Jim Dettman
jimdettman at verizon.net
Mon Nov 5 06:39:08 CST 2007
John, Know you already have your answer, but I would also suggest a look at DSL Reports (www.dslreports.com). It has a tools section with a lot of different tools (including Smokeping, which is what you were basically looking for) for testing and troubleshooting Internet connections, plus a bunch of FAQ's on what to do about results. Just about all of it is free. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:23 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automate internet speed test I got it! Boy was THAT easy. It took about 1 hour from download to finished script. It's crude but it works. The finished script looks like: Run("C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe") WinWaitActive("Mozilla Firefox Start Page - Mozilla Firefox") MouseClick("left",692,95) sleep(10000) ;mouseclick("left",356,136) ;V=136+251=387 ;H=356+263=619 mouseclick("left",619,397) Basically the Window Info tool tells you the H/V offsets of the window, which you add on to the position within the window. Thanks a million for pointing out this tool, it works a treat as our brethren across the pond would say. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:08 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automate internet speed test This is way cool. However I am running into an issue setting the focus to the active window (the flash control). The window info tool tells me it is "MozillaWindowClass8" but I am trying things like Run("C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe") ;mousemove(692,90) WinWaitActive("Mozilla Firefox Start Page - Mozilla Firefox") MouseClick("left",692,95) sleep(5000) WinActivate("MozillaWindowClass8") WinWaitActive("MozillaWindowClass8") mouseclick("left",356,136) and it gets all the way to opening the window and waiting for the flash to stabilize but it does not activate that MozillaWindowClass8. IOW the final mouse click moves relative to the firefox bookmark bar at the top of firefox, not relative to the boundaries of the flash control. I don't know how to get an absolute position on the screen, the mouse position in the window info tool keeps resetting as it moves into and out of sub windows inside of firefox. I continue to play but not sure if I will figure this one out. this widget is really cool though. It would be even cooler if it would "record macros" like Excel for instance. I find no way to do that. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:28 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automate internet speed test On 4 Nov 2007 at 22:43, jwcolby wrote: > > 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? > AutoIt was original written to do just this sort of thing. http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ <quote> AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required! AutoIt was initially designed for PC "roll out" situations to reliably automate and configure thousands of PCs. Over time it has become a powerful language that supports complex expressions, user functions, loops and everything else that veteran scripters would expect </quote> -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com