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IE Embedded Control Versioning Use IE 9+ and HTML5 features inside a GUI This UDF allows the use of embedded IE controls which support IE versions greater than IE 7. By default, all embedded IE controls default to IE 7 compatibility mode (unless for some reason somebody has IE 6 installed!), so its not possible to use most of the HTML5 features available today. Fortunately, IE 9 and greater allow the use of HTML5, and the embedded IE control actually supports it. The problem is convincing Windows to let your program actually use those features! There are Registry branches that modify how an IE control works in specific programs. Those branches are: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION In at least one of these branches, the executable name needs to appear as a value name ("autoit.exe" for example), and the value data needs to indicate what IE version to 'emulate'. The value data is actually dependent on the version and whether quirks-mode is enabled. See Web Browser Control - Specifying the IE Version for more information. Note that a 64-bit O/S needs adjustments to the HKLM paths. Also, prefer the HKCU branch unless the program needs to enable access across all user accounts. HTML5 Canvas Element Example Anyway, all the complexity of setting the right value with the right name with the right 32/64-bit branch is handled for you in this UDF. Enabling support for IE9+, and new HTML5 features, is as simple as making one call to _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation(). _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation() takes an executable name (@AutoItExe if none is provided), and checks the Registry for an entry for it. If it doesn't find one, it will create one and enable support for later versions of IE. The full parameters to the function are as follows: _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation($nIEVersion, $bIgnoreDOCTYPE = True, $bHKLMBranch = False, $sExeName = @AutoItExe) The parameter passed in $nIEVersion can be anything from 8 to 11 [or 12+ in the future], or just the current version of IE, which is available also through a call to _IE_EmbeddedGetVersion(). $bIgnoreDOCTYPE controls when IE will go into quirks mode based on any "<!DOCTYPE>" declarations on webpages. This mode can cause major problems, so by default it is set to ignore it (set this to False to enable it). $bHKLMBranch controls where in the registry the Browser Emulation Mode setting will be stored. If you wish to store the mode for ALL users, set this parameter to True. Note, however, that elevated privileges are required for modifying the HKLM branch! If the call to _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation() is successful, then you can enable a (more) HTML5 compliant IE browser control in a GUI. The complete set of functions in the UDF: _IE_EmbeddedGetVersion() ; Gets version of IE Embeddable Control (from ieframe.dll or Registry) _IE_EmbeddedGetBrowserEmulation() ; Gets Browser Emulation Version for given Executable (or 0 if not found) _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation() ; Sets Browser Emulation Version. NOTE: HKLM branch REQUIRES ELEVATED PRIVILEGES! _ IMPORTANT: Setting the embedded browser object to a newer version of IE may alter the behavior of some things. See documenation for the HTMLDocumentEvents2 interface and HTMLAnchorEvents2 interface for example. Also, there is at least one difference in behavior noted by mesale0077 in working with IE10 (and possibly other versions of IE) - clicks for elements inside an <a> anchor tag will register as the actual internal element rather than the surrounding anchor. For example, an <img> element wrapped by an <a> anchor will only send the click to the <img> element and not propagate it any further. A workaround for this is to check the parentNode to see if it is an <a> element. See the discussion in the >ObjEvent dont work