Launch-a-New-Browser

Command Description

Start a new browser so that RPA Creator can operate on it. The browser can be Internet Explorer, Chrome, FireFox, 360, Edge, or Laiye RPA (can only open one browser window). The bound browser handle string is returned when the command run successfully. Null is returned when failed

Command Prototype

hWeb = WebBrowser.Create(sType,sURL,iTimeOut,optionArgs)

Parameter Description

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Description
sType	True	enum	"ie"	Type of browser
sURL	True	string	"about:blank"	The URL when the browser is launched
iTimeOut	True	number	30000	Specify the amount of time (in milliseconds) that wait for the event to run before selectorNotFoundException to trigger an error (in milliseconds) The default value is 30,000 ms (30 seconds)
bContinueOnError	None	boolean	None	Specify whether the automation should continue to support this field even if the activity is incorrect, it is only supported by the Boolean value (true, false) default value
iDelayAfter	None	number	300	Delay time (in milliseconds) after executing the activity is 300 milliseconds
iDelayBefore	None	number	200	The delay time (in milliseconds) before any operations are executed is by default 200 milliseconds
sBrowserPath	None	path	""	Browser path, default is an empty string. When the value is an empty string, it automatically looks for the browser installed on the machine and tries to start it
sStartArgs	None	string	""	Browser's launch parameters

return

hWeb，The variable used to save the output of the command.

Demo

/************************************Start a new browser*********** **************************** 
Command prototype: 
     WebBrowser.Create(sType,sURL,iTimeOut,optionArgs) 
Input parameters: 
    sType--Browser type: IE, Chrome, FireFox, Edge, 360Browser, Laiye RPA browser 
    sURL--Open the link to jump to the browser 
    iTimeOut--abnormal waiting time 
    bContinueOnError--whether to continue after error 
    iDelayAfter-- delay after execution 
    iDelayBefore--delay before execution 
    sBrowserPath--Browser installation path 
    sStartArgs--Browser startup parameters 
     
Outgoing reference: 
    hWeb--Browser handle string 
*********************************************************************/ 
//Start a new browser, so that  Laiye RPA  can operate on this browser, the browser to start can be  Internet Explorer, Chrome, FireFox, 360, Edge, Laiye RPA browser (Laiye  The RPA browser only supports launching a browser window), the command will return the bound browser handle string if the command runs successfully, and  null if it fails. 
Dim hWeb 
hWeb = WebBrowser.Create("ie","www.baidu.com",30000,{"bContinueOnError":false,"iDelayAfter":300,"iDelayBefore":200,"sBrowserPath":"","sStartArgs":""}) 
TracePrint(hWeb)