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[tank]

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[ahklerner]

Here is a slightly shorter version. Hope you dont mind.

[tank]

Dude i will never mind your input
and shorter is always better
I really hope you dont mind me using you in my examples so much but your function was the foundation for my end goal

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Automate IE7 with Tabs

[tank]

I have been asked several times professionally and privately in this community for scripting acrross frames

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533028(VS.85).aspx
About Cross-Frame Scripting and Security


outlines the difficulty with this

Now given this very important restriction

[tank]

Important **** if you have not copied these scripts since 6-29 and are having trouble please re copy now

the following builds on the above concepts and duplicates some actions found elsewhere(in spirit but not method) im posting here
if not obvious still relys on IE 6 or 7 as well as a microsoft OS
tested on vista and xp
hope someone finds this usefull

[tank]

this is a script i wrote based on the above demostrates some limited use but helps get you some valuable information for implementing an automation project
Again i hope someone finds this usefull

[tank]

this is just the javascript that you would use with execute js on a given window
this script will output all forms and relavent dom elements and information to a new html window
it will then list all of the links as well
from an automation standpoint this is nearly every peice of information from an entering data aspect you could ever need
what it doesnt get is form elements not included in a <form></form> tag

[Sean]

tank already knew this, however, I'm posting it anyway for who is not aware of it.

IE7 supports multi-tab windows, but the conventional WebBrowser control is lacking of a function to differentiate one among them, the HWND function in IWebBrowser2 object always returns the window handle of IEFrame, not the new window class TabWindowClass.

Here is a method to obtain the window handle of TabWindowClass from the IWebBrowser2 object pwb (:if applied to IE6 etc, I think it'll just return the window handle of IEFrame).

[tank]

@ Sean thanks
I considered this but i was trying to be generic thru versions of IE supporting tabbed and non tabbed browsing with the same scripti did notice just now that i took out the comments for the new window vs new tab vs new unfocused tab

But then i spose i shoulodnt have labeled them as IE7 functions instead just calling them IE_ either way its good to know that it works fine without the hwndTab though the hwndTab does give you some other options for action not included in the DOM usage demonstrated

At any rate Sean thank you for posting what i think will be a much needed missing link in the event someone needs it the goal of the whole post here was to help feild the many questions about how to automate web forms and scrape data from browser screens. hopefully the number of views on this post without questions means i might have accomplished this.

[Sean]

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[imapow]

you shold add another pool answer "i use firefox but its a good idea"
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