Powershell Internet Explorer Automation - powershell

Question

Trying to get powershell to start different websites at some time intervals.
Here is a script that works:
function IEWeb {
$ie = New-Object -Comobject 'InternetExplorer.Application'
$ie.visible=$true
Do
{
$ie.navigate('http://p-captas02.int.addom.dk/cap-tas-views/Queue.aspx')
start-sleep 15
$ie.navigate('https://oneview.int.addom.dk/dashboard?dashboard_id=1')
start-sleep 15
$ie.navigate('https://oneview.int.addom.dk/dashboard?time=0&scroll_value=15&dashboard_id=10')
start-sleep 15
}
While ($ie.name -contains 'Internet Explorer')
}#Function
The problem is that it does not work every time
Is there anyone who knows another way of doing it?
It is important that the websites are started in the same tab

Answer 1

I think it would be better to check if IE has not been closed by the user at some point before trying to navigate to the next url. Also, $ie.name is a String, so $ie.name -contains 'Internet Explorer' would be wrong.
Maybe this works better for you.
function IEWeb {
# create an array with the urls you want to revolve
$urls = 'http://p-captas02.int.addom.dk/cap-tas-views/Queue.aspx',
'https://oneview.int.addom.dk/dashboard?dashboard_id=1',
'https://oneview.int.addom.dk/dashboard?time=0&scroll_value=15&dashboard_id=10'
$ie = New-Object -Comobject 'InternetExplorer.Application'
$ie.visible=$true
$index = 0
while ($ie.HWND) { # for as long as the user does not close IE
$ie.navigate($urls[$index])
Start-Sleep 15
# increment the array counter, and revert to index 0 if $urls length is reached
$index = ($index + 1) % $urls.Count
}
try {
# close and release the Com object from memory
$ie.Quit()
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($ie) | Out-Null
[System.GC]::Collect()
[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers()
}
catch {}
}
IEWeb