Closing GUI when browser session is closed

[NassauSky]

Something I thought would be so simple is really taking up so much time figuring out.

Does anyone have a trick (or I missed some documentation) on how to immediately close my GUI after I closed the browser I opened in Webdriver?

This is where I'm at now:

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#include <WindowsConstants.au3> ;For $WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>   ;For $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

$RequiredFolder = @ScriptDir & '\WebDriver\' ;FIX THIS IF YOU CHANGE REQUIRED FOLDER as well as includes below
#include ".\WebDriver\wd_core.au3"
#include ".\WebDriver\wd_helper.au3"
Global $hGUI, $hIcon, $hStatus, $nowURL, $preURL
Global $sDesiredCapabilities,$_WD_DEBUG
HotKeySet("{ESC}","_Exit") ;Press ESC key to quit


CreateGUI()
SetupChrome() 
_WD_Startup() ;See Func SetupChrome for headless and other $sDesiredCapabilities
$sSession = _WD_CreateSession($sDesiredCapabilities)
;----Navigating to Page
_WD_Navigate($sSession, 'https://www.google.com') 
_WD_LoadWait($sSession, 200,5000)

$nowURL=_WD_Action($sSession, 'url')
While StringLen($nowURL)>0
  Switch GUIGetMsg()
    Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
         ExitLoop
  EndSwitch
  $nowURL=_WD_Action($sSession, 'url')
WEnd
_Exit()

Func CreateGUI()
    $hGUI=GUICreate('I will shutdown when Chrome shuts down', 600, 500, -1, -1, -1)
    $hStatus = GUICtrlCreateEdit("",5,60,590,435)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)
EndFunc ;==>CreateGUI

Func _Exit()

    _WD_DeleteSession($sSession)
    _WD_Shutdown()
    GUIDelete($hGUI)
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>Exit

Func SetupChrome()
   If Not FileExists($RequiredFolder & "chromedriver.exe") Then
      SplashTextOn("Downloading Webdriver","Webdriver was not found. Downloading chrome webdriver.")
      Sleep(3000)
      SplashOff()
      $wasWDupdated=_WD_UpdateDriver('Chrome', $RequiredFolder, False, True);Auto-update webdriver
   Else
      $wasWDupdated=_WD_UpdateDriver('Chrome', $RequiredFolder);Auto-update webdriver
      If $wasWDupdated Then
         SplashTextOn("Webdriver Updated","Your webdriver was old. It was automatically updated to match the version of Chrome you're using")
         Sleep(3000)
         SplashOff()
      EndIf
   EndIf

   _WD_Option('Driver', $RequiredFolder & 'chromedriver.exe')
   _WD_Option('Port', 9515)
   _WD_Option('DriverParams', '--verbose --log-path="' & $RequiredFolder & 'chrome.log"')
   _WD_Option('DriverDetect', False) ; To ignore another instance of Chrome
   $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_None ;Must be called before startup or-> $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_INFO"
    $sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"unhandledPromptBehavior": "ignore", "goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true, "excludeSwitches": ["enable-automation"], "useAutomationExtension": false, "prefs": {"credentials_enable_service": false}, "args": ["window-size=1060,' & @DesktopHeight-34 & '","window-position=0,0"] }}}}' ;300,85
EndFunc

 

Thanks for any tips or help!

Edited February 16, 2022 by NassauSky

[Danp2]

• $_WD_DEBUG is declared as a global variable in wd_core, so no point in declaring it again
• If you set $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_Error, then this may help you understand the delay in closing
• You should be able to reduce the delay by changing the contents of the global array $_WD_HTTPTimeOuts, ie:

  $_WD_HTTPTimeOuts[1] = 1000 ; Connect timeout is now one second

   

[NassauSky]

Nice to know @Danp2

 

OK before setting the timeout I was curious what was slowing down the shutting down of the Gui maybe 15 to 30 seconds after closing Chrome. 

