newbie question on AdlibEnable and _IEAction

[roadrush]

Hello, I am working on my first autoit script and got stuck with the following problem:

I need to save an image from a web page (I've tried INetGet according to the tutorial

but it doesn't work, probably because the image is dynamically generated, i.e., the

url for the image invokes a server script), I ended up using _IEAction("saveas"),

which requires manually typing in the file name in the "Save Picture" pop-up window.

I searched on the forum and discovered that AdlibEnable seems to be the solution

for my problem, so here is what I coded:

=============================

...

_IENavigate( $o_IE, $s_img_url )

AdlibEnable( "save_image", 1000 )

_IEAction( $o_IE, "saveas" )

Func save_image()

if WinActive( "Save Picture" ) Then

Send( $s_file_name & @CRLF )

Endif

EndFunc

...

=============================

However the code is not working and I don't know why. When I ran the script,

I would get the "Save Picture" window but the script wouldn't automatically fill

in the file name. It seems like the AdlibEnable function is disabled during the

_IEAction( "saveas" ) call ( if I added a "MsgBox" statement into save_image()

I can only see the message box after I manually handled the "Save Picture"

window) ...

Any insights or suggestions? Many thanks in advance.

[narayanjr]

Send($s_file_name)

Sleep(150)

Send("{ENTER}")

you shouldnt need the @CRLF, and make sure you have the title right and you may want to look into ControlSend()

[roadrush]

Thanks narayanjr, I followed your suggestion but it still didn't work, is there any way I can verify

that the save_image() is indeed invoked while _IEAction("saveas") is pending?

Send($s_file_name)

Sleep(150)

Send("{ENTER}")

you shouldnt need the @CRLF, and make sure you have the title right and you may want to look into ControlSend()

[DaleHohm]

The script pauses waiting for manual interaction with the dialog box after doing the SaveAs. You'll need to take a look at the second example for _IEAction in the latest AutoIt version helpfile for a workaround that activates the saveas with simulated keyboard input.

Dale

[roadrush]

Hi Dale, I did read the 2nd example for _IEAction. If I understand your reply correctly,

I should avoid using "saveas" in this case, however, I have two questions:

1) why didn't AdlibEnable work? I thought it could be used to simulate multi-threading;

2) the only way I can think of to active "saveas" using simulated keyboard input is to

move the cursor over the image, then do "right_click, down, down, down, down, down,

down, ENTER", is that the way to do it? If so, could you show me how to move the

cursor over the image?

Thanks a lot.

The script pauses waiting for manual interaction with the dialog box after doing the SaveAs. You'll need to take a look at the second example for _IEAction in the latest AutoIt version helpfile for a workaround that activates the saveas with simulated keyboard input.

Dale

[roadrush]

I tried the approach suggested by Dale and it worked! Thank you so much for all your

help.

Although I am still wondering why AdlibEnable didn't work ...

Hi Dale, I did read the 2nd example for _IEAction. If I understand your reply correctly,

I should avoid using "saveas" in this case, however, I have two questions:

1) why didn't AdlibEnable work? I thought it could be used to simulate multi-threading;

2) the only way I can think of to active "saveas" using simulated keyboard input is to

move the cursor over the image, then do "right_click, down, down, down, down, down,

down, ENTER", is that the way to do it? If so, could you show me how to move the

cursor over the image?

Thanks a lot.

[DaleHohm]

AdLib Multi-threading? No. More like time slicing. There is only one thread, so if it stalls everything stops and there is no time to slice.

Dale

[roadrush]

hmmm, I think I misunderstood the way how Adlib works. So AutoIt only checks to see

whether an Adlib function should be invoked between statements (and during Sleep() I guess)?

Thanks.

AdLib Multi-threading? No. More like time slicing. There is only one thread, so if it stalls everything stops and there is no time to slice.

Dale

[DaleHohm]

hmmm, I think I misunderstood the way how Adlib works. So AutoIt only checks to see

whether an Adlib function should be invoked between statements (and during Sleep() I guess)?

Thanks.

Essentially, yes.

Dale