Custom Query

When 2 WebBrowser controls are embedded in a GUI and are sequentially updated, the content of the first becomes invisible when the second is updated. Visibility is restored by occlude/expose, content selection or minimize/restore.

Tested on: AutoIt 3.2.10.0 and 3.2.11.0 beta, Windows XP SP2

Note: Similar issues have been reported previously involving GUI Tabs and having embedded browsers on multiple tabs. The people experiencing this issue did not create simple reproducers, not log bug reports. A reproducer for this is NOT being presented here, but it is being mentioned in case it adds further clues for isolation and resolution.

Issue reported in the forum by Romm here: ​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63391&st=0&gopid=473052&#entry473052

Reproducer code:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

; Create two WebBrowser controls to embed
$oIE1 = ObjCreate("Shell.Explorer.2")
$oIE2 = ObjCreate("Shell.Explorer.2")

; Setup the parent GUI and embed the controls
$hwnd = GUICreate("Embedded Web control Test", 1200, 700)
$GUIActiveX1 = GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE2, 980, 1, 100, 600)
$GUIActiveX2 = GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE1, 1, 1, 970, 660)

GUISetState()     ;Show GUI

; Update first control
$oIE1.navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")
; Wait for document object to be created
While Not IsObj($oIE1.document)
	Sleep(100)
WEnd
; Wait for document load to complete
While $oIE1.document.readyState <> "complete"
	Sleep(100)
WEnd

; Update second control
$oIE2.navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")
; Wait for document object to be created
While Not IsObj($oIE2.document)
	Sleep(100)
WEnd
; Wait for document load to complete
While $oIE2.document.readyState <> "complete"
	Sleep(100)
WEnd

; When the second control is updated, the content in the first control becomes invisible.
; If occluding and exposing the first control with another window, dragging accross it with Mouse-button 1
; or minimizing and restoring the full window causes it to display properly.
;
; Wait 5 seconds, then minimize and restore the window to demonstrate the fact that the
; content in control 1 suddenly becomes visible
;
Sleep(5000)

WinSetState($hwnd, "", @SW_MINIMIZE)
WinSetState($hwnd, "", @SW_RESTORE)

; Waiting for user to close the window
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSelect
WEnd

GUIDelete()

Exit

This does not seem to be working as expected. AutoItVersion: 3.2.10.0 Computer: Win XP SP2

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$GUI1 = GUICreate("My GUI 1",300,200, 200, 200)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("TEST PAGE",20,20)
    $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Hide GUI 2", 40, 40)
		$hide = False
    $ButtonMenu = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test WinMenuSelectItem()", 40, 70)
GUISetState ()

$GUI2 = GUICreate("My GUI 2",300,200, 510, 200)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("MAIN PAGE",20,20)
    $filemenu = GUICtrlCreateMenu ("File")
    $fileitem = GUICtrlCreateMenuitem ("TEST",$filemenu)
GUISetState ()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then 
		Exit
	EndIf 
	
    Select
        Case $msg = $Button1
			If Not $hide then 
				WinSetState('My GUI 2', '', @SW_HIDE)
				GuiCtrlSetData($Button1, 'Show GUI 2')
			Else 
				WinSetState('My GUI 2', '', @SW_SHOW)
				GuiCtrlSetData($Button1, 'Hide GUI 2')
			EndIf 
			
			$hide = Not $hide
           
        Case $msg = $fileitem
            MsgBox(0,1,"Menu Clicked")
           
        Case $msg = $ButtonMenu
            WinMenuSelectItem("My GUI 2", "MAIN PAGE", "File", "TEST")
    EndSelect
WEnd

As reported here: ​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63535&st=0&gopid=474449&#entry474449 it seems there is no way to creat a borderless SplashImage or GUI. ATM atleast a thin border have to be there. If not so difficult to implement it could be useful for specified visual effects.