thread. It could be that there's some other reason for this behavior, but nothing has come to light yet. As an aside, also see trancexx's response in >ObjEvent usage for more techniques for capturing IE events. History: An example of HTML5 use, which has a little interactive Canvas, follows (requires IE9 or higher!): #include "IE_EmbeddedVersioning.au3" ; =============================================================================================================================== ; <IE_EmbeddedHTML5Example.au3> ; ; Example of using 'IE_EmbeddedVersioning' UDF ; ; This example 1st attempts to set the Browser Emulation information in the registry, then ; creates an embedded IE control with an interactive HTML5 Canvas element. ; ; Author: Ascend4nt ; =============================================================================================================================== #Region IE_CANVAS_EXAMPLE #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <IE.au3> ; ----------- ; GLOBALS ; ----------- Global $bMouseDown = False, $iLastX1 = 0, $iLastY1 = 0 Global $g_oCanvas, $g_oCtx Global $hGUI, $ctGUI_ErrMessageLabel Global $GUI_IE_Obj Global $nRet = _WinMain() ; Optionally remove valuename at Exit (not recommended if compiled to executable) ;~ _IE_EmbeddedRemoveBrowserEmulation() Exit $nRet ; ====================================================================================================== ; Embedded IE Browser-Emulation Fix + HTML5 Example ; ====================================================================================================== Func _WinMain() ConsoleWrite("@AutoItX64 = " & @AutoItX64 & ", IsAdmin() = " & IsAdmin() & @CRLF) ;; Get Current IE Embeddable Control Version (from ieframe.dll) Local $sIEVer = _IE_EmbeddedGetVersion(), $nIEVer = @extended ConsoleWrite("Embedded Version = " & $sIEVer & ", as Int: " & $nIEVer & ", @error = " & @error & @CRLF) ; Old IE version w/o HTML5 support? Exit If $nIEVer < 9 Then Return MsgBox(0, "Old IE Version", "IE version is less than 9, HTML5 example will not work") ;; Current Browser Emulation Mode for this executable (if exists) Local $nIEBEVer = _IE_EmbeddedGetBrowserEmulation() ConsoleWrite("GetEmbeddedVersion: " & $nIEBEVer & ", @error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended & @CRLF) ;; Set Browser Emulation Mode for this executable (if not already set or set to a different version) ; HKCU Branch: _IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation() ; HKLM Branch: ;_IE_EmbeddedSetBrowserEmulation(-1, True, True) If @error Then ; -1 error means trying to access HKLM, so script needs elevation to access the Registry If @error = -1 Then If MsgBox(32 + 3, "Elevation Required", "Elevate script to enable setting Browser Emulation Mode?") = 6 Then Return _ReRunIfNotElevated() Return 1 EndIf Return MsgBox(0, "Error", "Couldn't set Browser Emulation mode") EndIf ;Local $oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc") ;; Create Embedded Browser Control and GUI Local $oIE = _IECreateEmbedded() ; GUI (vars are Global) $hGUI = GUICreate("Embedded Web control Test", 460, 360, -1, -1, $WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW + $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS + $WS_CLIPCHILDREN) $GUI_IE_Obj = GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE, 10, 10, 440, 340) $ctGUI_ErrMessageLabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 100, 500, 500, 30) GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0xff0000) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ;Show GUI ; Doesn't work (at least for keyboard focus): ;~ ControlFocus($hGUI, '', $GUI_IE_Obj) ;; Initialize Embedded Control and write some HTML5 data to it _IENavigate($oIE, 'about:blank' ) ; Basic Near-Empty HTML (with minimal CSS styling for Canvas element) Local $sHTML = '<!DOCTYPE html>' & @CR & '<html>' & @CR & '<head>' & @CR & _ '<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type">' & @CR & _ '<title>Experiments</title>' & @CR & _ '<style>canvas { display:block; background-color:white; outline:#00FF00 dotted thin;}</style>' & @CR & _ '</head>' & @CR & '<body>' & @CR & '</body>' & @CR & '</html>' _IEDocWriteHTML($oIE, $sHTML) _IEAction($oIE, "refresh") ;; Setup Event Object Functions Local $oEventsDoc = ObjEvent($oIE.document, "Event_", "HTMLDocumentEvents2") #forceref $oEventsDoc ;~ ConsoleWrite("Obj Name = " & ObjName($oIE) & @CRLF) ;~ ConsoleWrite("Location = " & $oIE.document.location.pathname & @CRLF) ; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Create Canvas Element through the DOM (optionally just add it in the HTML5 above) ; ------------------------------------------------- ; Note: Support in browsers, see "Can I use..." ; @ http://caniuse.com/#feat=canvas ; and @ http://caniuse.com/#search=canvas ; ------------------------------------------------- ; IE minimum is version 9+, 10+ has more features, but WebGL support requires version 11+ ; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $g_oCanvas = $oIE.document.createElement("canvas") $g_oCanvas.id = "myCanvas" ;~ ConsoleWrite("Canvas ID = " & $g_oCanvas.id & @CRLF) $oIE.document.body.appendChild($g_oCanvas) ; Optionally, if added already through the HTML5 text: ;Local $g_oCanvas = _IEGetObjById($oIE, "myCanvas") If @error Then Return MsgBox(0, "Error", "Error creating/accessing Canvas") ;; Tweak Canvas Size, Move into View ;~ ConsoleWrite("window innerwidth = " & $oIE.document.parentWindow.innerWidth & @CRLF) ;$oIE.document.parentWindow.scrollTo(0, 10) $g_oCanvas.width = 420 $g_oCanvas.height = 320 ;ConsoleWrite("Canvas item offsetTop = " & $g_oCanvas.offsetTop & @CRLF) $g_oCanvas.scrollIntoView() ;; Grab the Canvas 2D Context $g_oCtx = $g_oCanvas.getContext("2d") ;; Example Drawing: Gradiant Local $oGrad = $g_oCtx.createLinearGradient(0,0,0,60) If IsObj($oGrad) Then $oGrad.addColorStop(0, "red") $oGrad.addColorStop(1, "blue") $g_oCtx.fillStyle = $oGrad EndIf $g_oCtx.fillRect(0,0,419,60) ;; Example Drawing: Text $g_oCtx.font = "30px serif" $g_oCtx.fillStyle = "white" $g_oCtx.textBaseline = "top" $g_oCtx.fillText("HTML5 Canvas Drawing!", 50, 10) ;; Example Drawing: Circle, Line $g_oCtx.beginPath() $g_oCtx.arc(200, 100, 20, 0, ACos(-1) * 2) $g_oCtx.fillStyle = "red" $g_oCtx.fill() $g_oCtx.beginPath() $g_oCtx.lineWidth = "3" $g_oCtx.strokeStyle = "green" $g_oCtx.moveTo(185, 85) $g_oCtx.lineTo(215, 115) $g_oCtx.stroke() ; Waiting for user to close the window While GUIGetMsg() <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Sleep(10) WEnd GUIDelete() EndFunc ; ====================================================================================================== ; IE Event Functions - React to Mouse events with some Canvas graphics ; ====================================================================================================== #Region IE_EVENT_FUNCS ; For right-click, the context menu pops up, UNLESS we change the Event's 'returnValue' property Volatile Func Event_oncontextmenu($oEvtObj) If IsObj($oEvtObj) Then ; Convert to string so that 0 doesn't match EVERY string Local $sId = $oEvtObj.srcElement.id & "" If ($sId = "myCanvas") Then $oEvtObj.returnValue = False EndIf EndFunc Volatile Func Event_onmousedown($oEvtObj) If IsObj($oEvtObj) And IsObj($g_oCtx) Then ; Map click coordinates to Canvas coordinates $iLastX1 = $oEvtObj.x - $g_oCanvas.offsetLeft $iLastY1 = $oEvtObj.y - $g_oCanvas.offsetTop ;~ ConsoleWrite("Downclick recvd at X1: " & $iLastX1 & ", Y1: " & $iLastY1 & ", MouseButton [1 = left, 2 = right, etc] = " & $oEvtObj.button & @CRLF) ; Check if click was in fact within Canvas element If $iLastX1 >= 0 And $iLastX1 < $g_oCanvas.width And $iLastY1 >= 0 And $iLastY1 < $g_oCanvas.height Then ; Signal mouse-down occurred inside Canvas $bMouseDown = 1 ; Make a small square where initial down-click was detected $g_oCtx.fillStyle = "blue" $g_oCtx.fillRect($iLastX1 - 2, $iLastY1 - 2, 3, 3) EndIf EndIf EndFunc Volatile Func