Using $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_Error but the console isn't displaying something that I can make heads or tails of:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "E:\Cool\Autoit\Scripts\WebdriverSample\Test.au3"    
_WDStartup: "E:\Cool\Autoit\Scripts\WebdriverSample\WebDriver\chromedriver.exe" --verbose --log-path="E:\Cool\Autoit\Scripts\WebdriverSample\WebDriver\chrome.log" 
__WD_Get ==> Webdriver Exception: {"value":{"error":"chrome not reachable","message":"chrome not reachable\n  (Session info: chrome=98.0.4758.102)","stacktrace":"Backtrace:\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C869A3+2582947]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C1A6D1+2139857]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B13960+1063264]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B08092+1015954]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B088C8+1018056]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B0A102+1024258]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B03DE9+998889]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B14DD0+1068496]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B67B12+1407762]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B58366+1344358]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B35176+1200502]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B36066+1204326]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00E2BE02+1675858]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00EE036C+2414524]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1BB01+560977]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1A8D3+556323]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2020E+2163214]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C25078+2183288]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C251C0+2183616]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2EE1C+2223644]\n\tBaseThreadInitThunk [0x75F8FA29+25]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A7E+286]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A4E+238]\n"}}
_WD_Action ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 500
>Exit code: 0    Time: 9.429

 

 

Using $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_INFO instead gives more info which might not be enough information since oddly the console freezes and doesn't show a debug result until a moment before the GUI closes:

 

178: __WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:9515/session/64fb36580bb73154a2c4c51aa7c39812/url
__WD_Get: StatusCode=200; $iResult = 0; $sResponseText={"value":"https://www.google.com/"}...
_WD_Action: {"value":"https://www.google.com/"}
179: __WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:9515/session/64fb36580bb73154a2c4c51aa7c39812/url
__WD_Get: StatusCode=200; $iResult = 0; $sResponseText={"value":"https://www.google.com/"}...
_WD_Action: {"value":"https://www.google.com/"}
180: __WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:9515/session/64fb36580bb73154a2c4c51aa7c39812/url
__WD_Get: StatusCode=200; $iResult = 0; $sResponseText={"value":"https://www.google.com/"}...
_WD_Action: {"value":"https://www.google.com/"}
181: __WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:9515/session/64fb36580bb73154a2c4c51aa7c39812/url


*Here is where it sometimes pauses from displaying to the console for maybe a second to 20 seconds after which it then continues displaying the Debug information below and shuts down the GUI. 



__WD_Get: StatusCode=500; $iResult = 10; $sResponseText={"value":{"error":"chrome not reachable","message":"chrome not reachable\n  (Session info: chrome=98...
__WD_Get ==> Webdriver Exception: {"value":{"error":"chrome not reachable","message":"chrome not reachable\n  (Session info: chrome=98.0.4758.102)","stacktrace":"Backtrace:\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C869A3+2582947]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C1A6D1+2139857]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B13960+1063264]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B08092+1015954]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B088C8+1018056]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B0A102+1024258]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B03DE9+998889]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B14DD0+1068496]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B67B12+1407762]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B58366+1344358]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B35176+1200502]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B36066+1204326]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00E2BE02+1675858]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00EE036C+2414524]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1BB01+560977]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1A8D3+556323]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2020E+2163214]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C25078+2183288]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C251C0+2183616]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2EE1C+2223644]\n\tBaseThreadInitThunk [0x75F8FA29+25]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A7E+286]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A4E+238]\n"}}
_WD_Action: {"value":{"error":"chrome not reachable","message":"chrome not reachable\n  (Session info: chrome=98.0.4758.102)","stacktrace":"Backtrace:\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C869A3+2582947]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C1A6D1+2139857]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B13960+1063264]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B08092+1015954]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B088C8+1018056]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B0A102+1024258]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B03DE9+998889]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B14DD0+1068496]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B67B12+1407762]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B58366+1344358]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B35176+1200502]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00B36066+1204326]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00E2BE02+1675858]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00EE036C+2414524]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1BB01+560977]\n\tGetHandleVerifier [0x00D1A8D3+556323]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2020E+2163214]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C25078+2183288]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C251C0+2183616]\n\tOrdinal0 [0x00C2EE1C+2223644]\n\tBaseThreadInitThunk [0x75F8FA29+25]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A7E+286]\n\tRtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77727A4E+238]\n"}}
_WD_Action ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 500
__WD_Delete: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:9515/session/64fb36580bb73154a2c4c51aa7c39812
__WD_Delete: StatusCode=200; ResponseText={"value":null}...
_WD_DeleteSession: {"value":null}
>Exit code: 0    Time: 14.14

 

Does it make sense to you? 

