IE.au3 V2.1-0 (was IE.au3 T2.0-6 pre-release)

[zeroZshadow]

oke, big thanks

[seandisanti]

Hey dale, i'm running into an issue where i can fill out a form, but the _IEFormSubmit() is not submitting... i've tried playing with all of the possible parameters to try to delay execution (just in case) up to even including a 2 second sleep after an _IELoadWait(). There is no error output in the console, and as i said the form is populated just never submitted. There are no frames, or anything else that strikes me as odd, so i was just wondering if you can think of something that could be causing my issue. i'm attaching the source because it is not a public site in addition to my code and the console output. I know how to manually force the submit by navigating the page with the fields in the address, but trying to avoid sending my login information plain text if i run this on one of our other machines. Any ideas?

;this is the portion of my code that deals with the login on the form
#include<ie.au3>
$x = 3
$myex = ObjGet("","excel.Application")
$critilink = _IECreate("----")
$loginform = _IEFormGetObjByName($critilink,"form1")
$un = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform,"loginUser")
$pw = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform,"loginPw")
_IEFormElementSetValue($un,"username",1)
_IEFormElementSetValue($pw,"password",1)
_IELoadWait($critilink)
Sleep(2000)
_IEFormSubmit($loginform)
Exit

console output

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTe\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "U:\deprecated and sources\criticomchecker.au3" /autoit3dir "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3" /UserParams

+> Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.1.7.5

>Running AU3Check (1.54.6.0) params: from:C:\Program Files\AutoIt3

+>AU3Check ended.rc:0

>Running:(3.2.2.0):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "U:\deprecated and sources\criticomchecker.au3"

+>AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:0

>Exit code: 0 Time: 5.256

page.html

[seandisanti]

ok, i've got my workaround, but IEFormSubmit is still not working for me. instead of using that, i'm using

ControlSend("Login - Microsoft Internet Explorer","","Internet Explorer_Server1","{ENTER}") which just sends the enter to the window without

having to have the browser visible or anything. ie.au3 is still the best, but i'm not having any luck with this one form. the formsubmit is returning -1, and the @error is staying at 0, but nothing happens. the line above submits, but i was kind of hoping i was doing something incorrectly.

[big_daddy]

@cameronsdad - I'm not exactly sure what causes this, but here is a quick work around.

#include <IE.au3>
$x = 3
$myex = ObjGet("", "excel.Application")
$critilink = _IECreate("----")
$loginform = _IEFormGetObjByName($critilink, "form1")
$un = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "loginUser")
$pw = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "loginPw")
$sb = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "Submit")
_IEFormElementSetValue($un, "username", 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue($pw, "password", 1)
_IEAction($sb, "click")
_IELoadWait($critilink)
Exit

[DaleHohm]

I'm guessing that there is more to the picture than what is in the HTML you included.

It is possible that there is some Javascript on the page that is adding an onclick event for the submit button or some other similar technique. It is also possible that the form really does submit, but since the "value=Login" does not get passed unless the submit button is actually clicked it could be comming back to rest immediately on the same page making it look like nothing happened.

In any case, the workarounds you and Bob came up with should be the answer.

Dale

[seandisanti]

@cameronsdad - I'm not exactly sure what causes this, but here is a quick work around.

#include <IE.au3>
$x = 3
$myex = ObjGet("", "excel.Application")
$critilink = _IECreate("----")
$loginform = _IEFormGetObjByName($critilink, "form1")
$un = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "loginUser")
$pw = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "loginPw")
$sb = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($loginform, "Submit")
_IEFormElementSetValue($un, "username", 1)
_IEFormElementSetValue($pw, "password", 1)
_IEAction($sb, "click")
_IELoadWait($critilink)
Exit

nice, i didn't even think of that one, i've not had to use _IEAction before. i don't think i'll implement it yours, just because mine is already working and i've moved on to other parts of the script. I'll definitely be looking at the actions in _IEAction again though, it's been a while.

[seandisanti]

I'm guessing that there is more to the picture than what is in the HTML you included.

It is possible that there is some Javascript on the page that is adding an onclick event for the submit button or some other similar technique. It is also possible that the form really does submit, but since the "value=Login" does not get passed unless the submit button is actually clicked it could be comming back to rest immediately on the same page making it look like nothing happened.

In any case, the workarounds you and Bob came up with should be the answer.

Dale

the source is the html, but the actual login processing is done serverside, it's all .asp. i like bob's better than my own, just because it makes use of the functions in ie.au3 rather than sending a key, but i just read that one after moving on to other issues. thanks for the response, and thanks again for helping us beat IE into submission.

[DaleHohm]

BTW, you'll find this documented in the helpfile -- _IEFormSubmit remarks describe the issue and point to an example in the section on _IEAction for a workaround.

Dale

[user52]

Case $s_action = "refresh"
    $o_object.document.execCommand ("Refresh")
    _IELoadWait($o_object)
    SetError($_IEStatus_Success)
    Return 1
Case $s_action = "back"
    If Not __IEIsObjType($o_object, "documentContainer") Then
        __IEErrorNotify("Error", "_IEAction", "$_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType")
        SetError($_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType, 1)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    $o_object.GoBack ()
    SetError($_IEStatus_Success)
    Return 1
Case $s_action = "forward"
    If Not __IEIsObjType($o_object, "documentContainer") Then
        __IEErrorNotify("Error", "_IEAction", "$_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType")
        SetError($_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType, 1)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    $o_object.GoForward ()
    SetError($_IEStatus_Success)
    Return 1
Case $s_action = "home"
    If Not __IEIsObjType($o_object, "documentContainer") Then
        __IEErrorNotify("Error", "_IEAction", "$_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType")
        SetError($_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType, 1)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    $o_object.GoHome ()
    SetError($_IEStatus_Success)
    Return 1

DaleHohm, would it be possible to set a timeout for the _IEAction()s above? i see that 'refresh' has an _IELoadWait($o_object), but the others i don't know.

my script dies when the site is being slow and the page doesn't immediately respond

thanks

Edited March 26, 2007 by user52

[user52]

DaleHohm, would it be possible to set a timeout for the _IEAction()s above? i see that 'refresh' has an _IELoadWait($o_object), but the others i don't know.

my script dies when the site is being slow and the page doesn't immediately respond

thanks

something like this?

$TIMEOUT = 5000 ;5 second timeout

Case $s_action = "refresh"
    $o_object.document.execCommand ("Refresh")
    For $i = 0 To 5
        _IELoadWait($o_object, 0, $TIMEOUT / 5)
    Next
    SetError($_IEStatus_Success)
    Return 1

[ShaneHale]

Hi can I use this to open a local html file? In other words one that is on my computer?

[DaleHohm]

Yes. Use file:// in place of http://

Dale