Should I be using _ieloadwait?

[W00tever]

I'm stumped as usual

Here's what I'm trying to do. I open a ie form I regularly fill out and hit submit. After submit is done the page redirects to another url with link to install a file.

Obviously I can't use _ieloadwait($oIE) because it $oIE refers to the original url. So my question is how do I wait for the second page to become active and then click the link by text? Sorry if it's not tidy. Would appreciate any pointers you could give me. Thanks in advance.

#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

#AutoIt3Wrapper_outfile=the.exe

#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

#include <IE.au3>

Dim $sURL = ("http://myfirsturl")

Dim $oIE = _IECreate($sURL)

$s_action = "click"

If $CmdLine[2] = do this

If $CmdLine[2] = do this

;Find the form and the form fields we are interested in

$o_form = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "UIForm")

$o_mail = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbEmail")

$o_company = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbOrg")

$o_dept = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbOrgUnit")

$o_city = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbLocality")

$o_state = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbState")

$o_country = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbCountry")

$o_name = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbCommonName")

$o_friend = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "tbFriendlyName")

$o_template = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "lbCertTemplate")

$o_option = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "cbLocalMachineStore")

$o_submit = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($o_form, "btnSubmit")

$o_option.checked = True

; Set the value of the form fields

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_mail, "yosoy@gmail.com")

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_company, "mycompany")

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_dept, "thedepartment")

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_city, "los angeles")

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_state, "ca")

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_country, "US")

_IEFormElementOptionselect($o_template, $TEMPLATENAME)

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_name, $CmdLine[1])

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_friend, $CmdLine[1])

_IEFormElementSetValue($o_option, 1)

Sleep(3000)

_IEAction($o_submit, $s_action)

;INSTALL THE CERT INTO LOCAL MACHINE STORE

Dim $fURL = ("http://mysecondurl")

Dim $fIE = _IELoadWait($fURL)

$s_linkText = "Install this certificate"

_IELinkClickByText($fIE, $s_linkText)

Edited May 14, 2009 by W00tever

[Richard Robertson]

_IELoadWait is NOT for the URL. You call _IELoadWait($ieobj) to wait for the object to finish whatever it is loading.

Navigate first, then call load wait on the object.

Edited May 14, 2009 by Richard Robertson

[W00tever]

_IELoadWait is NOT for the URL. You call _IELoadWait($ieobj) to wait for the object to finish whatever it is loading.

Navigate first, then call load wait on the object.

sorry, I'm not following. the page redirects on its own. ienavigate sounds like trying to direct to a page.

[Richard Robertson]

Navigate means to leave the current page. I didn't say _IENavigate.

Clicking a link or submitting a form will start a navigate. Load wait will wait for it to finish, no matter what started it.

[W00tever]

Navigate means to leave the current page. I didn't say _IENavigate.

Clicking a link or submitting a form will start a navigate. Load wait will wait for it to finish, no matter what started it.

Like this?

Dim $fURL = ("mysecondurl")

Dim $fIE = ($fURL)

$s_linkText = "Install certificate"

_IELoadWait($fIE)

_IELinkClickByText($fIE, $s_linkText)

[Richard Robertson]

I have no idea what that is.

$ieobj = _IECreate("your params here")

_IEClickLinkByText($ieobj, "your link text here")

_IELoadWait($ieobj)

What's with the strings in parenthesis?

[W00tever]

I have no idea what that is.

$ieobj = _IECreate("your params here")

_IEClickLinkByText($ieobj, "your link text here")

_IELoadWait($ieobj)

What's with the strings in parenthesis?

I cannot invoke iecreate because I don't want a new instance of IE, the page I want is already loaded.

beats me about the parenthesis, it works like that:)

here's the problem

In sequential order

1. Dim $sURL = ("http://myfirsturl")

Dim $oIE = _IECreate($sURL)

2. finds and fills out the form fields

3. clicks submit.

4. redirects to another url.

5. since $oIE no longer exists I cannot pass submit on the new page.

[Richard Robertson]

Why would $oIE no longer exist? The IE object is, in a way, a handle to the window. You perform operations on it. Just because it changes pages doesn't mean the object ceases to exist. Where did you get that idea?

[W00tever]

Why would $oIE no longer exist? The IE object is, in a way, a handle to the window. You perform operations on it. Just because it changes pages doesn't mean the object ceases to exist. Where did you get that idea?

Because $oIE = _IECreate($sURL) where $sURL = ("http://myfirsturl") When the page changes to another url then $oIE doesn't exist.

that's the wacky way I read it

[Richard Robertson]

No... And stop putting parenthesis around your strings. It's unnecessary and annoying to read.

You have a handle to an object, not a web page. It still exists.

[W00tever]

No... And stop putting parenthesis around your strings. It's unnecessary and annoying to read.

You have a handle to an object, not a web page. It still exists.

sorry to annoy, everyone has to start somewhere I made it this far by myself with only two questions alot more effort than most so I don't know why you have to be so terse.

Just started writing right out of the help file. If the parenthesis arent required why are they here...?

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")

; *******************************************************

; Example 2 - Create new browser windows pointing to each of 3 different URLs

; if one does not already exist ($f_tryAttach = 1)

; do not wait for the page loads to complete ($f_wait = 0)

; *******************************************************

;

#include <IE.au3>

_IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com", 1, 1, 0)

_IECreate ("my.yahoo.com", 1, 1, 0)

_IECreate ("www.google.com", 1, 1, 0)

[Richard Robertson]

Those parenthesis are for function calls.