IE10 and IE.au3 compatibility

[allSystemsGo]

I've done a few IE automation scripts but this is the first time I have ran in to this issue. The site that I am trying to automate thinks that IE is running in compatibility view. I guess the embedded IE object runs in compatibility view? I have tried turning off compatibility view in Internet Explorer settings, but it seems that it still does not resolve my issue. I do not receive any type of error, autoit just crashes out. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way to force a certain version of IE?

Thanks!

[Colyn1337]

Is it that the browser is switching into compatibility mode, or that the website thinks you're running in an earlier version than you are?

[allSystemsGo]

I think the website thinks I am running an earlier version. If i navigate to the site in IE, then switch on compatibility mode I get this (see screenshot) which is what I see in my embedded IE window.

I am running IE 10.

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[BrewManNH]

Try this script, and see what the agent string you get is. On IE9 I get this "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)", on IE 9 using the script I get this "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0;.NET CLR 2.0.50727;SLCC2;.NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0c; InfoPath.3)". It appears that the embedded version is in compatibility mode for IE7 if I'm reading that string correctly.

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; Trap COM errors so that 'Back' and 'Forward'
; outside of history bounds does not abort script
; (expect COM errors to be sent to the console)

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <IE.au3>

Local $oIE = _IECreateEmbedded()
GUICreate("Embedded Web control Test", 640, 580, _
        (@DesktopWidth - 640) / 2, (@DesktopHeight - 580) / 2, _
        $WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW + $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS + $WS_CLIPCHILDREN)
GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE, 10, 40, 600, 360)
Global $GUI_Button_Back = GUICtrlCreateButton("Back", 10, 420, 100, 30)
Global $GUI_Button_Forward = GUICtrlCreateButton("Forward", 120, 420, 100, 30)
Global $GUI_Button_Home = GUICtrlCreateButton("Home", 230, 420, 100, 30)
Global $GUI_Button_Stop = GUICtrlCreateButton("Stop", 340, 420, 100, 30)

Global $GUI_Error_Message = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 100, 500, 500, 30)
GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0xff0000)

GUISetState() ;Show GUI

_IENavigate($oIE, "http://www.whatismybrowser.com/")
_IEAction($oIE, "stop")

; Waiting for user to close the window
While 1
    Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
        Case $msg = $GUI_Button_Home
            _IENavigate($oIE, "http://www.whatismybrowser.com/")
            _IEAction($oIE, "stop")
            _IEAction($oIE, "back")
            CheckError("Home", @error, @extended)
        Case $msg = $GUI_Button_Back
            _IEAction($oIE, "back")
            CheckError("Back", @error, @extended)
        Case $msg = $GUI_Button_Forward
            _IEAction($oIE, "forward")
            CheckError("Forward", @error, @extended)
        Case $msg = $GUI_Button_Stop
            _IEAction($oIE, "stop")
            CheckError("Stop", @error, @extended)
    EndSelect
WEnd

GUIDelete()

Exit

Func CheckError($sMsg, $error, $extended)
    If $error Then
        $sMsg = "Error using " & $sMsg & " button (" & $extended & ")"
    Else
        $sMsg = ""
    EndIf
    GUICtrlSetData($GUI_Error_Message, $sMsg)
EndFunc   ;==>CheckError

BTW, this is the example script from _IECreateEmbedded with the URL changed.

[mLipok]

@BrewManNH

very interesting site

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i have similar data:

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7

Possibly running on Windows Server 2008 R2, 32 bit compatibility layer

 

 

and using script

 

Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7

Internet Explorer 7 Compatibility View, 32 bit compatibility layer, Media Center PC v6.0

 

ps.

I have a Win7 64 bit , and if I have a good memory, then there was IE 64Bit, but now I can not find them.

Edited October 2, 2013 by mlipok

[allSystemsGo]

@BrewMan

Yeah, that is interesting.

I upgraded to IE 11 preview, and the site no longer reports that it is in compatibility view.

However, the site still does not render properly. I guess the embedded control cannot hand the javascript(?) that is running on the site.

[allSystemsGo]

Maybe this will help. The first attachment shows what I am getting in the embedded IE, and the second is what is should show..the big black square covers a table of devices which I can then export to CSV...but my the script crashes after trying to load this site.

[allSystemsGo]

I'll just do away with _IECreateEmbedded(), and use _IECreate(). I plan on doing away with the GUI anyway...just was using for testing purposes. Looks like javascript does not play well with autoit embedded IE.

[DaleHohm]

I don't recommend the use of _IECreateEmbedded, either.  It is really just a simple wrapper for GUICtrlCreateObj that has always had lots of troubles like this.

See my sig for creative alternatives created by other members that make a full browser instance act embedded.

Dale

[allSystemsGo]

Ah, Dale. I am glad you showed up.

What is the best way to deal with the little pop-up that shows up at the bottom of IE when downloading a file?

I cannot use INETGET()...it just returns the html. The file I am trying to get is generated by a javascript (as far as I can tell)

Attached image for clarity

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[DaleHohm]

Those dialogs are not part of the DOM, so must be managed with windows GUI functions.  You may also want to look at the recent thread about IUIAutomation.

Dale