Event_onmouseup($oEvtObj) If IsObj($oEvtObj) And IsObj($g_oCtx) Then ;~ ConsoleWrite("MouseUp" & @LF) If $bMouseDown Then Local $iX = $oEvtObj.x - $g_oCanvas.offsetLeft, $iY = $oEvtObj.y - $g_oCanvas.offsetTop ; Random color in "#0f1100" (RGB) string form Local $sColor = "#" & Hex(Random(0, 255, 1), 2) & Hex(Random(0, 255, 1), 2) & Hex(Random(0, 255, 1), 2) ;; Draw either a line or circle depending on where the mouse button is released If $iX = $iLastX1 And $iY = $iLastY1 Then ; Circle if mouse start = mouse end $g_oCtx.beginPath() $g_oCtx.arc($iX, $iY, 8, 0, ACos(-1) * 2) $g_oCtx.fillStyle = $sColor $g_oCtx.fill() Else ; Line if mouse start <> mouse end $g_oCtx.beginPath() $g_oCtx.lineWidth = "3" $g_oCtx.strokeStyle = $sColor $g_oCtx.moveTo($iLastX1, $iLastY1) $g_oCtx.lineTo($iX, $iY) $g_oCtx.stroke() EndIf $bMouseDown = 0 EndIf EndIf EndFunc Volatile Func Event_onkeydown($oEvtObj) If IsObj($oEvtObj) Then ConsoleWrite("Event type: " & $oEvtObj.type & "id (0 is document) = " & $oEvtObj.srcElement.id) ConsoleWrite(", keycode = " & $oEvtObj.keyCode & ", shiftkey = " & $oEvtObj.shiftKey & @CRLF) EndIf EndFunc ; ====================================================================================================== #EndRegion IE_EVENT_FUNCS #EndRegion IE_CANVAS_EXAMPLE #Region UTIL_FUNCS ; ====================================================================================================== ; Func _ReRunIfNotElevated() ; ; Does what it says. (rumored to occasionally say what it does) ; ; Author: Ascend4nt ; ====================================================================================================== Func _ReRunIfNotElevated() If IsAdmin() Then Return 0 Else If @Compiled Then ; If compiled to A3X, we need to execute it as if not compiled. Local $sCmd = (@AutoItExe = @ScriptFullPath) ? "" : ("/AutoIt3ExecuteScript " & @ScriptFullPath) Return ShellExecute(@AutoItExe, $sCmd, @ScriptDir, "runas") Else Return ShellExecute(@AutoItExe,@ScriptFullPath,@ScriptDir,"runas") EndIf EndIf EndFunc #EndRegion UTIL_FUNCS IEEmbeddedVersioning.zip ~prev Downloads: 61 Also, HTML5+Javascript standalone Canvas demo (should run in any browser): HTML5StandaloneCanvasDemo.zip

Yet another IE UDF, but this time I "covered all angels" to make it as close to "embedded" as possible, the biggest inspiration came from Dale Anyway, one of the issues with the other "snipplets\UDF's" is that $WS_POPUP style will cause other Windows to overlap, even though you clicked on the GUI's "Embedded window". see picture: This issue is solved, but there is an option to disable it, if the user want One more small issue with others IE Embedded UDF's is that implementation should not be so much different than the original implementation was. I am not ranting, I am just speaking for my mind. So here we go: This is how the classic _IeCreateEmbedded() implementation goes down #include <IE.au3> Local $hGUI = GUICreate("_IECreateEmbedded", 800, 600) Local $oIE = _IECreateEmbedded() GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE, 0, 0, 800, 600) GUISetState() _IENavigate($oIE, "https://www.google.se") While GUIGetMsg() <> - 3 wend and this is how _IeCreateEmbedded2() is implemented #include <IE.au3> #include <_IECreateEmbedded2.au3> Local $hGUI = GUICreate("_IECreateEmbedded", 800, 600) Local $oIE = _IEEmbedded2_Create($hGUI, 0, 0, 800, 600) GUISetState() _IENavigate($oIE, "https://www.google.se") While GUIGetMsg() <> - 3 wend The only downside with this implementation is that _IECreateEmbedded2() is not an GUI control, it only has our Com Object, so I added basic manipulation. I will change \ add more options based on user requests or if I feel like it. _IEEmbedded2_Move($iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth = Default, $iHeight = Default) ;Similar to AutoIT's WinMove _IEEmbedded2_Hide() _IEEmbedded2_Show() Here is a GUI example with different options, so you can test some of the functionality Example.au3 #include <_IEEmbedded2.au3> Local $hGUI = GUICreate("_IEEmbedded2 Example Gui", 1575, 600) Local $iDMove = GUICtrlCreateButton("Move", 0, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDHide = GUICtrlCreateButton("Hide", 225, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDShow = GUICtrlCreateButton("Show", 450, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDnav = GUICtrlCreateButton("Navigate", 675, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDestroy = GUICtrlCreateButton("Destroy", 900, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDCreate = GUICtrlCreateButton('Create with ($iCmdLine = "-extoff -private")', 1125, 0, 225, 50) Local $iDCreateNoWsChildOnBlur = GUICtrlCreateButton("Create with ($iWsChildOnBlurMS = 0)", 1350, 0, 225, 50) Local $oIE = _IEEmbedded2_Create($hGUI, 0, 50, 1575, 550, "http://www.google.se/", Default, Default, Default) GUISetState() While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE _IEQuit($oIE) Exit Case $iDMove _IEEmbedded2_Move(Random(0, 10, 1), Random(50, 60, 1)) If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to move window") Case $iDHide _IEEmbedded2_Hide() If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to hide window") Case $iDShow _IEEmbedded2_Show() If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to show window") Case $iDnav If IsObj($oIE) Then _IENavigate($oIE, "https://www.autoitscript.com/site/") Else MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to navigate") EndIf Case $iDestroy If IsObj($oIE) Then _IEQuit($oIE) ___IEEmbedded2_Data(0, 0, 0, 0); only required if $iWsChildOnBlurMS = 0 Else MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to destroy object.") EndIf Case $iDCreate Local $tmpOie = _IEEmbedded2_Create($hGUI, 0, 50, 1575, 550, "https://www.google.com/", "-extoff -private", Default, Default) If Not @error Then $oIE = $tmpOie Else MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to _IEEmbedded2_Create, error code: "&@error) EndIf Case $iDCreateNoWsChildOnBlur Local $tmpOie = _IEEmbedded2_Create($hGUI, 0, 50, 1575, 550, Default, Default, Default, 0) If Not @error Then $oIE = $tmpOie Else MsgBox(0, "Error", "Failed to _IEEmbedded2_Create, error code: "&@error) EndIf EndSwitch WEnd _IEEmbedded2.au3 #include-once #include <IE.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <GuiConstants.au3> Opt("WinWaitDelay", 1) ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _IEEmbedded2_Create ; Description ...: Creates an "embedded Internet Explorer window" for a parent window (E.ex GuiCreate), and returns a webbrowser object refrence which can be used with _IE* Functions ; Syntax ........: _IEEmbedded2_Create($hWndParent, $iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight, $iCmdLine = Default, $iTimeoutMS = Default, $iWsChildOnBlurMS = Default) ; Parameters ....: $hWndParent - The handle of the window you would like to embed internet explorer in ; $iLeft - X1 ; $iTop - Y1 ; $iWidth - X2 ; $iHeight - Y2 ; $iDefaultPage - [optional] Default page on launch, _IeNavigate will be used as soon as the object exists and the script does not wait for the page to load (Default = about:blank) ; $iCmdLine - [optional] Parameters passed when starting Iexplore, see remarks. (Default = "") ; $iTimeoutMS - [optional] Max wait time in milliseconds before SetError, se @error 5 and 6. (Default = 30000 ms) ; $iWsChildOnBlurMS - [optional] How often in milliseconds we want to make sure $hParrent does not get overlapped by other Windows gui's, set 0 to disable (Default = 100 ms) ; Return values .: Success - a Webbrowser object reference. ; Failure - 0 and sets @error to non zero. ; Author ........: TarreTarreTarre ; Modified.......: ; Remarks .......: Max 1 instance is allowed. ; ; Set $iWsChildOnBlurMS to 0 if you do not wish to have $hWndChild altered when the $hWndParent is not active, this will however cause other windows to overlap your Gui and more. ; Also, if $iAdlibCalltime is 0, you have to manually reset _IEEmbedded2_Createdata's