_iebodyread* from current browser

[MikeMotley]

I'm trying to read the body text/source from an open web browser, not create a new browser window with a specific url. I have read the material in the help file, but it always references something like:

$oIE = _IE_Example ("basic")

$sText = _IEBodyReadText ($oIE)

Where the _IEBodyReadText is looking at the variable $oIE, which is the "basic" part of _IE_Example. I just want to use an already open browser window, and tell _IEBodyRead* to look for a browser with a particular name in the title bar.

-mike

[Swift]

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Edited January 11, 2008 by Swift

[Swift]

your tring to read everything in a IE window?

if so...what are you doing with it? saving it as a .txt file?

HTML File?

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[PsaltyDS]

I'm trying to read the body text/source from an open web browser, not create a new browser window with a specific url. I have read the material in the help file, but it always references something like:

$oIE = _IE_Example ("basic")

$sText = _IEBodyReadText ($oIE)

Where the _IEBodyReadText is looking at the variable $oIE, which is the "basic" part of _IE_Example. I just want to use an already open browser window, and tell _IEBodyRead* to look for a browser with a particular name in the title bar.

-mike

You need to get a pointer to the browser DOM object. That is usually called $oIE. To get the object from an already existing browser, use _IEAttach(), which is in the help file. Look at the examples in the help file under that function.

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IEAttach("Some IE Browser Title", "Title")
$sHTML = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)
ConsoleWrite("Debug: $sHTML = " & $sHTML & @LF)

Edited January 11, 2008 by PsaltyDS

[MikeMotley]

You need to get a pointer to the browser DOM object. That is usually called $oIE. To get the object from an already existing browser, use _IEAttach(), which is in the help file. Look at the examples in the help file under that function.

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IEAttach("Some IE Browser Title", "Title")
$sHTML = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)
ConsoleWrite("Debug: $sHTML = " & $sHTML & @LF)

That's *exactly* what I wanted to do. Thanks for pointing that out. What I wanted to do is some more reliable way to detect the page being completely loaded, click on javascript links, and other general interaction with the page. This seems like it will do just that. Thanks for your help!

[DaleHohm]

Actually, that is what _IELoadWait is for...

Dale

[MikeMotley]

I wanted to use _IEloadwait but I couldn't figure out how to tell autoIT to use an already open browser window. I'm still having trouble with it, using this code:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IEAttach ("Title of already open IE window")

$sHTML = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)

MsgBox(0, "Document Source", $sHTML)

I expect to get the body of the IE window printed to the MsgBox, but it just gives me a MsgBox with a 0 in it.

[DaleHohm]

I'll guess the top level document is a FRAMESET. Suggest you try DebugBar (see my sig) and look at _IEFrameGetObjByName.

Dale