Hi monks,

I wrote a snippet in perl for Web automation: 

use warnings;
use strict;
use Win32::IEAutomation;
use Win32::IEAutomation::WinClicker;
if(fork()){
#part one
my $clicker = Win32::IEAutomation::WinClicker->new();
$clicker->push_button_save("File Download",50);
$clicker->push_button_save("Save As",50);
$clicker->push_button_yes("Save As", 50);
$clicker->push_confirm_button_cancle("Download Complete",20);
}
else{
#part 2
 Creating new instance of Internet Explorer
my $ie = Win32::IEAutomation->new( visible => 1, maximize => 1);
# Site navigation
$ie->gotoURL('http://xxx.xxx.xxx.com/');
$ie->getTextBox('name:', "USERNAME")->SetValue("xxx");
$ie->getTextBox('name:', "PASSWORD")->SetValue("xxx");
$ie->getButton('name:', "OK")->Click;
$ie->getButton('name:', "FINDBUTTON")->Click;
$ie->getButton('name:', "BTNEXCEL")->Click;

$ie->WaitforDone; # we will wait here for complete load
}

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Win32::IEAutomation::WinClicker is a wrap of autoit. I found it can't catch the window before it correctly. I trid to split above code to 2 parts and run them separately, it works fine.
but it will throw" can't open IE through OLE" when I use fork to connect them.

Any thoughts?



I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

In reply to fork cant support Win32::OLE ? by xiaoyafeng

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