opening url in the background

[kokojie]

Hello thanks for reading my question, I have a Windows 2003 server, I want it to open a remote url (a php script) on a schedule, but I want to do it in the background, so if I'm logged on to the server, I wouldn't see any browser opening and closing. How do I do this with autoit, is there any other software I need to install? Thanks

[Jfish]

Not sure if this is what you are after but A3 has a UDF with _IECreate() that has a parameter of "visible" - you can create a browser with an address and make it invisible.

[kokojie]

Thanks, I'm new to this, can you tell me what is UDF? and how do I close this invisible browser after I'm done? Thanks

Not sure if this is what you are after but A3 has a UDF with _IECreate() that has a parameter of "visible" - you can create a browser with an address and make it invisible.

[oMBRa]

_IEQuit

[somdcomputerguy]

Thanks, I'm new to this, can you tell me what is UDF?

UDF - User Defined Function

Language Reference - User Functions

Keyword Func...Return...EndFunc

More info is in the local docs (installed with AutoIt)