_IECreate - Invisible browser in Windows 11

[Steviep]

Hi all,

I've been using the following code for many years for the sole purpose of tracking my app usage via Google Analytics:

;GOOGLE ANALYTICS
$AppStatsName = @ScriptName
$GA = _IECreate("https://mywebserver/apps/stats/" & $AppStatsName & ".html", 0, 0, 0, 0)

The app simply calls a blank .html page on my webserver which only contains the GA tracking code.

The $iVisible parameter is set to "0" in my case, which means the IE browser is invisible to the user.

I noticed in Windows 11, the URL is called in the Edge browser and is not invisible.

So, I wonder if anyone out there has any suggestions on calling a URL invisibly on any operating system?

Thanks!

[Bert]

IE isn't in Windows 11 AFAIK. You could switch to this to make what you want work:

 

[Subz]

It is available in Windows 11 however you will need to use _IECreateEmbedded to use, see post below.