[python-win32] Problem Controlling Internet Explorer

[Rick Kaye]

Window.navigate(x) opens URL x in the existing window. Window.open(x) opens
URL x in a new window which "pops up".

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Vickroy [mailto:Jim.Vickroy@noaa.gov]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:09 PM
> To: Rick Kaye
> Cc: 'Mark Hammond'; python-win32@python.org
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Problem Controlling Internet Explorer
> 
> As a "lurker" on this thread, I am confused.
> 
> Why does the pop-up detector stop window.open(...) but not
> window.navigate(...)?
> 
> Rick Kaye wrote:
> 
> > I figured it out. The program I use to stop pop-ups was preventing the
> open
> > call from executing. The pop-up prevention program is smart enough to
> allow
> > the open call when it's initiated by a mouse click but stops it when
> it's
> > initiated programmatically.
> >
> > Mark, thanks for your help.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rick Kaye [mailto:rick@kaye.to]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 1:07 AM
> > > To: 'Mark Hammond'; 'python-win32@python.org'
> > > Subject: RE: [python-win32] Problem Controlling Internet Explorer
> > >
> > > > > IE=Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application")
> > > > > while IE.Busy:
> > > > >         pass
> > > >
> > > > This is pretty evil - you will be chewing 100% of CPU.  At least put
> a
> > > > "sleep()" in.
> > > >
> > > > Better, you should use IE events - see win32com\test\testExplorer.py
> > >
> > > Agreed. As soon as I get this working, I will clean up the code.
> > >
> > > > >                     window.open("/test2.html");
> > > >
> > > > Does a fully-qualified URL work?  It may be that the "current drive"
> is
> > > > different in the 2 cases.
> > > >
> > > > Mark.
> > >
> > > I don't think this is it. I tried a fully-qualified URL and it didn't
> > > work. I also switched the javascript function to
> > > window.navigate("/test2.html"); and it found test2.html with no
> problem.
> >
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