hallaplay835 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Hello I am new to AutoIt scrpiting, I just know the basics. I am aware that the ShellExecute() function will open up the default web browser and load the page specified inside the function. However, I am concerned about how much time the web page takes to load. Let me explain myself. Due to slow internet connections or old hardware, in some computers the page will take more time to load. I have opened this topic to discuss ways to ensure that the script will not continue executing until a web page has been fully loaded, and when I mean fully I mean FULLY (i.e. javascript codes, flash files, mash-ups, etc... - all of the web page's content). I suppose one way to achieve this could be by using the WinWaitActive() function, but according to the documentation, this will pause the execution of the script until a window pops up with a specified title. However, when web pages are rendered by browsers they begin by displaying the page title in the title bar and only then they start loading the contents of the page (i.e. the <body></body> tag). The script would resume but the web page is still not fully loaded. Another way to achieve this could be by using the StatusBarGetText() function, which retrieves the text from a standard status bar control. Using a While / Wend loop I suppose you could pause the script until the status bar matches the word "Ready". However, this would not work in all browsers as not all of them have a status bar (e.g. Google Chrome), and the text tisplayed in the status bar is different depending on the language or on the web browser version. Maybe there is a function or a combination of UDFs put together that could solve this problem, but I have scanned the documentation and I can not come up with a solution. Please comment on how could you ensure that a page has been fully loaded before resuming the execution of the script. Thanks in advance. _____________________________________________________[size="2"][font="Arial"]"Pain is temporary, glory is forever."[/font][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMitchell Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) If you're using IE, _IELoadWait() and some of the other IE functions have the wait built-in, that should do it for you. If you're using whatever the user's default browser is, then I guess it's a little more complicated lol. Check IE.udf Add: and Welcome! Edited March 23, 2011 by MrMitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallaplay835 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 If you're using IE, _IELoadWait() and some of the other IE functions have the wait built-in, that should do it for you. If you're using whatever the user's default browser is, then I guess it's a little more complicated lol. Check IE.udfAdd: and Welcome! Thanks for your help MrMitchell, I did not know about this function. Nonetheless, I am looking for something that will work in all web browsers, not only IE. _____________________________________________________[size="2"][font="Arial"]"Pain is temporary, glory is forever."[/font][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMitchell Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Well then I suppose you'd want to take on each browser one at a time and figure out which browser the client has at the beginning of the script. There are UDFs for IE and FireFox that I know of in these forums, not sure about other browsers though... May I ask if you're going to interact with the browser window at all after loading it? And if so, what would you need to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallaplay835 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) Well then I suppose you'd want to take on each browser one at a time and figure out which browser the client has at the beginning of the script. There are UDFs for IE and FireFox that I know of in these forums, not sure about other browsers though...May I ask if you're going to interact with the browser window at all after loading it? And if so, what would you need to do with it?Thanks for this information. Could you provide me with some links to these UDFs you are talking about? I am pretty new to the forum, and I do not know how to get around very much.Once the page is fully loaded, I want to retrieve information (mainly numbers) displayed on the page (I assume the only way to find out what is on a page is by examining the source HTML markup - correct me if I am wrong - ), and to interact with it (I have no problem with this as in all major browswers by pressing TAB you can skip over all of the controls and hyperlinks on a web page).If you know other methods of retrieving information displayed on a web page or interacting with it please tell me, you are being of great help. Thanks again. Edited March 23, 2011 by hallaplay835 _____________________________________________________[size="2"][font="Arial"]"Pain is temporary, glory is forever."[/font][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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