Can't go pass WinWaitActive()

[HuaAi]

I basically just want to run IE, go to google, and activate the IE, but couldn't get it working with the script below. The ToolTip() shows that "IE is open!" and we got the handle of the IE window, but the script was never able to execute the last ToolTip() to show the window is activated.

Is there anything I did obviously wrong? I can't find it. Any suggestions? Appreciated!

 

 

run( "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -new http://www.google.com","")
ToolTip("Launching IE...", 0, 0)
sleep(5000)

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
Local $titleIeWindow = "Google "

If WinExists($titleIeWindow) Then
   ToolTip("IE launched successfully.", 0, 0)
Else
   ToolTip("Can't find IE, leave it for WinWaitActive() to wait")
EndIf
sleep(1000)

Global $hdlIeWindow = WinWait($titleIeWindow)
ToolTip("IE is open!" & " hWnd = " & $hdlIeWindow, 0, 0)

WinActivate($hdlIeWindow)
sleep(1000)
WinWaitActive($hdlIeWindow, 5)

ToolTip("IE is activated!", 0, 0)

 

[HuaAi]

BTW, ToolTip() did report "IE launched successfully." so WinExists() seems to be able to detect the window.

[HuaAi]

Added an extra check after winActivate() and reran it again, ToolTip() reported "WinExists() can detect IE window through $hdlIeWindow too." It confirms that somehow the script gets stuck at WinWaitActive($hdlIeWindow, 5). 

I am on Win 7 Home Premium, SP1, 64-bit. IE 11. the latest AutoIt version, just downloaded.

 

run( "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -new http://www.google.com","")
ToolTip("Launching IE...", 0, 0)
sleep(3000)

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
Local $titleIeWindow = "Google "

If WinExists($titleIeWindow) Then
   ToolTip("IE launched successfully.", 0, 0)
Else
   ToolTip("Can't find IE, leave it for WinWaitActive() to wait")
EndIf
sleep(1000)

Global $hdlIeWindow = WinWait($titleIeWindow)
ToolTip("IE is open!" & " hWnd = " & $hdlIeWindow, 0, 0)

WinActivate($hdlIeWindow)

If WinExists($hdlIeWindow) Then
   ToolTip("WinExists() can detect IE window through $hdlIeWindow too.", 0, 0)
Else
   ToolTip("Can't find IE, leave it for WinWaitActive() to wait")
EndIf
sleep(1000)

WinWaitActive($hdlIeWindow, 5)

ToolTip("IE is activated!", 0, 0)

 

[HuaAi]

Could anyone run this simple script on your setup and see if you got the same problem?

The ToolTip box is at the top left corner in case you couldn't find it.

[JohnOne]

WinWaitActive($hdlIeWindow, "", 5)

[jguinch]

$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.com")
$hIE = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
WinActivate($hIE)

 

[HuaAi]

WinWaitActive($hdlIeWindow, "", 5)

Yeah that fixed the problem! Thanks!

[JohnOne]

Ace.

But if you're going beyond just learning or something then the above example would be better.

[HuaAi]

$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.google.com")
$hIE = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
WinActivate($hIE)

 

Nice! Didn't even know IE.au3 exists. Do we have a library for Chrome too?

[HuaAi]

After JohnOne pointed out the problem with how I use WinWaitActive(), I fixed my script (test1.au3 in the attachment) and tried to move the window to show I indeed can control the window through its handle. Then I found the script sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. So I added a WinActive() check in the code as below and found sometimes "IE is not activated!" for some reason.

If I use jguinch's method to launch and activate IE window, as in the attached test2.au3, then it works every single time!

Any idea why test1.au3 is flaky?

 

run( "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -new http://www.google.com","")
ToolTip("Launching IE...", 0, 0)

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
Local $titleIeWindow = "Google "

Global $hdlIeWindow = WinWait($titleIeWindow)
ToolTip("IE is open!" & " hWnd = " & $hdlIeWindow, 0, 0)
sleep(1000)

WinActivate($hdlIeWindow)
Sleep(2000)

If WinActive($hdlIeWindow) Then
   ToolTip("IE is activated!", 0, 0)
Else
   ToolTip("IE is not activated!", 0, 0)
   Sleep(2000)
   WinActivate($hdlIeWindow)
   Exit
EndIf
sleep(1000)

 

test2.au3

test1.au3

[JohnOne]

Probably some other application is stealing focus.