Excessive processor usage, maybe someone can tell me why?

[azcn2503]

I'm running the following script to assist with a Selenium QA project:

While true
    WinWait("Authentication Required")
    If WinExists("Authentication Required") Then
        WinActivate("Authentication Required")
        If WinActive("Authentication Required") Then
            Send("username{TAB}")
            Send("password{Enter}")
        EndIf
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000)
WEnd

Can anybody see why this eventually crashes? It slowly creeps up on CPU usage until it maxes out one core and becomes unresponsive.

[water]

I don't think this piece of code can max out the CPU. There is always a Sleep of 1 second.

Add

AutoItSetOption("TrayIconDebug", 1)

"If enabled shows the current script line in the tray icon tip to help debugging."

[orbs]

i launched your script. i opened a notepad text and saved it by the name "Authentication Required.txt", so it is detected by your script, which then just writes "username" and "password" to the notepad every 1 second. all as expected.

it's been running for 10 minutes now, no impact over CPU.

i imagine the blame must be on the form you send your keys to.

Edited July 2, 2013 by orbs

[azcn2503]

Thanks for the responses. Perhaps it is an issue with Firefox. I'll try the debug option and report back if I have some better info.

It could be my machine too, it's getting a little old now

[water]

But the task manager should clearly show which process eats up all the CPU.