Beep when text is found

[Demonscythe]

Hi there, I'm pretty new to programming. I did write some code a few years ago so it should be easy to pick up but I do need some guidelines. I need a simple script that will:

1. Click a button on the screen when it appears every 2 minutes

2. After clicking the button it must search for a few words anywhere in a window (Chrome or Firefox) and make an audible beep if any of the words are found.

3. Repeat as soon as the button appears again (after around 2 minutes).

Can someone point me to a thread where something like this was discussed. I tried searching but my script requirements are too general/simple so I get a whole bunch of complicated scripts that don't apply.

[Mat]

WinWait
ControlClick
WinGetText
Beep

I'm hoping the forum generates links for them, but look in the helpfile for examples. (Edit: Yep. Links working)

Chrome or Firefox could cause problems with the WinGetText not reading properly, I haven't tested it though. If not then the only solutions are Send Ctrl+A Ctrl+C and read the clipboard... Or OCR.

Edited September 20, 2011 by Mat

[somdcomputerguy]

_INetGetSource
StringInStr

I use these two functions to check if certain text exists or not on a webpage. This is browser independent too.

[Demonscythe]

Ok, I've been reading the help and the forums. This is my first time using autoit so I have no clue. Came up with the script below. Just trying to see if I can find the text first. Doesn't seem to be working though. Not sure why

$oIE = WinActivate ( "marketplace" )

;search the page

#include <IE.au3>

$sText = _IEBodyReadText ($oIE)

$aText = StringSplit($sText,@CRLF)

; Locate any text with Scythe

If StringInStr($aText,"Scythe") Then

msgbox(0,"",$aText)

EndIf

Edited September 20, 2011 by Demonscythe

[Demonscythe]

For some reason I can't read the text or source of the webpage. Used IE. So I've decided to go the send Ctrl+A Ctrl+C route. All I need to do is then find the text from the clipboard? Or do I have to paste it into notepad and then search? Just trying to find the simplest way to search for a few words on a webpage. (Adding the clicking and wait intervals seems easy enough) Are there any examples of using Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C and searchng text?

Edited September 21, 2011 by Demonscythe

[JohnOne]

If you want to use that method, then after the text is selected and ctrl c applied, you can use ClipGet() to get the (string) contents into a variable, then as suggested above "StringInStr" for the test.

But I can tell you that you are using winactivate incorrectly in your script above. It returns the handle of a window, not an IE object. For that you need to look at _IECreate(), or _IEAttatch() before you can use $oIE like you are attempting above.

Edited September 21, 2011 by JohnOne

[Demonscythe]

Thanks for the help. Will try this out when I get home. Still need to sort out the button clicking. Any problems with the below?

WinActivate("marketplace")

send("^a")

send("^c")

$Text = ClipGet()

; Locate any text with Scythe

If StringInStr($Text,"Scythe") Then

msgbox(0,"","Yes!")

EndIf

[Demonscythe]

Another quick question. How can I search for multiple words and return if one or more of them exists? Would the below work?

WinActivate("marketplace")

send("^a")

send("^c")

$Text = ClipGet()

; Locate any text with Scythe or Axe

If StringInStr($Text,"Scythe"|"Axe") Then

msgbox(0,"","Yes!")

EndIf

[JohnOne]

I would add a short sleep between your functions to give them tine to actually occur.

"Would the below work?"

"If StringInStr($Text,"Scythe"|"Axe") Then"

No.

Search twice

"If StringInStr($Text,"Scythe") And StringInStr($Text,"Axe") Then

Or try dive into the murky world of StringRegExp()

Edited September 21, 2011 by JohnOne

[Demonscythe]

I managed to make it work! Search for button, click button, search for words in clipboard and then beep if found. Great feeling when it works for the first time

Just one more question about randomizing the sleep time between loops. I want to sleep a random time between 3 and 6 seconds before repeating the loop. Don't want to wait integer times. I know the "1" below denotes integers. If I leave it out then the time wil be randomized in milliseconds?

Sleep(Random(3000, 6000, 1))