Web Page Load Completion

[modeler2us]

Ok folks, have been using for around a week, and have greatly appreciated all the posts I've read.

Please be easy on me

I have this web page that is using dropdown boxes, and the only way I can access the correct selection is with Mozilla to find some text after, back-tab to the dropdown and then type out the text, etc...

Because of the above, I've got to use Mozilla as I could not find a way around the issue with IE(which is supposed to be the browser I use for this, however I use Mozilla as my primary browser, and the swithing to Mozilla is not an issue)...

In regard to Mozilla - and hence my "major" problem:

No matter what I try, the icon/pixel work-around, the search for text/copy/see if you found it on the page, etc., to find out if a page is done loading prior to my sending input - Nothing works.

This is a frames based page with a java applet in the first frame, form in the second and text in the third.

No matter what text I try to search for, and copy to test if matched, Mozilla finds it, but a !c (copy) does not work. I know the syntax for the send command is working as I've got it to work on several other web pages - yahoo to name one, but with this frames page, I can't seem to copy the found text - if in fact that is the only way to determine if a web page has fully loaded in Mozilla.

Any comments, suggestions, input greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

[SweatyOgre]

Does the cursor change while page is loading, then change back when completed? If so:

$x = MouseGetCursor()

    Do
         $x = MouseGetCursor()
         Sleep(500)
    Until $x = 2

[modeler2us]

SweatyOgre,

Thanks for the feedback.

I just tried to look at the cursor changing, and it does in fact change to the hourglass but only depending on which frame it is hovering over...

I wish there were a way to access the statusbar text of Done in Mozilla...

I'll try your cursor suggestion above and see if I can move it to the specific frame location that I'm waiting to load, however I have a funtion that I was planning on calling, and because follow on pages have different frames in different positions, uhggg

Thanks Again - I'll try it out and let you know...

[napgravy]

SweatyOgre,

Thanks for the feedback.

I just tried to look at the cursor changing, and it does in fact change to the hourglass but only depending on which frame it is hovering over...

I wish there were a way to access the statusbar text of Done in Mozilla...

I'll try your cursor suggestion above and see if I can move it to the specific frame location that I'm waiting to load, however I have a funtion that I was planning on calling, and because follow on pages have different frames in different positions, uhggg

Thanks Again - I'll try it out and let you know...

I recently used AutoIt to automate some surfing using Mozilla-firefox.

When a page is loading, there is a small blue progress bar in the lower-right on the status line. Just to the left of the blue bar is a separator column that is only visible when the progress bar is progressing. I ended up using PixelGetColor to test if that seperator was present to determine if Firefox was busy doing something.

I used a fragment like this:

AutoItSetOption("PixelCoordMode",0)

; Pause while Firefox is busy
$Val = PixelGetColor(657,721)
While $Val <> 13160660
  Sleep(100)
  $Val = PixelGetColor(657,721)
WEnd

; Firefox is done loading - do other stuff here

I used the relative coordinates of 657,721 for my colour test. It is probably different in Mozilla proper vs. Firefox.

Hope this helps!

John

[WLGades]

Sorry to not answer your question, but you mentioned IE. I searched for information on how to do this in IE, but I couldn't find anything.

The problem is that for pages with frames, it'll say "Done" even if the page isn't finished loading. Is there anyway to get around that, or do you just have to Sleep()?

[modeler2us]

napgravy,

Thanks for your input. Have gotten to work with Mozilla 1.4 Mozilla/5.0 on w2k, however both window size and resolution are impact successful loading of the web page. Great workaround however!

In regard to Firefox, would think the same would apply as with Mozilla. Also check out the updates to Firefox, and while I will get it and most likely use it, I need to wait a bit until some of the glitches are worked out..

Thank You Again however.

[modeler2us]

WLGades,

Thanks for your comment, so far the only way I've been able to get either IE or Moziilla to allow me to "prove-true" that a page has loaded entirely, is with the suggestion by napgravy above - however unless I start to look at resolution of the pc running this, browser window size and full screen vs. normal, etc., I'm still stuck...

Due to network response times, CPU usage, etc., I have gotten sleep to work, but it never can prove that a web page was fully loaded - with all frames.

Pending time, I might try to see how Opera controls mouse images and see if in fact that can handle...

Again - thank you for your comments.

[pekster]

Instead of using static relative coordinates for your detection of that color to the left of the status bar, how about using coordinates relative to the size of the window? The bar is always at the bottom X pixels of the browser, so as long as the browser stays consistant you could check the pixel at coordinates (<WINDOW_HEIGHT> minus <SOME_NUMBER>, <X_VALUE>) . This would give the same relative position on the browser's status bar regardless of how large the window is.

[tutor2000]

Sorry to not answer your question, but you mentioned IE.  I searched for information on how to do this in IE, but I couldn't find anything. 

The problem is that for pages with frames, it'll say "Done" even if the page isn't finished loading.  Is there anyway to get around that, or do you just have to Sleep()?

One trick I do is to send

^a

sleep(1000)

^c

until certain text appears in the clipboard

Sloppy but effective

Rick

[WLGades]

tutor2000: Problem is, that also only works if the page has finished loading in all its frames, and you're in the correct frame.

[tutor2000]

tutor2000: Problem is, that also only works if the page has finished loading in all its frames, and you're in the correct frame.

That will work you just have to send a tab as well. Just keep sending a tab everytime you send your ^a sleep ^c

I use this method myself in my submitbyrick submission thingie

Rick

[WLGades]

Oh, like in the other thread, where I do a search by link. They both do the same thing, I suppose--one relies on a certain link to appear, and one relies on a certain block of text.

