"Dave Brueck" <da**@pythonapocrypha.com> wrote in message news:<ma**************************************@pyt hon.org>...
Vladimir wrote: angel wrote: I want python(win32com) to open a new IE window.
Source is:
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import win32com.client
msie = win32com.client.Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Applica tion")
msie.Visible = 1
msie.Naviagte(http://www.python.org)
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The problem is the program always grabs a existed IExplorer window or
Explorer window. It never opens a new window.
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open_new("www.python.org")
it will work fine with IE (if IE is the default browser)
I guess the OP didn't specify, but the above won't work if you need to control
the browser from then on (which is what I assume he was trying to do by
obtaining an IDispatch pointer to it).
-Dave
Here is how you do it:
Here is a quick way to do it but it works!
If you want to learn more go to pamie.sourceforge.net
This has a class file that helps you automate I.E.
# DispatchEX allows you to open a new window
from win32com.client import DispatchEx
import time
def wait(ie): # very important!!! you have to wait for each page to load
"Given an IE object, wait until the object is ready for input."
while ie.Busy: time.sleep(0.1)
doc = ie.Document
while doc.ReadyState != 'complete': time.sleep(0.1)
return doc
def ClickLink(ie, mylink):
#hrefs = []
for link in ie.Document.links:
if link is None: break # needed for browser bug
if link.innerText == mylink:
link.Click()
# Here is what you need
ie = DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application')
ie.Visible = 1
ie.Navigate ('www.python.org')
# Some extra
wait(ie)# Very Important!
ClickLink(ie,'Search')
#later
#RLM
