Preparing to use Microsoft Edge with Autoit

I have created sample code to operate Microsoft Edge using Autoit, so this time I would like to show you how to prepare to operate Microsoft Edge.

The official website is in English and it's difficult to understand how to prepare, so I'd like to explain it here in a way that's as easy to understand as possible.

The following files are required to operate Microsoft Edge, so please download them.

• WebDriver UDF
• JSON UDF
• WinHTTP UDF
• Edge WebDriver

Preparing to use Microsoft Edge with Autoit

WebDriver UDF official website

WebDriver UDF (W3C compliant version) – 2022/10/03

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/208633-webdriver-udf-w3c-compliant-version-20221003/

Here you can find questions and answers about WebDriver UDFs.

WebDriver UDF

https://github.com/Danp2/au3WebDriver

Open the page above and click on "Code" on the right side. A menu will appear, and you can download it by clicking on "Download ZIP" at the bottom.

Unzip the downloaded "au3WebDriver-master.zip" and copy the "wd_core.au3" file inside to the folder containing the Autoit include files.

Autoit include files are typically found in the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\autoit3\Include

JSON UDF

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/148114-a-non-strict-json-udf-jsmn

Open the page above and scroll down a little to find "_Json(2021.11.20).zip". Click on it to download it.

Unzip the downloaded "_Json(2021.11.20).zip" and copy all four files inside to the folder containing the Autoit include files.

WinHTTP UDF

https://github.com/dragana-r/autoit-winhttp/releases

Open the page above and click "1.6.4.1.zip" to download.

Unzip the downloaded "1.6.4.1.zip" and copy the two files in the "1.6.4.1" folder to the folder containing the Autoit include files.

Edge WebDriver

First, open the settings of your Edge browser and check the version.

To open the settings, type "edge://settings/help" into the address bar of Edge and press Enter.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/

Open the Edge WebDriver page above and download the same version of WebDriver as the Edge version you just checked.

My OS is Windows 10 x64 and the Edge version is "106.0.1370.47", so I clicked on "x64" next to "Version: 106.0.1370.47" to download it.

Unzip the downloaded "edgedriver_win64.zip" and copy the "msedgedriver.exe" file contained within to the following folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)\autoit3\WebDriver

Please create a new WebDriver folder.

You can place "msedgedriver.exe" anywhere, but the sample code introduced next time specifies the above folder.

Editing wd_core.au3

When you start WebDriver, a command prompt window will appear, so you will need to edit the code a bit to hide this window.

Open wd_core.au3 and find the following code on line 1216:

$iPID = Run($sCommand, "", ($_WD_DEBUG >= $_WD_DEBUG_Info) ? @SW_SHOW : @SW_HIDE)

Change this code to the following and save it:

$iPID = Run($sCommand, "", @SW_HIDE)

Now when you start WebDriver, the command prompt window will not appear.

Now that we are ready to operate Microsoft Edge, next time I would like to introduce some sample code for operating Microsoft Edge with Autoit.

Sample code for operating Microsoft Edge with Autoit