We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
I want to navigate to a specific website.
When i do something like this:

$IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
$IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
$IEApp.visible = $TRUE

I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).

Any suggsestions?



Thanks in advance
BJ

Hi

You need to attach to the existing IE window, try this:

$app = new-object -com shell.application

# get a list of all IE windows, filter to the one you need by matching its
LocationURL
$ie = $app.windows() | where {$_.Type -eq "HTML Document" -and $_.LocationURL
-match "yourCriteria"}

# navigate away
$ie.navigate("http://www.google.com")


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Shay Levi
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http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

> We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
> Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
> I want to navigate to a specific website.
> When i do something like this:
> $IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
> $IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
> $IEApp.visible = $TRUE
> I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).
>
> Any suggsestions?
>
> Thanks in advance
> BJ

To see the full list of properties per window, execute:

$app.windows()


You can then find which property to match based on your needs and current
IE window state (e.g., LocationName etc).


-----
Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

> Hi
>
> You need to attach to the existing IE window, try this:
>
> $app = new-object -com shell.application
>
> # get a list of all IE windows, filter to the one you need by matching
> its LocationURL $ie = $app.windows() | where {$_.Type -eq "HTML
> Document" -and $_.LocationURL -match "yourCriteria"}
>
> # navigate away
> $ie.navigate("http://www.google.com")
> -----
> Shay Levi
> $cript Fanatic
> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

>> We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
>> Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
>> I want to navigate to a specific website.
>> When i do something like this:
>> $IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
>> $IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
>> $IEApp.visible = $TRUE
>> I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).
>> Any suggsestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> BJ

BJ wrote:

> We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
> Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
> I want to navigate to a specific website.
> When i do something like this:
>
> $IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
> $IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
> $IEApp.visible = $TRUE
>
> I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).
>
> Any suggsestions?
>
> Thanks in advance
> BJ

I'm not aware of any way you can interact with an existing IE process
from COM.

You're just looking for a way to automate some kind of page open?

Keystroke automation might be OK?

Marco

--
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Blog:
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Hi Shay,
that's it!
Strange: Although only one IE is running i MUST pipe to the where
selection otherwise i'm not able to access the navigate method.
Thank you very much for your assistance.


On 10 Mrz., 17:41, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
>
> You need to attach to the existing IE window, try this:
>
> $app = new-object -com shell.application
>
> # get a list of all IE windows, filter to the one you need by matching its
> LocationURL
> $ie = $app.windows() | where {$_.Type *-eq "HTML Document" -and $_.LocationURL
> -match "yourCriteria"}
>
> # navigate away
> $ie.navigate("http://www.google.com") * * * *
>
> -----
> Shay Levi
> $cript Fanatichttp://scriptolog.blogspot.com
>
>
>

> > We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
> > Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
> > I want to navigate to a specific website.
> > When i do something like this:
> > $IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
> > $IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
> > $IEApp.visible = $TRUE
> > I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).

>

> > Any suggsestions?

>

> > Thanks in advance
> > BJ- Zitierten Text ausblenden -

>
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On 10 Mrz., 17:48, "Marco Shaw [MVP]" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com>
wrote:

> BJ wrote:

> > We have a Dialer application which starts the IE after dial in.
> > Is it possible to manage exactly this IE via COM Object?
> > I want to navigate to a specific website.
> > When i do something like this:

>

> > $IEApp = new-object -com InternetExplorer.Application
> > $IEApp.Navigate('www.google.com')
> > $IEApp.visible = $TRUE

>

> > I always get a NEW IE Session (Window).

>

> > Any suggsestions?

>

> > Thanks in advance
> > BJ

>
> I'm not aware of any way you can interact with an existing IE process
> from COM.
>
> You're just looking for a way to automate some kind of page open?
>
> Keystroke automation might be OK?
>
> Marco
>
> --
> Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShellhttp://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
> PowerGadgets MVPhttp://www.powergadgets.com/mvp
>
> Blog:http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Hi Marco,
thanks for your effort.
Shay gave me the rigth hint.
BJ