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I am automating a process that uses a LOOP.

The script runs through a few chores, entering info on a website and then tries to download information via a button that is available only if data is available; clicking on it brings up a dialog box. If a dialog box does NOT appear after a few seconds from the click, I want the script to increment the loop and begin at the top of the loop section (i.e. assume that now download is available).

For whatever reason, I simply cannot get this to work correctly...

Here is the section with the problem:



The window that I am testing for is simply a dialog box that pops up titled only "Windows Internet Explorer" with the words "are you sure you want to navigate away...". Is there an alternate test I can try? Am I using the LOOP's "continue" correctly (which seems counterintuitive, since it is more like a skip than a continue)?

If I omit the 3 second timed test and the error test, then the whole thing works fine, until, of course, the situations when the dialog box does not appear.

No it doesn't. It should be either



or

Does the ErrorLevel reset itself when the next Loop rolls around? That is to say, does it only persist until the next thing which may test it (like another WinWait)?

Okay... I just re-tested it...

The following DOES WORK while the dialog box comes up (i.e. once the box pops up, the space is sent and the loop continues on):


Simply using the ",3" on the WinWait breaks it. It just gets stuck waiting.... even when the dialog box appears. What gives?

ErrorLevel will "persist" until it is changed - either by another command that uses ErrorLevel, or by yourself.

Edit:
It's "WinWait [, WinTitle, WinText, Seconds, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText]". Please check the documentation.

Ah.. you know, I had that correct the first time, but I guess I must have had something else off. It is working now. Thank you for your quick assist.

So, does WinWait when the loop rolls through again reset the error test? If not, can I just set ErrorLevel := 0 or something?