Re: Detecting when URL has been loaded in Safari???

------------------------ check_Safari_page_loaded handler ------------------------

on check_Safari_page_loaded(wait_secs)

set loaded to false

set cnt to 0

repeat until loaded

set cnt to cnt + 1

delay 0.5

tell application "System Events" to ¬

tell process "Safari"

set x to (value of static text 1 of window 1 as text)

set y to ""

if exists group 1 of window 1 then

if exists (static text 1 of group 1 of window 1) then set y to (value of static text 1 of group 1 of window 1 as text)

end if

if y = "" then

set w_Name to x

else

set w_Name to y

end if

set loading to false

if (w_Name begins with "Contacting") then set loading to true

if (w_Name begins with "Loading") then set loading to true

if (w_Name begins with "Untitled") then set loading to true

if loading and not (cnt > (wait_secs * 2)) then

set loaded to false

else

set loaded to true

exit repeat

end if

end tell -- process Safari

end repeat

if cnt > wait_secs * 2 then set loaded to false

return loaded

end check_Safari_page_loaded

------------------------ check_Safari_page_loaded handler ------------------------

"static text 1 of window 1" is the text shown at the bottom of the Safari window if you do a

"View>Show Status Bar" command.

• for a brand-new window that hasn't loaded a single item, this text has the value "Untitled"

• if the server is being contacted, the text begins with "Contacting"

• if an item is being sent (i.e. a jpeg or some text), the text begins wit "Loading"

if more than one window is open, then the status bar text could be in

"static text 1 of group 1 of window 1", thus the second variable and the switch.

(I discovered this when the handler failed and I started digging for the reason).

I do several scripts where I need to load a page where I want to print the contents

to a PDF. These pages sometimes take a fair amount of time to load. I had to have

a reliable way to ensure that they were completely loaded before I tried to print.

This handler works 95-98% of the time.

The wait_secs parameter is the time, in seconds, to wait for the page to load. If the

page hasn't loaded when the wait time has passed, the handler returns with a value

of false. If the page is loaded, it returns with a value of true.

Hope this helps. Sorry I didn't see this at the time you were asking your question.

Jim Brandt