IE Multiple Tabs Open...

[JSThePatriot]

Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I have had to ask for help on these forums, and honestly it's been a while since I have been actively using AutoIt. I am happy to be using it again, but I think I am a bit rusty. Thanks for any and all help, tips, and/or suggestions.

I am trying to use a script to open and close tabs 5 at a time. I know with IE 7 you can script the opening of tabs. I don't think IE.au3 is up to date with IE 7, but I have tried a couple of different ways to make this work, and the first time through the loop it works, but the second time through it doesn't. Below are the few configurations that I have tried. Some of them open up the first 5, and then the script dies at the end of the Navigate2() function call. Some of them will end up closing out of IE, and then the script fails. I always have 1 tab open before I open 5 so it should never close out of IE. My preferred method would be 2 or 3, but I am unable to get those to work past the first time through the for loop to the If with the Mod() function.

Configuration 1

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Dim $URL
Dim $IE, $navOpenInBackgroundTab, $navOpenInNewTab

$navOpenInNewTab = 0x0800
$navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000

$IE = ObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application")
$IE.Visible = True
$IE.Navigate2("about:blank")

For $i = 1 to 10000 Step 1
    $URL = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=' & $i
    $IE.Navigate2($URL, $navOpenInBackgroundTab)
    Sleep(300)
    If (Mod($i, 5) == 0) Then
        Sleep(1000)
        WinActivate("Internet Explorer")
        Sleep(1000)
        Send("^w")
        Sleep(750)
        Send("^w")
        Sleep(750)
        Send("^w")
        Sleep(750)
        Send("^w")
        Sleep(750)
        Send("^w")
    EndIf
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If anyone has any insight into this, please let me know, and thanks in advance.

JS

[JSThePatriot]

Dale,

Thanks for your response. I know you are formulating it now.

JS

[DaleHohm]

There is undocumented support for this in IE.au3 -- it doesn't fit well with the rest of the operation of IE.au3 and I am working on a redesign. In the mean time, you can search in IE.au3 for __IENavigate (note the 2 _'s).

If you pass in a flag of 0x0800 it will open a new browser instance in a new tab.

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;===============================================================================
;
; Function Name:    __IENavigate()
; Description:      ** Unsupported version of _IENavigate (note second underscore in name)
;                   ** Last 4 parameters insufficiently tested.
;                   **  - Flags and Target can create new windows and new browser object - causing confusion
;                   **  - Postdata needs SAFEARRAY and we have no way to create one
;                   Directs an existing browser window to navigate to the specified URL
; Parameter(s):     $o_object       - Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Window or Frame object
;                   $s_Url          - URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com")
;                   $f_wait         - Optional: specifies whether to wait for page to load before returning
;                                       0 = Return immediately, not waiting for page to load
;                                       1 = (Default) Wait for page load to complete before returning
;                   $i_flags        - URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com")
;                   $s_target       - URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com")
;                   $spostdata      - URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com")
;                   $s_headers      - URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com")
; Requirement(s):   AutoIt3 V3.2 or higher
; Return Value(s):  On Success  - Returns -1
;                  On Failure   - Returns 0 and sets @ERROR
;                   @ERROR      - 0 ($_IEStatus_Success) = No Error
;                               - 1 ($_IEStatus_GeneralError) = General Error
;                               - 3 ($_IEStatus_InvalidDataType) = Invalid Data Type
;                               - 4 ($_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType) = Invalid Object Type
;                               - 6 ($_IEStatus_LoadWaitTimeout) = Load Wait Timeout
;                               - 8 ($_IEStatus_AccessIsDenied) = Access Is Denied
;                               - 9 ($_IEStatus_ClientDisconnected) = Client Disconnected
;                   @Extended   - Contains invalid parameter number
; Author(s):        Dale Hohm
;
; http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/enums/browsernavconstants.asp
;
; Flags:
;   navOpenInNewWindow = 0x1,
;   navNoHistory = 0x2,
;   navNoReadFromCache = 0x4,
;   navNoWriteToCache = 0x8,
;   navAllowAutosearch = 0x10,
;   navBrowserBar = 0x20,
;   navHyperlink = 0x40,
;   navEnforceRestricted = 0x80,
;   navNewWindowsManaged = 0x0100,
;   navUntrustedForDownload = 0x0200,
;   navTrustedForActiveX = 0x0400,
;   navOpenInNewTab = 0x0800,
;   navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000,
;   navKeepWordWheelText = 0x2000
;
;===============================================================================

Dale

Edited August 3, 2008 by DaleHohm

[JSThePatriot]

Dale,

That never opened any tabs, but it did eventually end up closing IE due to the CTRL+W that I am using to close out open tabs...any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Jarvis

[DaleHohm]

Dale,

That never opened any tabs, but it did eventually end up closing IE due to the CTRL+W that I am using to close out open tabs...any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Jarvis

Sorry, don't know what you mean "that never opened any tabs" -- show you code... or try this:

$oIE = _IECreate("www.autoitscript.com")
__IENavigate($oIE, "www.google.com", 0, 0x800)
__IENavigate($oIE, "www.dogpile.com", 0, 0x800)
__IENavigate($oIE, "www.ebay.com", 0, 0x800)

Dale

[JSThePatriot]

Sorry, don't know what you mean "that never opened any tabs" -- show you code... or try this:

$oIE = _IECreate("www.autoitscript.com")
__IENavigate($oIE, "www.google.com", 0, 0x800)
__IENavigate($oIE, "www.dogpile.com", 0, 0x800)
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Thanks for trying to help thus far! I knew you would be on this thread.

Thanks again,

JS

[DaleHohm]

What are you trying to do? Sorry it isn't clear to me from your code. what are you having trouble with? Is it the closing of the windows? If so, use _IEAttach and _IEQuit instead of ^w

Dale

[JSThePatriot]

What are you trying to do? Sorry it isn't clear to me from your code. what are you having trouble with? Is it the closing of the windows? If so, use _IEAttach and _IEQuit instead of ^w

Dale

Dale I am sorry, I am trying to automate going to different pages using a For loop with a number. I decided for my example google would make sense as the website doesn't matter...its what the code is doing. I want to open 5 pages at a time, and then close those 5 tabs. I can get my loop to go through once, and it works perfectly, however when it comes around for try two it exits the script with an error relating to the Navigate2() function call. My samples should work, it's what I am using. The only thing not in the sample is the #include <IE.au3>.

Thanks,

Jarvis

[DaleHohm]

Interesting challenge... give this a try:

#include <IE.au3>

$navOpenInNewTab = 0x0800
$navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000

$oIE = _IECreate("www.google.com")
Dim $aIE[5]

_IEErrorNotify(False)

For $i = 1 to 10 Step 1
    __IENavigate($oIE, "about:blank" & $i, 1, $navOpenInBackgroundTab)
    Do
        $aIE[Mod($i, 5)] = _IEAttach("about:blank" & $i, "url")
        Sleep(100)
    Until IsObj($aIE[Mod($i, 5)])
    _IENavigate($aIE[Mod($i, 5)], 'http://www.google.com/search?q=' & $i)
    If (Mod($i, 5) == 0) Then
        For $j = 0 to 4
            _IELoadWait($aIE[$j])
            _IEQuit($aIE[$j])
        Next
    EndIf
Next

Dale

[JSThePatriot]

Interesting challenge... give this a try:

#include <IE.au3>

$navOpenInNewTab = 0x0800
$navOpenInBackgroundTab = 0x1000

$oIE = _IECreate("www.google.com")
Dim $aIE[5]

_IEErrorNotify(False)

For $i = 1 to 10 Step 1
    __IENavigate($oIE, "about:blank" & $i, 1, $navOpenInBackgroundTab)
    Do
        $aIE[Mod($i, 5)] = _IEAttach("about:blank" & $i, "url")
        Sleep(100)
    Until IsObj($aIE[Mod($i, 5)])
    _IENavigate($aIE[Mod($i, 5)], 'http://www.google.com/search?q=' & $i)
    If (Mod($i, 5) == 0) Then
        For $j = 0 to 4
            _IELoadWait($aIE[$j])
            _IEQuit($aIE[$j])
        Next
    EndIf
Next

Dale

Dale,

This did wonders for me! Thanks so much!

JS