_IECreate not opening multiple tabs in IE7

[dinodod]

I was using the UDF _IECreate in hopes to be able to open multiple sites in 1 browser using multiple tabs but so far, I still can't seem to get it to work.

Is there a more preferred method of opening sites in tabs in IE7 or is _IECreate still the best option?

Thx

[DaleHohm]

There is an undocumented function in IE.au3 called __IENavigate (not two underscores) that gives you an interface to do this. You need to edit IE.au3 and find the function to see the docs for it. You can either use it in IE.au3 or learn from what it does and use the code in your app. Essentially, it uses the Navigate2 method of the browser that lets you do this.

Dale

[dinodod]

__IENavigate sounds like what I might need but now I have more questions about it.

1) It's unsupported because? is this newer?

2) Will it be supported or replace _IENAVIGATE?

3) It has a FLAG to open in new tabs but how do I enable that option?

4) How do I use it?? LOL, sounds silly but I'm getting a seperator error when i try to use this:

__IENavigate($oIE,"www.test.com", 0, navOpenInNewTab)

Thanks

[DaleHohm]

It is unsupported because I don't like the way it works. I really want to return you an object reference to the new window, but Navigate2 doesn't work that way. It will be superceded by something else (possibly _IECreateTab).

You need to use the hex number format - the symbol is not defined. i.e.:

__IENavigate($oIE,"www.test.com", 0, 0x0800)

Dale