Frank

Returns are very powerful when using it in the context of subs. Like you mentioned about using if statements, you can place returns within if's to check a multitude of possible outcomes to a subroutine. This is extremely powerful logic and when used right can do some power things. When used wrong can cause a catastrophic melt down of the earth's core plunging us into the next ice age. So, be careful, lol! Frank

Yes, since ubot has no way to explicitly declare a string or a number to a variable, if you have a very hard to detect 'space' before or after the number, it will be automatically considered a string variable. Frank

Hey Alex has 118. Time to start hitting the negative on him, lol!

Crap, got 8 points. Can I turn them in for prizes? Frank

Hey Alex, where do you find your rep rate? Frank

Time to start clickin that 'negative' button on you Buddy! Heh, heh! Frank

Ok, little too much time on my hands but needed to code something. Take a peek at this ubot program that I wrote. I'm sure you'll like it. By the way, licensing rights start at $1,000 per seat. OK? Cheers! Frank

Using both. Some projects on new and some on old. Eventually will convert all to new. Frank

A few things. Make sure that the values in the variables are EXACTLY 'True' or 'False'. You cannot thing boolean and try to eval a true with a True or a true with a 1. Doesn't work. Second, if you are using True, then check for spaces before or after. Again, 'True ' is not the same as 'True'. Frank

To make even more random, one could do a delay with a random delay between 2,000 and 10,000 seconds - hmmmm. I'm liken it! Frank

just trying the stir the pot (or should I say bot?)! But I think that it's a good idea. Especially when you combine automation outside of ubot. Frank

Another way to 'skin the cat'. Change the display to basic html. You can find the setting on the bottom of the gmail page. Things just work better with ubot in this mode.

Hey Alex, I didn't get that...Can you explain a bit better dude? Thanks! Frank

In the end, this is the best way to go. Even though the script is purchased, the buyer will normally change a few things around - thus making a generic script pretty much impossible. But what you can do is create your generic script in a subroutine, and use it as a template. Modify it on each form that fails and then create specific subs from the generic. Can save a boat load of time, for sure. Frank

Because of all the requests, maybe it's time to provide the feature in ubot instead of cobbling it on? Frank

If it's the same that I've seen with js dropdowns, one dropdown being slaved to another, then there will always be a little delay between then that cause havoc on a bot. What I've done in the past is create a set of commands with the bot while right on the page. First, I'll hover over the parent dropdown and select the entry that I want. Then I'll select the attribs and change it to what I've selected. Here's the secret - insert a 3-10sec delay (depending on the site) and then do the same to the second. I've found this to correct 95% of the issues. If you continue to have bot issues i

Variables baby, variables! Take your file, read it into a list. I'm going to assume the website,word,word,word format. Nav to the list, position 0. setup a temp variable called #Found and equal it to TRUE. Start the loop and check for each word by doing a simple search page with the word in the search. Be sure to wrap the search page in a NOT. (I think this is possible.) So, basically, if it doesn't find the term, then #Found will equal FALSE. The idea behind this is that you only need one missing term to throw a false as you need all of them to have a true. So instead of countin

Great solution to that exact problem Andy! Frank

You are starting to learn the tricks of the trade! Very good. Yes,yes and yes you can!! Frank

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I've seen this too. I'd recommend totally against trying to stop a script in a subroutine. Very bad programming. It's better to pass a pass/fail variable in the return statement and let the main program flow do the stop script. I've attached a program to demonstrate....(written in 3.3 btw) proper way to stop a script from a sub.ubot Frank.

For some reason, this doesn't seem to work well in 3.1. A fix is to copy the list item to a temporary variable and use the variable in the nav command. If you use 3.3 it does work though. Yay! Frank

Hey Andy, Very good suggestion. Looked at the package and it seems pretty inexpensive too! I'd only recommend learning how to generate a good database. If anyone is having issues in this area, I'd be glad to help. Frank

Hey Gogetta, dumb question, but are you setting the document folder variable earlier or is there a way to pull from system variables? Bloody brilliant thing to be sure! Was like another aha moment. I had forgotten that IE can open many file formats, like .txt, and excel files for example. Frank

Yep, that'll work too! You'll find, like everything else in life, the more you ubot, the better you'll get! Frank