[hama]

If you use autoItX with wsh together with IE, you can check the readystate property of the IE ActiveX Object.

-------- with Jscript ------------

var ie = new ActiveXObject("internetexplorer.application");

ie.visible =false;

ie.navigate ("http://www.yahoo.com/);

while ( ie.readystate != 4 ){

WScript.sleep (10);

}

--------

[tutor2000]

If you use autoItX with wsh together with IE, you can check the readystate property of the IE ActiveX Object.

-------- with Jscript ------------

  var ie = new ActiveXObject("internetexplorer.application");

  ie.visible =false;

  ie.navigate ("http://www.yahoo.com/);

  while ( ie.readystate != 4 ){

      WScript.sleep (10);

  }

--------

Now I still byte at vbs and more so with jscript

So do you need a wend or will that scrip do it?

Rick

[WLGades]

I'm assuming JSCript works like most programming languages, in that all you need is a set of curly braces {} to mark the body of the while loop.

[tutor2000]

I'm assuming JSCript works like most programming languages, in that all you need is a set of curly braces {} to mark the body of the while loop.

But there's a while statement in there don't you need a while end or something to close the loop?

Rick

[Valik]

But there's a while statement in there don't you need a while end or something to close the loop?

Rick

The scope of the loop officially beings at the first opening bracket { found after the body of the while condition. The end of the scope is found at the matching closing bracket }. The syntax of Java/Javascript uses brackets to denote scope's, not keywords such as Wend of EndIf.

[tutor2000]

The scope of the loop officially beings at the first opening bracket { found after the body of the while condition.  The end of the scope is found at the matching closing bracket }.  The syntax of Java/Javascript uses brackets to denote scope's, not keywords such as Wend of EndIf.

Thanks

That'll take some getting used to. I know for next for example is used in vbscript which follows the open close loop idea as autoit does.

Rick

[modeler2us]

All - I'd like to just say thank you for all of your responses and posts. Talk about advancing a learning curve

Again - Thank You

PS I've replied to most posts in the thread below, but to save time, simply did a cut and paste.

pekster

Posted: Jul 3 2004, 01:58 AM

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Instead of using static relative coordinates for your detection of that color to the left of the status bar, how about using coordinates relative to the size of the window? The bar is always at the bottom X pixels of the browser, so as long as the browser stays consistant you could check the pixel at coordinates (<WINDOW_HEIGHT> minus <SOME_NUMBER>, <X_VALUE>) . This would give the same relative position on the browser's status bar regardless of how large the window is.

Pekster,

Thank you - was currently working on that, but I've not yet looked at monitor/board color settings to see if the color I'm using will be found...

tutor2000

Posted: Jul 3 2004, 11:21 AM

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QUOTE (WLGades @ Jul 2 2004, 01:54 PM)

Sorry to not answer your question, but you mentioned IE. I searched for information on how to do this in IE, but I couldn't find anything.

The problem is that for pages with frames, it'll say "Done" even if the page isn't finished loading. Is there anyway to get around that, or do you just have to Sleep()?

One trick I do is to send

^a

sleep(1000)

^c

until certain text appears in the clipboard

Sloppy but effective

Rick

Rick, thanks for your comment, wish it were that simple, out of the same three pages on a frame, one may be a java applet, and do (who only knows) with the focus of the frames, and the time it takes to load...

Had tried that same thing and it does work great with non-frames/non-java based pages as far as I've been able to test.

Thanks!

WLGades

Posted: Jul 4 2004, 04:34 AM

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tutor2000: Problem is, that also only works if the page has finished loading in all its frames, and you're in the correct frame.

WLGades - wish I could have kept it that simple

Thanks!

hama

Posted: Jul 5 2004, 03:36 AM

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If you use autoItX with wsh together with IE, you can check the readystate property of the IE ActiveX Object.

-------- with Jscript ------------

var ie = new ActiveXObject("internetexplorer.application");

ie.visible =false;

ie.navigate ("http://www.yahoo.com/);

while ( ie.readystate != 4 ){

WScript.sleep (10);

}

hama,

Thanks - had looked at, and may end up going that route, however not having to assure wsh, etc., is installed would be nice.

Thanks!

Valik

Posted: Jul 5 2004, 03:00 PM

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QUOTE (tutor2000 @ Jul 5 2004, 06:15 PM)

But there's a while statement in there don't you need a while end or something to close the loop?

Rick

The scope of the loop officially beings at the first opening bracket { found after the body of the while condition. The end of the scope is found at the matching closing bracket }. The syntax of Java/Javascript uses brackets to denote scope's, not keywords such as Wend of EndIf.

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Valik - thanks for your comments!

[tutor2000]

If you use autoItX with wsh together with IE, you can check the readystate property of the IE ActiveX Object.

-------- with Jscript ------------

  var ie = new ActiveXObject("internetexplorer.application");

  ie.visible =false;

  ie.navigate ("http://www.yahoo.com/);

  while ( ie.readystate != 4 ){

      WScript.sleep (10);

  }

--------

Got undterminated string constant char 38

<script LANGUAGE="JScript">

var ie = new ActiveXObject("internetexplorer.application");

ie.visible =false;

ie.navigate ("http://www.yahoo.com/);

while ( ie.readystate != 4 ){

WScript.sleep (10);

}

</script>

The line would be useless unless you wanted the whole script