Directs an existing browser window to navigate to the specified URL.
#include <IE.au3>
_IENavigate ( ByRef $o_object, $s_url [, $f_wait = 1] )
Parameters
| $o_object | Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Window or Frame object |
| $s_url | URL to navigate to (e.g. "http://www.autoitscript.com") |
| $f_wait | Optional: specifies whether to wait for page to load before returning 0 = Return immediately, not waiting for page to load 1 = (Default) Wait for page load to complete before returning |
Return Value
| Success: | Returns -1 |
| Failure: | Returns 0 and sets @ERROR |
| @Error: | 0 ($_IEStatus_Success) = No Error |
| 1 ($_IEStatus_GeneralError) = General Error | |
| 3 ($_IEStatus_InvalidDataType) = Invalid Data Type | |
| 4 ($_IEStatus_InvalidObjectType) = Invalid Object Type | |
| 6 ($_IEStatus_LoadWaitTimeout) = Load Wait Timeout | |
| 8 ($_IEStatus_AccessIsDenied) = Access Is Denied | |
| @Extended: | Contains invalid parameter number |
Remarks
This function always returns a value of -1. This is because the navigate method has no return value and therefore nothing can be implied from it. You will need to employ other methods to determine success or failure of the navigation.
Related
_IECreate
Example
; *******************************************************
; Example 1 - Create a browser window and navigate to a website,
; wait 5 seconds and navigate to another
; wait 5 seconds and navigate to another
; *******************************************************
;
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com")
Sleep(5000)
_IENavigate ($oIE, "http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?")
Sleep(5000)
_IENavigate ($oIE, "http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showforum=9")
; *******************************************************
; Example 2 - Create a browser window and navigate to a website,
; do not wait for page load to complete before moving to next line
; *******************************************************
;
#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate ("www.autoitscript.com", 0)
MsgBox(0, "_IENavigate()", "This code executes immediately")