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Re: How do I pause a script to allow a webpage to load and then resume the script?
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Re: How do I pause a script to allow a webpage to load and then resume the script?

  • Subject: Re: How do I pause a script to allow a webpage to load and then resume the script?
  • From: DeNigris Sean <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:00 -0500
tell application "Safari" to set docLoadingState to do _javascript_ "document.readyState" in document 1

The above will work... sometimes

I prefer either of the following techniques (add a timeout check to avoid an infinite loop)

#1: wait until whatever you need to interact with exists
Example:
tell application "Safari"
make new document with properties {URL:"http://www.google.com/"}
end tell

activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
      - wait for element to exist
repeat until (text field "Google Search" of group 5 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 3 of window "Google" exists)
end repeat


- perform action
set value of text field "Google Search" of group 5 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 3 of window "Google" to "ford"
end tell
end tell

#2 just keep trying to do what it is I want to do after the page loads until it's successful (actions with side effects may be an issue e.g. submitting a transaction multiple times)
Example:
tell application "Safari"
make new document with properties {URL:"http://www.google.com/"}
end tell


-- keep trying to perform the action until it works
repeat
try
activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"


set value of text field "Google Search" of group 5 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 3 of window "Google" to "ford"
click button "Google Search" of group 5 of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 3 of window "Google"
end tell
end tell


-- continue with next step if it worked (in this case, meaning we didn't get an error)
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
end repeat

Good luck!

Sean DeNigris
email@hidden


 

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