For slow websites, IE may set the window title long before the webpage is completely loaded. As a result, the "Wait for window" command may not wait long enough.

The script queries the document.readyState of IE to determine when it has completely loaded the webpage.







Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AM5TASK> <AMTASKHEAD> <TASKINFO TASKVERSION="6050"> <\AMTASKHEAD> <STEPS> <!--- Variable is populated in the next step when we open IE ---> <AMVARIABLE NAME="InternetExplorerHwnd" DESCRIPTION="Contains the window handle of Internet Explorer"></AMVARIABLE> <!--- Open www.sourceforge.net. This page usually takes a few seconds to fully load. ---> <AMOPENWEBPAGE URL="http://www.sourceforge.net" WINDOWHANDLEVARIABLE="InternetExplorerHwnd"> <!--- Wait for IE to completely load the webpage ---> <AMSCRIPT>Sub Main ' -------------------------------------------------- ' WaitForPageLoad.bas ' ' Waits for a webpage to completely load into IE. ' This script requires a global variable named ' InternetExplorerHWnd with the window handle ' of IE. ' ' 2005-11-20 Brian Low ' -------------------------------------------------- Const timeout = 30 Set oShell = CreateObject(&quot;shell.application&quot;) For Each oWindow In oShell.Windows If oWindow.HWND = InternetExplorerHwnd Then endTime = DateAdd(&quot;s&quot;, timeout, Now) Do While (Now &lt; endTime) And (LCase(oWindow.document.readyState) &lt;&gt; &quot;complete&quot;) Wait 1 Loop End If Next End Sub </AMSCRIPT> <!--- Click the "About" link on the main page ---> <AMMOUSEMOVEOBJECT WINDOWTITLE="SourceForge.net: Welcome to SourceForge.net - Microsoft Internet Explorer" OBJECTNAME="About" OBJECTCLASS="Internet Explorer_Server" OBJECTTYPE="SelectableText" CHECKOBJECTNAME="YES" CHECKOBJECTCLASS="YES" CHECKOBJECTTYPE="YES"> <AMMOUSECLICK> <\STEPS> </AM5TASK>