data if you want to invoke _IEEmbedded2_Create again. ; Use ___IEEmbedded2_Data(0, 0, 0, 0) to reset data ; ; For $iCmdLine, these commands are avilable -extoff, -framemerging, -noframemerging, -nohangrecovery, -private, -nosessionmerging And -sessionmerging ; Read more about Command-Line Options at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh826025(v=vs.85).aspx ; Link ..........: ; Example .......: ; @error ........: 1 - $hWndParent is not a valid window handle. ; 2 - Iexplore.exe not found. ; 3 - Another instance of _IEEmbedded2_ is already running. ; 4 - $iCmdLine is provided with invalid parameters ; 5 - Load Wait Timeout, was not able to retrive Iexplore.exe window handle. ; 6 - (IE >= 10 only) Load Wait Timeout, failed to force $hWndChild into a minimized state. ; 7 - Windows API error, check @extended for more information Func _IEEmbedded2_Create($hWndParent, $iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight, $iDefaultPage = Default, $iCmdLine = Default, $iTimeoutMS = Default, $iWsChildOnBlurMS = Default) $iDefaultPage = ($iDefaultPage == Default ? "about:blank" : $iDefaultPage) $iCmdLine = ($iCmdLine == Default ? "" : StringRegExpReplace($iCmdLine, "([a-zA-Z]*)\s*[-]{1}", "$1 -")) $iTimeoutMS = ($iTimeoutMS == Default ? 30000 : $iTimeoutMS) $iWsChildOnBlurMS = ($iWsChildOnBlurMS == Default ? 100 : $iWsChildOnBlurMS) Local $sIexplorePath = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\IEXPLORE.EXE", "") Local $sUrl = StringFormat("about:blank#%s", Chr(Random(65, 90, 1)) & Random(1, 100, 1)) If Not IsHWnd($hWndParent) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) If Not FileExists($sIexplorePath) Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0) If ___IEEmbedded2_IsInited() Then Return SetError(3, 0, 0) If Not StringRegExp($iCmdLine, _ "^((|-extoff|-framemerging|-noframemerging|-nohangrecovery|-private|-nosessionmerging|-sessionmerging)\s*){1,}+$") Then Return SetError(4, 0, 0) Local $Pid = Run(StringFormat("%s -k %s %s", $sIexplorePath, $iCmdLine, $sUrl), "", @SW_HIDE) Local $Timeout = TimerInit() Local $_IEErrorNotify = _IEErrorNotify(False) Do Local $oIE = _IEAttach($sUrl, "url") If TimerDiff($Timeout) > $iTimeoutMS Then _IEErrorNotify($_IEErrorNotify) ProcessClose($Pid) Return SetError(5, 0, 0) EndIf Sleep(0) Until IsObj($oIE) _IEErrorNotify($_IEErrorNotify) Local $hWndChild = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd") _WinAPI_MoveWindow($hWndChild, -1000, -1000, -1000, -1000, True) _IENavigate($oIE, $iDefaultPage, 0) ;IEVer >= 10 needs to be minimized or it will not disappear from the taskbar @ windows 7 32\64 bit & mby other win vers. If Int(FileGetVersion($sIexplorePath)) >= 10 Then Do WinActivate($hWndChild, "") WinSetState($hWndChild, "", @SW_MINIMIZE) If TimerDiff($Timeout) > $iTimeoutMS Then ProcessClose($Pid) Return SetError(6, 0, 0) EndIf Until WinGetState($hWndChild) == 23 ; $WIN_STATE_EXISTS + $WIN_STATE_VISIBLE + $WIN_STATE_MINIMIZED EndIf _WinAPI_SetParent($hWndChild, $hWndParent) _WinAPI_MoveWindow($hWndChild, $iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight, True) _WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hWndChild, $GWL_STYLE, $WS_POPUP + $WS_VISIBLE) If @error Then SetExtended(1, _WinAPI_GetLastError()) ProcessClose($Pid) Return SetError(7, 1, 0) EndIf Local $aDimensions = [$iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight] ___IEEmbedded2_Data($hWndParent, $hWndChild, $aDimensions, $iWsChildOnBlurMS) If $iWsChildOnBlurMS Then AdlibRegister("___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur", $iWsChildOnBlurMS) EndIf Return $oIE EndFunc ;==>_IEEmbedded2_Create ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _IEEmbedded2_Move ; Description ...: Moves a previously created _IEEmbedded2_Create window ; Syntax ........: _IEEmbedded2_Move($iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth = Default, $iHeight = Default) ; Parameters ....: $iLeft - X1 ; $iTop - Y1 ; $iWidth - X2 [optional] (Default = Original value) ; $iHeight - Y2 [optional] (Default = Original value) ; Return values .: Success - True ; Failure - 0 and sets @error to non zero. ; Author ........: TarreTarreTarre ; Modified.......: ; Remarks .......: Similar to AutoIt's WinMove ; Do not use this to "hide" objects, use _IEEmbedded2_Hide() instead ; Link ..........: ; Example .......: ; @error ........: 1 - _IEEmbedded2_Create is not invoked Func _IEEmbedded2_Move($iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth = Default, $iHeight = Default) Local $e = ___IEEmbedded2_Data() Local $hc = $e[1] Local $d = $e[2] Local $alr = $e[3] If Not IsHWnd($hc) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) $iWidth = ($iWidth == Default ? $d[2] : $iWidth) $iHeight = ($iHeight == Default ? $d[3] : $iHeight) _WinAPI_MoveWindow($hc, $iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight, True) Local $nd = [$iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight] ___IEEmbedded2_Data(Null, Null, $nd) If $alr Then AdlibRegister("___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur", $alr) Return True EndFunc ;==>_IEEmbedded2_Move ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _IEEmbedded2_Hide ; Description ...: Hides a previously created _IEEmbedded2_Create window ; Syntax ........: _IEEmbedded2_Hide() ; Parameters ....: ; Return values .: Success - True ; Failure - 0 and sets @error to non zero. ; Author ........: TarreTarreTarre ; Modified.......: ; Remarks .......: ; Link ..........: ; Example .......: ; @error ........: 1 - _IEEmbedded2_Create is not invoked Func _IEEmbedded2_Hide() Local $e = ___IEEmbedded2_Data() Local $hc = $e[1] If Not IsHWnd($hc) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) _WinAPI_MoveWindow($hc, 0, 0, 0, 0, True) AdlibUnRegister("___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur") Return True EndFunc ;==>_IEEmbedded2_Hide ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _IEEmbedded2_Show ; Description ...: Restore the window to its original size, a counter to _IEEmbedded2_Move() \ _IEEmbedded2_Hide() ; Syntax ........: _IEEmbedded2_Show() ; Parameters ....: ; Return values .: Success - True ; Failure - 0 and sets @error to non zero. ; Author ........: TarreTarreTarre ; Modified.......: ; Remarks .......: ; Link ..........: ; Example .......: ; @error ........: 1 - _IEEmbedded2_Create is not invoked Func _IEEmbedded2_Show() Local $e = ___IEEmbedded2_Data() Local $hc = $e[1] If Not IsHWnd($hc) Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) Local $d = $e[2] Local $alr = $e[3] _WinAPI_MoveWindow($hc, $d[0], $d[1], $d[2], $d[3], True) If $alr Then AdlibRegister("___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur", $alr) Return True EndFunc ;==>_IEEmbedded2_Show #Region IECreateEmbedded2 Internals functions Func ___IEEmbedded2_Data($_hWndParent = Null, $_hWndChild = Null, $_aDimensions = Null, $_iWsChildOnBlurMS = Null) Local Static $hWndParent = 0 Local Static $hWndChild = 0 Local Static $aDimensions = 0 Local Static $iWsChildOnBlurMS = 0 If $_hWndParent <> Null Then $hWndParent = $_hWndParent If $_hWndChild <> Null Then $hWndChild = $_hWndChild If IsArray($_aDimensions) Then $aDimensions = $_aDimensions If $_iWsChildOnBlurMS <> Null Then $iWsChildOnBlurMS = $_iWsChildOnBlurMS Local $aRet = [$hWndParent, $hWndChild, $aDimensions, $iWsChildOnBlurMS] Return $aRet EndFunc ;==>___IEEmbedded2_Data Func ___IEEmbedded2_IsInited() Local $e = ___IEEmbedded2_Data() Return IsHWnd($e[1]) EndFunc ;==>___IEEmbedded2_IsInited Func ___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur() Local Static $p Local $c = 0 Local $e = ___IEEmbedded2_Data() Local $hp = $e[0] Local $hc = $e[1] If Not IsHWnd($hc) Then ___IEEmbedded2_Data(0, 0, 0, 0) Return AdlibUnRegister("___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur") EndIf If WinActive($hp) Or WinActive($hc) Then $c = 1 If $c And $p <> $c Then Local $gmp = _WinAPI_GetMousePos() Local $wfp = _WinAPI_WindowFromPoint($gmp) Local $gp = _WinAPI_GetParent($wfp) _WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hc, $GWL_STYLE, $WS_POPUP + $WS_VISIBLE) _WinAPI_UpdateWindow($hp) If $wfp <> $hp And $gp <> $hp Then WinActivate($hc) EndIf $p = $c ElseIf Not $c And $p <> $c Then _WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hc, $GWL_STYLE, $WS_CHILD + $WS_VISIBLE) _WinAPI_UpdateWindow($hp) $p = $c EndIf EndFunc ;==>___IEEmbedded2_WsChildOnBlur #EndRegion IECreateEmbedded2 Internals functions This is currently tested with (AutoIt v3.3.14.0): Windows 7 x86: Ie 8-9-10-11 Windows 7 x64: Ie 8-9-10-11 Error-report on this thread: IE version, @error code, Operationg system ex: (Windowx 10 64 bit) Trevlig Helg /Tarre

Right so IE9 breaks AutoIt scripts... and the Devs are working on it and the Beta may fix things. Mean time the best 'work around' solution offered from my research of the forum is to set IE9 into an older and compatible mode for AutoIt (F12 and then select the option). Problem is I can't seem to find a UDF for setting the Browser Mode to 'IE8' and while I can set the Document Mode to IE8 (via sending Alt+8) this doesn't fix the problem of running AutoIt IE scripts. I've tried the UDF code offered at this posting however both sets of code offered does not seem to work. After spending an afternoon searching Google for solutions (and not finding anything), then experimenting with Exit's and supersonic's code, and my own stuff from scratch I've come back with nothing so this is a general shout out for help. Does anyone have a UDF that specifically forces IE9 into IE8 Browser Mode? Please share if you've got one that is working with IE 9.0.10 running on Win7 64bit. I don't want to have to learn Scrapy or buy Screen Scraper Studio or use Sikuli if I already know AutoIt :-(

OK so i have a script i run for work that helps to automate some webtools we use. been using it for a couple years now. well i got a new computer and had to upgrade IE to IE9 . the script mostly works but has some issues it would seem that _IEDocInsertHTML() no longer works . not sure if there's something i can do to help this or if there's new security and IE can't be modified by an outside process. the au3 hasent been updated since 06 so i have the latest version. _IEBodyReadText() also seems to be acting up and not providing the text as it was. anyone encounter these problems is there something easy i can do to fix it?

When I try simple code like #include <IE.au3> $oIE = _IECreate("http://sourceforge.net", 0, 0) It fails to hide. Any ideas?

I added to a thread about these IE9 problems in the Developer Chat forum but I haven't had any replies so I am posting it here since this seems to be the more official way to get help. Problems with using the Internet Explorer UDF (ie.au3) with IE9 have been posted elsewhere but in essence, some functions like clicking on a button weren't / aren't working under IE9. I am running under Win7 64 bit and I have broken scripts that won't run because of this. I tried compatibility mode (and a couple of functions that were posted to switch to other modes); I tried using the latest ie.au3 version; and, I tried compiling with the latest Beta but the results are the same each time. I tried sample code from the previous threads that demonstrate clicking on a button working when using COM functions directly (under compatibility mode) and not working when using ie.au3. My impression from what I can find on the forums is that this is considered to be a solved problem. There are some changes in the UDF that seem to be focused on dealing with this and there is a closed ticket that seems to address these issues. None-the-less, I am still having the same problem. Am I missing something obvious, is this actually not solved (yet) or is it possibly a different variation of the same issue? Help would be appreciated. I have some scripts using this UDF that I can't support at the present because of this.