Issue with IE & HWnd($o_object.HWnd()) ERROR

[Steveiwonder]

This is the error I'm getting it worked once... i tested it again (with no change to code) and got this this:

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\IE.au3 (3116) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:
Return HWnd($o_object.HWnd())
Return HWnd($o_object.HWnd()^ ERROR
>Exit code: 1    Time: 0.554

I did a search on the forum and came across this post.
​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=97549

After the first guy saying "A reboot" fixed it i did the same and sure enough, it was fine.

Although the conclution of the problem was suggested to be a windows error and no AutoIt - I was wondering IF is it auto it causing the problem in the first place?

I am sorry if i'm wrong just though i would point it out incase its a bug that you would like to fix.

Again it may just be a Windows issue.

I'm using:

IE8 (All Updates installed)
Windows XP Pro SP3.

Thanks for your time.

HERE IS MY SCRIPT:

#include <IE.au3>

Local $WinTitle = "Case Untitled -"
Local $WinHandle
Local $oIE
Local $StringToFind = "<TEXTAREA"
Local $CasePage = False
Local $i = 0
#cs
Questions for new ticket
#ce
Local $Q
Local $Questions[7]
$Questions[0] = "When did issue start?"
$Questions[1] = "Downtime available?"
$Questions[2] = "Site Access?"
$Questions[3] = "On Site Contact?"
$Questions[4] = "Has equitment been checked/rebooted?"
$Questions[5] = "VLAN/VC (Ethersphere Only)?"
$Questions[6] = "How many errors? or how many times has circuit dropped (If Applicable)?"

#cs
End of Questions
#ce

While 1 = 1
	
	ConsoleWrite("Waiting for new window" & @CRLF)
	WaitforWindow()
	Questions()
	WinWaitClose($WinTitle)
	ConsoleWrite("Window Closed" & @CRLF)
Wend


	


Func Questions()
	sleep(1000)
	WinActivate($WinTitle)
	WinWaitActive($WinTitle)
	BlockInput(1)
	
	Opt("MouseCoordMode", 0)
	
	MouseClickDrag("Left", "220", "165", "137", "165", "0")
	Send("{CTRLDOWN}c{CTRLUP}")
	MouseClick("Left", "235", "250", "1", "0")
	Send("{CTRLDOWN}v{CTRLUP}")
	
	For $Question in $Questions
		$Q = $Q & $Question & @CRLF
	Next
	
	MouseClick("Left", "537", "195", "1", "0")
	sleep(100)
	MouseClick("Left", "565", "343", "1", "0")
	sleep(100)
	MouseClick("Left", "694", "160", "1", "0")	
	sleep(100)
	MouseClick("Left", "100", "620", "1", "0")
	Opt("MouseCoordMode", 1)
	
	ClipPut($Q)
	Send("{CTRLDOWN}v{CTRLUP}")
	BlockInput(0)
EndFunc


Func WaitforWindow()	
	WinWait($WinTitle)
	ConsoleWrite("Wait Finished! Window Showed up!" & @CRLF)
	If WinExists($WinTitle) Then
		$WinHandle = WinGetHandle($WinTitle)
		$oIE = _IEAttach($WinHandle, "HWND")

		ConsoleWrite("Winhandle Found, Attach Complete" & @CRLF)
		While $CasePage = False
			If WinExists("Case Untitled:Flash! -") Then 
				WinSetState("Case Untitled:Flash! -","",@SW_MINIMIZE)
			EndIf
			
			If WinExists($WinTitle) Then	;FailSafe - If Someoene closes the window while it is continuously reading the HTML then it will exit.		
			
				_IELoadWait($oIE); Wait for Load
				ConsoleWrite("Load Complete" & @CRLF)
				$html = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE) ; Read HTML

				If StringInStr($html, $StringToFind) Then ; HTML contains the correct string? The right page is now visible!
					$CasePage = True
					ConsoleWrite("New Case Window Open!" & @CRLF)
					Return 1
				EndIf
				
			Else
				Return 0 ; Window was closed before it found the HTML inside the corrrect window.
			EndIf
			
		sleep(15000)
		WEnd
	EndIf	
EndFunc

[Steveiwonder]

Ignore the noob script with all mouselclick spam etc , i still need to change some of that.

[Valik]

Replying to Steveiwonder:

Ignore the noob script with all mouselclick spam etc , i still need to change some of that.

Done. Now go read WikiStart.

[anonymous]

This is a AI bug or Windows? or just Unknown. Sorry for the code paste inline.

[Valik]

I don't particularly care. The script is way too long and I'm not wasting time trying to track down some maybe-bug in a script that large. Maybe if you provide a shorter script that demonstrates the problem I'll bother to look. However, the forum is better suited for the discussion since you don't even know if there's a bug here. Until you can reliably reproduce something and accurately describe what's happening then you should not be posting on the issue tracker.

[anonymous]

Point taken. I can't replicate the bug when need too, it appears to be random.

Sorry for that.

[Samoth]

It actually is a bug... And I know a workaround.
See this ​post and its previous posts for error tracking. There's good work done over there.