open url in default browser and wait till page loaded - (Moved)

[Hayseed]

Open url in default browser and wait till page loaded. I have been to this site many times but yet to see this answered, so have joined to expand the question.

My default browser is MS Edge. Certainly not my favourite browser, but it is a club computer. The web page I am opening is Bridgewebs which blocks Internet explorer.

Using Autoit script I open the page and ping to confirm it has opened before proceeding with my script. This has proved unreliable with the script proceeding before the page is able to respond to the script.

ShellExecute("https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?pid=upload_menu&wd=1&club=motueka")

Func _local2()
    Local $PID = ping("https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?pid=upload_menu&wd=1&club=motueka")
    If $PID = 0 Then
        Do
            Sleep(10)
        Until ping("https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?pid=upload_menu&wd=1&club=motueka") <> 0
        ; If yes then end loop
    Else
    EndIf
 EndFunc
 

Any alternative wait scripts or should this method work?

Thanks

[argumentum]

16 minutes ago, Hayseed said:

should this method work?

Nope. None of that should work.
So you play cards ? What is your final goal to be achieved with code ? 

[Hayseed]

Thank you for your response. Bridgewebs allows independent posting of a session results which requires a login. I could simply put a long sleep in the script but this has caused dangerous uncontrollable variance of the script when the webpage has taken longer to open than expected. And with uploading results at the end of the night, one wants it done in minimal time.

[argumentum]

14 minutes ago, Hayseed said:

I could simply put a long sleep in the script but this has caused dangerous uncontrollable variance of the script when the webpage has taken longer to open than expected.

hmm, maybe Send a Ctrl+A ( to select all text ), then Ctrl+C ( to copy the selected text ) and if "allow for www.bridgewebs.com. If you do not" is in the text, it could be said that the page loaded. Otherwise you'd have to learn how to work with a webdriver.

[Hayseed]

Yes, I just looked at webdriver, new to me and not keen, at least this week. You have given me confirmation 'ping' is not working and another option to explore. Many thanks for that. I will post further as time allows.

[Melba23]

Moved to the appropriate forum.

Moderation Team