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Note Submitter: csaba at alum dot mit dot edu ---- Intermediate Windows IO If you are using a command line (CLI) version of PHP on a Win32 platform (e.g. XP Pro, SP2), you might want to have output directed to IE (perhaps you'll want to work with the output there) when Popup does not suffice (see my earlier post, below). It's easy enough to get an instance of IE using $ie = new COM("InternetExplorer.Application");. The problem is, you get a minimized instance so it's difficult to get it to the foreground without having to resort to Win32 APIs, which PHP is not currently supporting. The code below (watch line wrapping) shows how to get an instance of Internet Explorer to the foreground, stuff it with HTML, have an onLoad function which won't suspend PHP, and then be able to (simply) dismiss IE on demand. <?php // Shows how to activate AND DISPLAY IE from (command line) PHP without Win APIs $oWSH = new COM("Wscript.Shell"); $oShellApp = new COM("Shell.Application"); // Inventory open Windows Explorer windows checkWindows($aHandle=array()); // open a NEW, ACTIVATED (non minimized) Windows Explorer pointing to My Documents $oExec = $oWSH->Exec("explorer"); // reinventory Explorer windows, removing previously inventoried ones $newWndCnt = checkWindows($aHandle, false); if ($newWndCnt!=1) die($oWSH->Popup ("Hey! We don't only have 1 new window", 0,"IE Display Error",48)); // this is what we plan to display // setTimeout used else PHP stalls waiting for IE to finish loading $onload = "\"window.setTimeout('alert(&quot;Ready&quot;);"; $onload .= "document.title=&quot;Close Button&quot;',0)\""; $onClick = "\"alert('Goodbye');self.close()\""; // How to close the (IE) window $button = "<button type=button onclick=$onClick accessKey=C><u>C</u>lose</button>"; $bodyHTML = "<body onload=$onload>&quot;Hello&quot;<br>$button</body>"; $html = "<html><head><title>PHP testing</title></head>$bodyHTML</html>"; // next line rids all but title bar (following line nicer), body, and status bar $ie->Toolbar = false; //$ie->MenuBar = false; // only rids directory tree to left and menu bar $ie->Navigate("about:blank"); // else $doc->Open() fails $doc = $ie->document; $doc->ParentWindow->opener = "me"; // avoids confirm message when closing $doc->Open(); $doc->Write($html); // do the nasty $doc->Close(); function checkWindows ($aPassed, $addP=true) { // iterate through open Explorers counting only those // which have My Documents as their location $oWins = $GLOBALS["oShellApp"]->Windows(); $count = 0; foreach ($oWins as $oWin) { $oDoc = $oWin->Document; $typename = typeName($oDoc); // next line eliminates IE instances if (substr(typeName($oDoc),0,20)!="IShellFolderViewDual") continue; // There may be other suffixes // next line possibly affected by registry setting for how to display names if ($oWin->LocationName<>"My Documents") continue; // next line: weeding out phase ($addP false) if (array_key_exists($oWin->hwnd,$aPassed)) {unset($aPassed[$oWin->hwnd]);continue;} if ($addP) $aOld[$oWin->hwnd] = $oWin->LocationURL; // accumulation phase ($addP true) else {$count++; $GLOBALS["ie"] = $oWin; } // count those not weeded out } return $count; } ?> The code above requires the typeName function, which I posted earlier to http://php.net/com_print_typeinfo Csaba Gabor from Vienna