[python-win32] IE browser bar

[Richard Bell]

|Tim Roberts wrote:
|The "browser bar" thing was changed pretty radically between IE6 and
|IE7, so it may just be that the GUIDs are different, or that the other
|bars don't exist in the same universe any more.

Thanks Tim.  

I saw some tracks in the web documentation but was NOT clear on what or how
much had changed.  All I have available on my machines is IE 7 so I've no
way of checking IE 6.  If anyone has IE 6 and a minute to spare, I'd
appreciate any feedback.  I've attached a revised test routine that should
make it relatively simple.  On my machine (IE 7) only 'CLSID_SEARCH' seems
to have any effect on the browser.

Regards,
Richard

--- Revised test routine ---
import win32com.client
import time

def spin(t):
    t0 = time.clock()
    while time.clock()-t0 < t: pass

time.clock()    
ie=win32com.client.Dispatch('internetexplorer.application')
ie.Visible=1
ie.Navigate('www.google.com')
spin(3)
print 'IE should be up and google displayed'

print 'Now try several browser bar IDs got from the web and see what
happens'

bars = {
    'CLSID_SEARCH':     "{30D02401-6A81-11D0-8274-00C04FD5AE38}",
    'CLSID_FAVORITES':  "{EFA24E61-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'CLSID_HISTORY':    "{EFA24E62-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'xHistory':         "{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}",
    'CLSID_CHANNELS':   "{EFA24E63-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'CLSID_FOLDERS':    "{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'CLSID_xxx':        '{32683183-48a0-441b-a342-7c2a440a9478}',
    'xFavs':            "{EFA24E61-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'xFolders':         "{EFA24E64-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}",
    'xRadio':           "{8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467}",
    'xHotbar':          "{B195B3B3-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E}",
    'xTip':             "{4D5C8C25-D075-11d0-B416-00C04FB90376}"
    }

for bar in bars:
    clid = bars[bar]
    print 'true', bar, clid
    ie.ShowBrowserBar(clid,True,0)
    spin(3)
    print 'false', bar
    ie.ShowBrowserBar(clid,False,0)
    spin(3)