Selecting particular existing IE and clicking things. Topic is solved

[thenasos]

Once IE open windows number increases, unable to select particular windows and navigate it.

Trying to use jethrow's IEGet ( but looks like I am not getting it ( no pun intended).

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WinActivate, badwindow - Internet Explorer
WinWaitActive, badwindow - Internet Explorer

IEGet()
while wb.Busy
	 Sleep 200

Astatus := wb.Document.getElementsByClassName("navLabel")
MsgBox % Astatus.length

IEGet(Name="", HwndFilter="") {
	if (Name = "")	;// Get active window name if no parameter
		WinGetTitle, Name, % "ahk_id" HwndFilter:=WinExist("ahk_class IEFrame")
	Name := (Name="New Tab - Windows Internet Explorer")? "about:Tabs":RegExReplace(Name, " - (Windows|Microsoft) Internet Explorer")
	for wb in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
		if wb.LocationName=Name and InStr(wb.FullName, "iexplore.exe")
			if Not HwndFilter or (HwndFilter and wb.hwnd=HwndFilter)
				return wb
}

Script works fine, when creating new windows, but once I have all windows open, I can force to select specific window to navigate.

[Gicu]

wb := IEGet() / wb := IEGet("badwindow")

[thenasos]

wb := IEGet() / wb := IEGet("badwindow")

Did try:

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WinActivate, badwindow - Internet Explorer
WinWaitActive, badwindow - Internet Explorer
wb := IEGet()

And this:

wb := IEGet("badwindow ")

Looks like "wb" is empty.

Feels like I am failing to fold a chair...

[4GForce]

?? https://gist.github.com/jethrow/2574167 ??

You modified his code ? Was it working with original code ?

[thenasos]

?? https://gist.github.com/jethrow/2574167 ??

You modified his code ? Was it working with original code ?

I found this modification on forums done by the great gurus them selves ( but do not find the link any more.)
Anyhow, got a discovery, it works fine with other pages, only "that one" is giving me the issue.

[4GForce]

What is this badwindow anyway ?? ( you have the url ? )

Is WinActivate even working for you ? I had to use the ahk_class IEFrame to activate Internet Explorer :/

[thenasos]

What is this badwindow anyway ?? ( you have the url ? )

Is WinActivate even working for you ? I had to use the ahk_class IEFrame to activate Internet Explorer :/

"badwindow" is an internal page, url not gonna help much.

My aim is to have as little "active" window manipulation as possible, so I only capture and act upon the information gathered.
When tested on other pages it works fine. Noticed page also has iframe tags, parentWindow.frames will be needed to "frag" this one.

Here, an example working fine on "google"

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wb := IEGet("Google")
while wb.Busy
	 Sleep 200

Astatus := wb.Document.getElementsByClassName("_Gs")
MsgBox % Astatus.length
loop % Astatus.length
{
MsgBox % Astatus[A_Index - 1].innerText
;~ if (AstatusSTR := SubStr(Astatus[A_index - 1].InnerText, 1, 8) = "View REQ")
	;~ Astatus[A_index - 1].Click()
}

IEGet(name="") {
   IfEqual, Name,, WinGetTitle, Name, ahk_class IEFrame ; Get active window if no parameter
   Name := (Name="New Tab - Windows Internet Explorer")? "about:Tabs":RegExReplace(Name, " - (Windows|Microsoft) Internet Explorer")
   for WB in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
      if WB.LocationName=Name and InStr(WB.FullName, "iexplore.exe")
         return WB
}
return

[thenasos]

Found the reason, why I was not able to select "see" the window...
In this particular case, the window title did not match window.LocationName

When cheking with window spy(or just checking the header) I'd get "badwindow"
But when running:

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for window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
    windows .= window.LocationName " :: " window.Width "`n"
MsgBox % windows

I found the "title was" something like this "https://badwindow/forms/It%was/a+wonder ... =test=html"
Great, now time for a tea party with the rabbit!

[4GForce]

Found the reason, why I was not able to select "see" the window...
In this particular case, the window title did not match window.LocationName

When cheking with window spy(or just checking the header) I'd get "badwindow"
But when running:

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for window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
    windows .= window.LocationName " :: " window.Width "`n"
MsgBox % windows

I found the "title was" something like this "https://badwindow/forms/It%was/a+wonder ... =test=html"
Great, now time for a tea party with the rabbit!

That's why I was asking about the url ... IEGet() uses the wb.LocationName to match the name