Help me. How to open a new IE window?

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"Dave Brueck" <dave at pythonapocrypha.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.366.1084046682.25742.python-list at python.org>...
> Vladimir wrote:
> > angel wrote:
> > > I want python(win32com) to open a new IE window.
> > > Source is:
> > > /******/
> > > import win32com.client
> > > msie = win32com.client.Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application")
> > > msie.Visible = 1
> > > msie.Naviagte(http://www.python.org)
> > > /******/
> > > The problem is the program always grabs a existed IExplorer window or
> > > Explorer window. It never opens a new window.
> >
> > import webbrowser
> > webbrowser.open_new("www.python.org")
> >
> > it will work fine with IE (if IE is the default browser)
> 
> I guess the OP didn't specify, but the above won't work if you need to control
> the browser from then on (which is what I assume he was trying to do by
> obtaining an IDispatch pointer to it).
> 
> -Dave

Here is how you do it:

Here is a quick way to do it but it works!
If you want to learn more go to pamie.sourceforge.net
This has a class file that helps you automate I.E.

# DispatchEX allows you to open a new window

from win32com.client import DispatchEx  

import time

def wait(ie): # very important!!! you have to wait for each page to load
    "Given an IE object, wait until the object is ready for input."
    while ie.Busy: time.sleep(0.1)
            
    doc = ie.Document
    while doc.ReadyState != 'complete': time.sleep(0.1)
    return doc

def ClickLink(ie, mylink):
    #hrefs = []
    for link in ie.Document.links:
        if link is None: break # needed for browser bug

        if link.innerText == mylink:
            link.Click()


# Here is what you need
ie = DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application')
ie.Visible = 1
ie.Navigate ('www.python.org')

# Some extra
wait(ie)# Very Important!
ClickLink(ie,'Search')


#later
#RLM