frame security issue and was now able to work perfectly whit all the object in it.

Thanks for your help guys

[PsaltyDS]

But anyway I figured out an other way to set up my application correctly. I have been able to get the localhost webapp address and went on the desired page directly whitout going through the left frame. That way I bypassed this frame security issue and was now able to work perfectly whit all the object in it.

Glad you figured it out.