G-Man 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Is there a way to, for instance, use nav to go to a page, let the user post a comment and THEN have the script continue to the next page in a list? G-Man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alcr 135 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 You can make it paus when you come to that, let the user do the action, and then let the user push play to continue! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooltrainer 12 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 I've been handling this by using the "wait for" option to wait for text that I know will only be present on the page after the user enters whatever they're going to enter and hits submit. Then the bot just takes over and continues from there seamlessly. Jonathan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crazyflx 22 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I've been handling this by using the "wait for" option to wait for text that I know will only be present on the page after the user enters whatever they're going to enter and hits submit. Then the bot just takes over and continues from there seamlessly. Jonathan I feel like an idiot asking this, but where do you find the "wait for" command? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Nimocks 19 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I feel like an idiot asking this, but where do you find the "wait for" command? Might of meant the While command. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooltrainer 12 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Nope I mean "wait for". Just select a node, then right click the area of text you want to select from in the browser window and choose "wait for"... then specify the text you want to wait for. It's super duper pooper scooper useful. Jonathan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 2 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 As alcr said. You could use a if/then command. If ubot sees a comment form then pause the script. User can input the comment and then click play to continue to the next. I think that's the best way to do it. I don't really see how using the "wait for" command would be the thing to do here. But I could be missing something... Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooltrainer 12 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well for me, Wait For is perfect because I know there is uique text on the next page after the user clicks submit. So all they have to do is enter the data and click a button and the script just continues. But if the next page is dynamic and you don't know what will be on it, or identical to the current page in terms of content, then it wouldn't work. Jonathan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
turbolapp 5 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Jonathan, Would you mind doing a screencast of what you're talking about? I'd like to see this "wait for" in action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooltrainer 12 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Your wish is my command... http://screencast.com/t/MzE1NDQ2 Enjoy! Jonathan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
turbolapp 5 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thanks Jonathan, that was very helpful. You're right, it would only work when you have something constant on the next step but I can still think of a few things it would be useful for....Off to apply now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Nimocks 19 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Your wish is my command... http://screencast.com/t/MzE1NDQ2 Enjoy! Jonathan I feel stupid because I never even saw that command there and I needed one like that a few times. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hannahmcintyre 2 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thanks Jonathan, that was very helpful. You're right, it would only work when you have something constant on the next step but I can still think of a few things it would be useful for....Off to apply now Yeah, I've found that almost every single page has a constant you can use it for. I normally use "wait for" when I log in, and have it continue when it finds "sign out" or "log out" on the page. I use wait for instead of wait finish for pages that use a lot of flash/ajax/javascript, since they usually read as being finished when they aren't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
webautomationlab 21 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I use wait for instead of wait finish for pages that use a lot of flash/ajax/javascript, since they usually read as being finished when they aren't.What do you wait for in those instances? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Natureboy 3 Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 i just started incorporating the "wait for" command in my bots but what i've found is that sometimes it times out and stops the script...so lets say ur uploading a long video (which i was)...you can use "while"-->"wait for" (whatever text u know is on the next page)-->and a 3-5 second delay...that way the bot will keep waiting for the specific text and when the action finishes...the script will keep running. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hannahmcintyre 2 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 What do you wait for in those instances?Whatever the flash text changes to. There's always SOMETHING that changes on the page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crazyflx 22 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Your wish is my command... http://screencast.com/t/MzE1NDQ2 Enjoy! Jonathan Wow man, thanks! I've needed this about a zillion times, and I had no idea that was there. I feel stupid because I never even saw that command there and I needed one like that a few times. Thanks I'm with you Aaron, I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out how I missed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluegoat 24 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Wow man, thanks! I've needed this about a zillion times, and I had no idea that was there. I'm with you Aaron, I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out how I missed it.Man, I feel bad for you guys, I've been using this since day one, and use it in almost every bot I create. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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