Thanks.

Edited February 17, 2022 by NassauSky

[Danp2]

Yes, it makes sense to me. This is what's happening --

• Chrome shuts down
• A request is sent to the Chromedriver via __WD_Get
• Chromedriver attempts to communicate with Chrome (*** delay is occurring here ***)
• Chromedriver returns an error to __WD_Get stating that Chrome was unreachable

 

[NassauSky]

Thanks @Danp2

Any tiny chance I can intercept that wait time where it seems to be doing nothing (when the console isn't displaying debug info?)

[Danp2]

Only suggestion is to play with the WinHTTP timeouts controlled by the array $_WD_HTTPTimeOuts

[NassauSky]

Thanks @Danp2. I have a higher priority right now but for the most part the shutting down of the GUI isn't terrible for now.

Another tougher problem.   I wanted to upload files from selected staff files to a website which has a full page drag and drop feature. For example if I want to use an Autoit GUI for staff selection and drag in the file selected to for example Office365 web portal, how may I proceed?  Office365 allows me to drag from file explorer and it will open the file but it doesn't function if I try to paste it into the browser window.

Don't know if I'm on the right track but looking at this web developer's blog: https://web.dev/read-files/#select-dnd , it seems that the website might be using javascript to handle the drag and dropping events which then makes me ask what the trick (or tips) for the flow of data between explorer and websites like this.

Make sense?

Thanks again

Edited February 17, 2022 by NassauSky

[Danp2]

37 minutes ago, NassauSky said:

how may I proceed? 

Pretty much depends on the site. You mentioned O365 web portal. Can you be more specific (ie: Sharepoint, OneDrive, etc)? Have you checked to see if there is an API available to handle the file uploads?

[NassauSky]

@Danp2 That's a great idea. I'm really interested in Excel 365 that the staff members open up frequently.

 

 

[Danp2]

7 minutes ago, NassauSky said:

Excel 365

So, you are wanting to open the files for editing in the web browser? If so, then that isn't what I envisioned when you said "upload files". 🤔

[NassauSky]

@Danp2 Yes, I'd like to see if I can get that option working for them.  Then I can move onto my next dozen projects ;-/

 

 

[NassauSky]

Come to think of it.  What verbiage am I looking for while I search for help on Webdriver that will guide me to have Webdriver open Chrome using it's existing authentication  credentials saved. Each time I connect to chrome it opens in a clean environment and I have to add code in autoit with my personal log-in credentials which only allows them access to my web account. I'd like each user to be able to access their own web account when Webdriver hooks up to their web documents.

[NassauSky]

Plugging away I am thinking it's related to Chrome profiles. So far tried changing my desired capabilities:

 

$sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"unhandledPromptBehavior": "ignore", "goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true, "excludeSwitches": ["enable-automation"], "useAutomationExtension": false, "prefs": {"credentials_enable_service": false}, "args": ["user-data-dir=userData"] }}}}' ;300,85

 

Result:

Failed to create data directory:
Google Chrome cannot read and write to its data directory:
userData

 

 

[NassauSky]

Got it.  When I first tried what you mentioned @Danp2 

 

in an older post, it didn't work and showed a similar error as before:

Turns out @UserName does not match the directory username that was on my Win10 PC.  Not sure why but I manually added it in as shown here:

;$UserDataDir = 'C:/Users/' & @UserName & '/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/'
$UserDataDir = 'C:/Users/' & 'mickey' & '/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/'
$sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"unhandledPromptBehavior": "ignore", "goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true, "excludeSwitches": ["enable-automation"], "useAutomationExtension": false, "prefs": {"credentials_enable_service": true}, "args": ["user-data-dir=' & $UserDataDir & ', profile-directory=Default"] }}}}' ;300,85

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by NassauSky