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djodjolyon · Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 21

Hello,
I want to improve my script.
The one I made just open tabs in a new window. But I hd to put many times the entry "sleep" with a long time because it's not working If I put only 50 for exemple.

So, is there an other way without putting a time after sleep just wait that the action before is done?

Here is the script I made.

Red Hat Boy · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 112

Sorry, can't help you there. You pretty much gotta get the timing down for yourself. If it clicks too early...
success := no
Now, if there were a way to read the actions of the program, to see if it's ready to continue, that would be a good way to make your script more efficient. But aside from WinWait (to wait for a window to open) and the like, I know of none.
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IsNull · Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 112 Location: .switzerland

"WinWaitActive" will help you. Search the Help. Go for it! Smile

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djodjolyon · Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 21

Thanks for trying to help me.

In fact, winwaitactive doesn't work because when I open a new tab, it open the same folder. So, the windows is allready active.

And for the other stuffs like Send..., Mouse click..., etc there is nothing to do?

Thrillski · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 65 Location: South Florida

Good morning!

I've had similar problems as well where winwaitactive won't work. What I have done is figure out what the time is, and then over-compensate. So if your average is about a half-second, make sleep, 999. You'd rather have that extra half-second wait than a crashed script.

It's not elegant, I know. You can try pixel hunting tricks if you want to the hassle but a long delay is better than no script. Remember, these scripts are supposed to work first, and then we work for elegance.

Have a nice day!
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