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From: Csaba Gabor on 13 Nov 2009 18:58 On Nov 12, 10:47 pm, "AvWG" <dretr...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've done all, with and without tabs. All -> what <- ? We seem to have a communication problem. > And in both cases I can't get the "same" source of a > page, manually vs vbscript. Well, I don't know how you are attempting to get the source of a page (indeed, I don't even know whether you have gotten ahold of the tabbed page, for that matter). > So, for me, the problem is that vbscript can't do the job > for me and I doubt another language can... > I believe the problem is the internet.application-object > does not provide the right "tools" Grousing and griping are fine, as far as I'm concerned, and I have done it on these groups myself. But without specifics, a person might be inclined to transform it in their mind like so: gripe -> grips -> grits -> writs -> write -> white -> whine > Btw: for my current job I automate every thing with vbscript and till now > there was little I couldn't handle.... :-( Then here's something else for your arsenal (tested on IE8): Set focus onto the link in the prior (active) page and then SendKeys "+^~" Csaba Gabor from Vienna Possibly relevant pages: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752127%28VS.85%29.aspx http://www.add-in-express.com/docs/internet-explorer-addon-development.php > André > > "Csaba Gabor" <dans...(a)gmail.com> schreef in berichtnews:0ddc3d94-fccc-4a53-a9f6-b4aaa5baba80(a)d5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On Nov 11, 10:32 pm, "AvWG" <dretr...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Csaba, > > > Thank you for your message. I've already done what you described. > > I've recommended two main things, and described a few things that > I recommended against. The first recommendation was to stay > away from tabs (using multiple instances or multiple invocations were > two possible alternatives (but I certainly don't recommend either > one)), > especially by using single instance serial navigation. > > The second was a possible way to get ahold of a tab (using > AppActivate) if you nevertheless insist on tabs. > > Which is it that you have already done? > > > One Instance, two instances, 25 instances. But that's not the > > problem. > > > One of the problems is that it is not possible to go to the 12th tab > > after creating 25 tabs (with ie VBScript). > > You have not motivated the problem. What makes it compelling > to create any tabs whatsoever? I'm not saying there couldn't be > a reason, but without guiding our thinking a bit, it is hard to wrap > our heads around why. Specifically, the internet world existed > pretty well before tabs came along. They did so as a user > convenience rather than a user necessity. So I would think you > have to be doing something pretty darned unusual to be requiring > tabs. > > > The other problem: When I use something like sendkeys and end > > at the 12th tab, I don't get the source of that page. What I do > > Oh, and that's the other thing. You should really be avoiding > send keys, when at all possible. It is only a method of last resort, > and it is really easy to mess up doing the kinds of things that you > are doing (as you have come to realize). Without looking more > at your specifics, my first inclination is to think that you have > timing issues. One possiblility for you is to really slow the send > keys down (if your architecture doesn't permit this, the timing > issues become much more probable) so you can see it as it > happens. > > How do you avoid send keys? The answer is to fill out the > form on the page (for example, something like: > ie.document.getElementById("myId").value = "myEntry" > or > var body = ie.document.body > body.getElementsByTagName("INPUT")(0).value = "myEntry") > You can direct links and targets to a specific window by > setting their target attribute to the name of the window or > frame in question. > > Oh, and yes, mayayana expressed both the principle of > not using tabs nor using send keys much more > succinctly in his Nov 8 post. > > > > > get is the source of the very first page I need to start, with > > credentials in order to have access to that particular site. Manually on > > that page I can click on 'Source' in the menu and get the source I want.... > > > So no methodes to freely move between tabs and not getting the right > > source > > dump.... > > > André > > > "Csaba Gabor" <dans...(a)gmail.com> schreef in > > berichtnews:f8a0bc95-0728-4f4e-95e6-bcd17049a100(a)s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com... > > On Nov 8, 11:56 am, "AvWG" <dretr...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > With vbscript I.ve created the following: > > > I start the IE-application, use sendkeys to login in on a site. Next I > > > create 10 more tabs (internet-pages), each with slightly another > > > address. > > > When this is done I want to go to the 2nd tab, save the source > > > information > > > and do this for the rest of the 9 remaining tabs.... > > > > The problem is: I can't get the focus off the first (login) tab. Though > > > I > > > can go to the next tab with sendkeys :-( , the html-source I want to > > > review > > > is still of the first tab... > > > > Manually I can click on the tabs and get the source. But first this time > > > consuming and second I want to read many more internetpages/tabs then > > > the > > > 10 > > > I mentioned. > > > > So is there a vbscript-"command" to switch to other tabs? > > > I've read this thread, and I don't see any justification for wanting > > to put the pages in different tabs. Specifically, there is no mention > > of user interaction. Assuming that there is no user involvement > > and that you are simply after information on those pages, I think > > you would be better off creating an IE instance for each page > > to which you'd like to navigate. For example, an array of > > IE instances which (eventually) should run hidden. > > > However, there is a second problem, which is already evident > > in your code, and that is that you are having a significant > > problem determining when pages are ready. This is, in general, > > quite a difficult issue. I think it would be far easier for you to > > spawn a different process for each page you'd like to load so > > that it can be dealt with separately. However, doing this > > with 10 pages or so can be a massive hit on the CPU, so I > > don't recommend this route. > > > Parallel processing of pages is really messy. Unless you > > have a REALLY SPECIFIC reason for needing the parallel > > aspect, your posted code implies that you are doing > > background processing. That being the case, you could > > just as well process each page one at a time (which also > > reduces the chance that the remote site will ban you for > > robotic access of their pages). So you could have the > > original IE for your starting page, and then create a > > second IE for your array of links (so that you can get > > back to your original IE when done with processing said > > array). Now process each link one at a time (taking into > > account what to do if you've gotten to some timeout limit > > and the page hasn't loaded). > > > Csaba Gabor from Vienna > > > > Part of the script: > > > Set oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ', "oIE_") > > > oIE.Visible = True > > > oIE.FullScreen = False > > > > 'open a new window > > > oIE.Navigate2 aLinks(0) > > > Do While oIE.Busy > > > WScript.Sleep 50 > > > Loop > > > > 'open url In new tab > > > Logon() ' My own logon subroutine > > > > WScript.Sleep 2000 > > > For J=1 To 9 > > > oIE.Navigate2 aLinks(J), navOpenInBackgroundTab 'navOpenInNewTab ' > > > Do While oIE.Busy > > > WScript.Sleep 50 > > > Loop > > > WScript.Sleep 3000 > > > Next > > > > WshShell.SendKeys "^{TAB}" 'go to the 2nd tab > > > WScript.Sleep 100 > > > on error goto 0 > > > > WScript.Sleep 2000 > > > WScript.Echo > > > "***********************************************************" > > > > Here I used code as > > > oIE.Document.body.innerHTML > > > or > > > Set oHTML = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") > > > oHTML.open "GET" , sURL, True > > > > Does anybody have suggestions how to stear between the tabs? > > > By the way, I haven't tried this, and I don't have a tabbed IE here > > to do so with, but if you click on the different tabs of IE, do you > > get a different title in the title bar? If so, it's conceivable > > (though > > perhaps not likely) that you could activate a specific tab through > > AppActivate. Has anyone tried that? I wouldn't want to take bets > > on it, but...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - |