Stopping loop if variable in current window Topic is solved

[doctorafterman]

I'm writing a loop right now that needs to stop if there's certain text in the current chrome window.
My current method of doing this is:

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Send ^a^c
If InStr( Clipboard, "stopping variable" )
Break

This selects all text on the screen, puts it in the clipboard and checks the clipboard. Any other ways to do this that are less prone to error?

[Sir Teddy the First]

You could try WinText, possibly with DetectHiddenText on, but as I am not using Chrome myself, I'm not entirely sure that this will work.

Despite that, you could increase your chance of success by adding a sleep command inbetween the send-command, maybe even a second loop that checks your clipboard, like this:

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Clipboard := ""

Loop,
{
	Send ^a
	Sleep 50
	Send ^c
	Sleep 100
}Until Clipboard

If InStr( Clipboard, "stopping variable" )
Break

This way you could be sure that the script actually copied something from the website.

[doctorafterman]

You could try WinText, possibly with DetectHiddenText on, but as I am not using Chrome myself, I'm not entirely sure that this will work.

Despite that, you could increase your chance of success by adding a sleep command inbetween the send-command, maybe even a second loop that checks your clipboard, like this:

Code: Select all

Clipboard := ""

Loop,
{
	Send ^a
	Sleep 50
	Send ^c
	Sleep 100
}Until Clipboard

If InStr( Clipboard, "stopping variable" )
Break

This way you could be sure that the script actually copied something from the website.

This is a great addition - honestly the select all method has been working so far and it's quick enough that I suppose I don't need to fix what ain't broke.