Function GUICtrlCreateObj

This function attempts to embed an 'ActiveX Control' or a 'Document Object' inside the GUI.
Not every control can be embedded. They must at least support an 'IDispatch' interface.

See the Obj/COM Reference for more information about Objects.

'Document Objects' will only be visible if the Windows style $WS_CLIPCHILDREN has been used in GUICreate().

The GUI functions GUICtrlRead() and GUICtrlSet have no effect on this control. The object can only be controlled using 'methods' or 'properties' on the $ObjectVar.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsStylesConstants.au3>

Example()

; Simple example: Embedding an Internet Explorer Object inside an AutoIt GUI
Func Example()
    ; This particular object is declared as ObjEvent() need to stored the Object, #forceref to avoid Au3Check warning.
    Local $oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc")
    #forceref $oErrorHandler

    Local $idButton_Back, $idButton_Forward
    Local $idButton_Home, $idButton_Stop, $iMsg

    Local $oIE = ObjCreate("Shell.Explorer.2")

    ; Create a simple GUI for our output
    GUICreate("Embedded Web control Test", 640, 580, (@DesktopWidth - 640) / 2, (@DesktopHeight - 580) / 2, BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, $WS_CLIPCHILDREN))
    GUICtrlCreateObj($oIE, 10, 40, 600, 360)
    GUICtrlSetResizing(-1, $GUI_DOCKAUTO)

    $idButton_Back = GUICtrlCreateButton("Back", 10, 420, 100, 30)
    $idButton_Forward = GUICtrlCreateButton("Forward", 120, 420, 100, 30)
    $idButton_Home = GUICtrlCreateButton("AutoIt Home", 230, 420, 100, 30)
    $idButton_Stop = GUICtrlCreateButton("Stop", 330, 420, 100, 30)

    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ;Show GUI

    $oIE.navigate("http://google.com")
    Sleep(3000)
    $oIE.navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    While 1
        $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()

        Select
            Case $iMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
            Case $iMsg = $idButton_Home
                $oIE.navigate("http://www.autoitscript.com")
            Case $iMsg = $idButton_Back
                $oIE.GoBack
            Case $iMsg = $idButton_Forward
                $oIE.GoForward
            Case $iMsg = $idButton_Stop
                $oIE.Stop
        EndSelect

    WEnd

    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; User's COM error function. Will be called if COM error occurs
Func _ErrFunc($oError)
    ; Do anything here.
    ConsoleWrite(@ScriptName & " (" & $oError.scriptline & ") : ==> COM Error intercepted !" & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.number is: " & @TAB & @TAB & "0x" & Hex($oError.number) & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.windescription:" & @TAB & $oError.windescription & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.description is: " & @TAB & $oError.description & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.source is: " & @TAB & @TAB & $oError.source & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.helpfile is: " & @TAB & $oError.helpfile & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.helpcontext is: " & @TAB & $oError.helpcontext & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.lastdllerror is: " & @TAB & $oError.lastdllerror & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.scriptline is: " & @TAB & $oError.scriptline & @CRLF & _
            @TAB & "err.retcode is: " & @TAB & "0x" & Hex($oError.retcode) & @CRLF & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>_ErrFunc

ObjectVar	A variable pointing to a previously opened object
left	The left side of the control. If -1 is used then left will be computed according to GUICoordMode.
top	The top of the control. If -1 is used then top will be computed according to GUICoordMode.
width	[optional] The width of the control (default is the previously used width).
height	[optional] The height of the control (default is the previously used height).

Success:	the identifier (controlID) of the new control.
Failure:	0.

Function Reference

GUICtrlCreateObj

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