Darren D
darren at activebilling.com.au
Sun Nov 4 22:06:57 CST 2007
Hi John There would be a few ways to do this - Maybe explore the Windows Scheduler Another way - A simple one - Would be to do this in access (so you can control everything) using a Microsoft Web Browser control on a form Drop a Microsoft Web Control onto a form and feed it the URL you desire - even the 'clicked' url at Speedtest.net can be fed to it EG assume you called the dropped control "BrowserControl" Pass it the parameter of the URL - Me.BrowserControl.Navigate "http:// Speedtest.net" Then you could have it sit in the systray or minimised then using timers or time compare etc get it to 'run' at any time you wish etc Useful for other things to - can be re-used Darren ----------------- T: 1300 301 731 -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, 5 November 2007 2:44 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [AccessD] Automate internet speed test I am having a big problem with my internet speed. I am paying for 5 mbit and getting 5 mbit, sometimes, and .5 mbit at others. I currently use speedtest.net for the simple reason that they keep a history of all of my tests, and I can download the results. I have done tests to all over the world just out of interest, mexico, ireland, london, isreal, india etc. It is fascinating to see how well I reach all of these places. Back to my problem. In order to troubleshoot this problem I need to do a test on a regular basis to try and establish the times of day that the problem occurs. I would like to automate hitting speedtest.net so I don't have to do so manually, but I do not know how to even begin doing such a thing. Is it possible to do what I want to do, to have a program that I write open a web site and "click on" a specific location on the screen, or by some other means to accomplish what I do with the mouse right now? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com