AutoIt over Ruby question - How do I call ObjGet()?

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Here's an example of using autoit inside of ruby.

require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
autoit.WinActivate('Yahoo!')

So if this works, how come this doesn't work?

require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
obj=autoit.ObjGet('','InternetExplorer.Application')

How do I call the ObjGet() function? In other words, what COM object
contains that method?

2

sean_n wrote:

Here's an example of using autoit inside of ruby.

require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
autoit.WinActivate('Yahoo!')

So if this works, how come this doesn't work?

require 'win32ole'
autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
obj=autoit.ObjGet('','InternetExplorer.Application')

How do I call the ObjGet() function? In other words, what COM object
contains that method?

I can't offer much help with regard to AutoIt, but you can connect to an
existing instance of IE using win32ole and the Shell object's Windows
collection:

ie = nil
for window in WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows
  begin
    if window.Document.Title =~ /Yahoo/
    ie = window
  end
  rescue
  end
end

Further details here:

Hope that helps!

David

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This seems not to work.

require 'win32ole'
ie = nil
WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows.each do |window|
  p window.FullName
  p window.Name
  begin
    title = window.Document.Title
    p title
    if title =~ /Internet Explorer/
      ie = window
    end
  rescue
  end
end
p ie

--- output ---
"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE"
"Microsoft Internet Explorer"
""
nil

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On Apr 12, 10:36 am, David Mullet <david.mul...@gmail.com> wrote:

sean_n wrote:
> Here's an example of using autoit inside of ruby.

> require 'win32ole'
> autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
> autoit.WinActivate('Yahoo!')

> So if this works, how come this doesn't work?

> require 'win32ole'
> autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
> obj=autoit.ObjGet('','InternetExplorer.Application')

> How do I call the ObjGet() function? In other words, what COM object
> contains that method?

I can't offer much help with regard to AutoIt, but you can connect to an
existing instance of IE using win32ole and the Shell object's Windows
collection:

ie = nil
for window in WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows
  begin
    if window.Document.Title =~ /Yahoo/
    ie = window
  end
  rescue
  end
end

4

William James wrote:

This seems not to work.

require 'win32ole'
ie = nil
WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows.each do |window|
  p window.FullName
  p window.Name
  begin
    title = window.Document.Title
    p title
    if title =~ /Internet Explorer/
      ie = window
    end
  rescue
  end
end
p ie

--- output ---
"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE"
"Microsoft Internet Explorer"
""
nil

A key distinction here is between window.Name and window.Document.Title
.

window.Document.Title is the Title as defined in the HTML code of a
window with a Type of "HTML Document". This probably equates to the
window.LocationName property. The titlebar text will include both
window.Document.Title and window.Name, so...

  if window.Document.Title =~ /Internet Explorer/

will usually NOT work, though...

  if window.Name =~ /Internet Explorer/

...would work.

To grab an IE window from the Shell.Application.Windows collection...

You could test the Type property:

  if window.Type == 'HTML Document'

or you could test the window.Name property:

  if window.Name =~ /Internet Explorer/

But to grab a *particular* IE window from the Shell.Application.Windows
collection, you could use the window.Document.Title or
window.LocationName property

  if window.Document.Title =~ /Yahoo/

  if window.LocationName =~ /Yahoo/

David

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[Re-posting my reply, as it seems to have been truncated on Google
Groups...]

A key distinction here is between window.Name and
window.Document.Title.

window.Document.Title is the Title as defined in the HTML code of a
window with a Type of "HTML Document". This probably equates to the
window.LocationName property. The titlebar text will include both
window.Document.Title and window.Name, so...

  if window.Document.Title =~ /Internet Explorer/

will usually NOT work, though...

  if window.Name =~ /Internet Explorer/

...would work.

To grab an IE window from the Shell.Application.Windows collection...

You could test the Type property:

  if window.Type == 'HTML Document'

or you could test the window.Name property:

  if window.Name =~ /Internet Explorer/

But to grab a *particular* IE window from the
Shell.Application.Windows
collection, you could use the window.Document.Title or
window.LocationName property

  if window.Document.Title =~ /Yahoo/

  if window.LocationName =~ /Yahoo/

David

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On Apr 13, 8:20 am, David Mullet <david.mul...@gmail.com> wrote:

William James wrote:
> This seems not to work.

> require 'win32ole'
> ie = nil
> WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows.each do |window|
> p window.FullName
> p window.Name
> begin
> title = window.Document.Title
> p title
> if title =~ /Internet Explorer/
> ie = window
> end
> rescue
> end
> end
> p ie

> --- output ---
> "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE"
> "Microsoft Internet Explorer"
> ""
> nil

A key distinction here is between window.Name and window.Document.Title

6

The problem was that I had no html document loaded; the titlebar
text was "about:blank - Microsoft Internet Explorer" but
window.Document.Title was simply "".

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On Apr 13, 5:56 pm, mully <david.mul...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:20 am, David Mullet <david.mul...@gmail.com> wrote:

> William James wrote:
> > This seems not to work.

> > require 'win32ole'
> > ie = nil
> > WIN32OLE.new('Shell.Application').Windows.each do |window|
> > p window.FullName
> > p window.Name
> > begin
> > title = window.Document.Title
> > p title
> > if title =~ /Internet Explorer/
> > ie = window
> > end
> > rescue
> > end
> > end
> > p ie

> > --- output ---
> > "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE"
> > "Microsoft Internet Explorer"
> > ""
> > nil

> A key distinction here is between window.Name and window.Document.Title

[Re-posting my reply, as it seems to have been truncated on Google
Groups...]

A key distinction here is between window.Name and
window.Document.Title.

window.Document.Title is the Title as defined in the HTML code of a
window with a Type of "HTML Document". This probably equates to the
window.LocationName property. The titlebar text will include both
window.Document.Title and window.Name, so...