Very Simple: Toying with IE

[ers03]

Hi,

I just started using AutoIt about an hour ago and I've been having fun toying around with it and marveling at what is possible with it.. I've read through the forums and have been trying to get some of the _IE functions to work.

I can use _IECreate to open a webpage no problem. I've been frustrated though trying to set forms to display just a simple string. I've been through numerous simple examples and have even copied the code verbatim to no avail. Here's the code - Just for good measure I try to close the window at the end, but that does not work either.

#include <ie.au3>
$page = _IECreate ("http://www.google.com")
$forms = _IEFormGetCollection ($page, 0)
$felement = _IEFormElementGetCollection ($forms, 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue ($felement, "test")
_IEFormSubmit ($forms)

_IEAction($Page,"quit")

The page opens up (2 windows for some reason), goes to google, then just sits there. Can someone help? Thanks!

Edited February 2, 2009 by ers03

[Authenticity]

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate('www.google.com')

$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, 'f')
$oElem = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, 'q')
_IEFormElementSetValue($oElem, 'AutoIt3')
_IEFormSubmit($oForm, 0)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Sleep(5000)
$oIE.Quit

Don't try to close the IE window yourself, it's not nice :]

[ers03]

I copy/pasted your code and the AutoIt does the same thing - opens google in IE (along with a second, blank window) and sits there. So I guess it's not a syntax problem!

[DaleHohm]

See the notes about Vista UAC in the _IECreate section of the helpfile.

Dale

[ers03]

Thank you very much! Code works exactly how I want it to now.