02-26-2014, 10:18 AM
I'm surprised by how long I've been trying to automate something so simple. I want to automate saving web pages. file > save as > enter name > save.
I've been at this for over an hour now. Everything runs but firefox's ui is unreliable so the macro will break for no reason that I can see.
Here are the problems:
1. this save dialog SOMETIMES will save when I press enter, sometimes it will make the window inactive.
2. I CAN'T grab activate this window after initializing it - EVEN when it's on top (active). so I can't use accessible objects. I've never had this happen before.
3. I can't use a bunch of tabs to go to the save button..whether I use space bar to press save, or enter to save...it'll work a few times..but it's the same as problem 1...sometimes, for no reason, it won't reach the save button.
I'm using "spe 300" so it should be slow enough.
is there anything I can do to avoid dealing with firefox's unreliable save dialog box?
Thanks
I've been at this for over an hour now. Everything runs but firefox's ui is unreliable so the macro will break for no reason that I can see.
Here are the problems:
1. this save dialog SOMETIMES will save when I press enter, sometimes it will make the window inactive.
2. I CAN'T grab activate this window after initializing it - EVEN when it's on top (active). so I can't use accessible objects. I've never had this happen before.
3. I can't use a bunch of tabs to go to the save button..whether I use space bar to press save, or enter to save...it'll work a few times..but it's the same as problem 1...sometimes, for no reason, it won't reach the save button.
I'm using "spe 300" so it should be slow enough.
is there anything I can do to avoid dealing with firefox's unreliable save dialog box?
Thanks