Open Browser

[stevol]

Hi,
i have created a function to open a browser, but i don't understand one thing. Here the code:

Code:

Function FunOpenBrowser() dim objexpl, brow, pag, hwnd(1) set objexpl = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") objexpl.visible = true objexpl.navigate "http://www.vodafone.it" wait(5) Set brow = Browser("hwnd:=" & objexpl.hwnd) Set pag = brow.Page("title:=" & objexpl.Document.Title) pag.Sync hwnd(0) = brow.getroproperty("hwnd") hwnd(1) = pag.getroproperty("hwnd") FunOpenBrowser = hwnd End Function

I use a program to modify host files, because I have different test environments, but when i launch this function the opend browser has always the same host...
[if i write a similar function using SystemUtil.Run "iexplore" i have not this problem].
Can somebody explain me this behaviour?
thanx a lot

[Ankur]

what is the relation between the host files and the function you have given above?

[stevol]

[Ankur]

I still don't understand...can you explain the LOGICAL sequence? How are they related in terms of scripting?

[stevol]

They are not related... the change of host is a pre-requisite before launch of script to choose the right environment in which doing tests... but i observe that with the function "systemutil.run ..." the browser will be opened always on the right environment, while with CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") not...
In particular, if for example there is a browser already opened on AAA environment, then change host towards BBB and launch function, the new browser will be opened again on AAA (and not BBB...), while if there are not previous opened browsers on AAA, the new browser will be correctly opened on BBB.
It seems that in case of pre-existent opened browsers, the CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") will open a new browser on the same environment of opened browsers...
It's strange because with "systemutil.run ..." i have not this behaviour...

[Ankur]

ok you need to destroy the object and quit from IE in the end.

[stevol]

so without closing opened browsers is it not possible to open new browsers in other environments using objects, right?
thanks a lot