Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as active during a code segment?

Dennis

Is the real problem that an Internet explorer application launching a new
internet explorer window as a child?

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as active during a code segment?

Dennis

No. I'm using excel/vba to fill web forms. The problem is when the IE
window loses it's active status(by user clicking on another window, the
filling is redirected to the other window.

Dennis

"Joel" wrote in message
...
Is the real problem that an Internet explorer application launching a new
internet explorer window as a child?

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as active
during a code segment?

Dennis

I went back to one of your older posting. The advise you got was wrong

doc.getElementById("txtInput").focus
or
doc.getElementsByName("txtInput")(1).focus


Don't use focus. Create a new variable for the objects

set txinput = doc.getElementById("txtInput")

Then use txinput as the reference to the object. Then you won't have to
worry about the focus.

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

No. I'm using excel/vba to fill web forms. The problem is when the IE
window loses it's active status(by user clicking on another window, the
filling is redirected to the other window.

Dennis

"Joel" wrote in message
...
Is the real problem that an Internet explorer application launching a new
internet explorer window as a child?

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as active
during a code segment?

Dennis

Joel,

Oh man.......I hope this works. If it does I will owe you a beer or
something.

Thanks.

Dennis


"Joel" wrote in message
...
I went back to one of your older posting. The advise you got was wrong

doc.getElementById("txtInput").focus
or
doc.getElementsByName("txtInput")(1).focus


Don't use focus. Create a new variable for the objects

set txinput = doc.getElementById("txtInput")

Then use txinput as the reference to the object. Then you won't have to
worry about the focus.

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

No. I'm using excel/vba to fill web forms. The problem is when the IE
window loses it's active status(by user clicking on another window, the
filling is redirected to the other window.

Dennis

"Joel" wrote in message
...
Is the real problem that an Internet explorer application launching a
new
internet explorer window as a child?

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as
active
during a code segment?

Dennis

Joel,

My advice was not wrong - it answered the question asked: how to give an
element the focus, without using sendkeys.

If the OP had mentioned they intended to use sendkeys to enter data I would
have advised them not to.

Tim





"Joel" wrote in message
...
I went back to one of your older posting. The advise you got was wrong

doc.getElementById("txtInput").focus
or
doc.getElementsByName("txtInput")(1).focus


Don't use focus. Create a new variable for the objects

set txinput = doc.getElementById("txtInput")

Then use txinput as the reference to the object. Then you won't have to
worry about the focus.

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

No. I'm using excel/vba to fill web forms. The problem is when the IE
window loses it's active status(by user clicking on another window, the
filling is redirected to the other window.

Dennis

"Joel" wrote in message
...
Is the real problem that an Internet explorer application launching a
new
internet explorer window as a child?

"Dennis Tucker" wrote:

Is there any way to Lock a particular internet explorer window as
active
during a code segment?

Dennis