?If window exists ... wait UP TO n seconds

[philkryder]

I've copied some text below from a simple ATMN, where I was using the
IF WINDOW EXISTS .... (WAIT UP to...nn seconds...).

It seems like AA is waiting about 5 times as long as I asked.

For example when I asked for a 15 second delay,
AA waited more than a minute.

when I asked for a 5 second delay, I got 28 seconds.

is there an way to get the wait to really be UP TO what we ask for?

or, is there some thing else I should do.
Phil
You should be able to recreate this with any window that does NOT EXIST.


1 Comment: ================
2 Comment: ================
3 Comment: ================
4 Start Loop "$DelayLoop$" Times
5 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
6 End Loop
7 Comment: ================
8 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
9 Variable Operation : $Minute$_$Second$ To $NowSave1$
10 If Window Exists ("*Activity Log Search*") Then (Wait up to 5 seconds - for Window to exist)
11 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
12 Click On Link : "Add" in Window : "CCSAS*"
13 Else
14 Comment: Please enter the conditional commands here.
15 Variable Operation : $Minute$_$Second$ To $NowSave2$
16 Message Box: "NowSave1 >$NowSave1$< NowSave2 >$NowSave2$< I'm sorry, but, The Activity Log Search page did not appear as expected. Please go back to the Overview page and run the macro again. If the problem persists, notify Phil at x2362. "
17 Variable Operation : "" To $Clipboard$
18 Log to File: **no ACTIVITY LOG SEARCH** $NoteText$ in "$LogFileName$"
19 Log to File: **END** in "$LogFileName$"
20 Stop The Current Task
21 End If
22 Comment: ================
23 Comment: ================
24 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
25 If Window Does Not Exist ("CCSAS C S E") Then (Wait up to 30 seconds - for Window not to exist)
26 Comment: This is a SAFETY wait in case a "please wait window is put up"
27 End If
28 Comment: ================
29 Comment: ================
30 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
31 If Window Exists ("windows internet explore*") Then
32 Keystrokes: [ENTER] in "windows internet explore*"
33 End If
34 Comment: ================
35 Start Loop "$DelayLoop$" Times
36 Delay: ($delayMilliSec$ ms)
37 End Loop
38 Comment: ================

[trentonponder]

I'm not sure why it's not working for you, but you can try another method:

Start Loop 30 Times
If Window Exists ("CCSAS C S E") Then
Delay (1000ms)
Else
Exit Loop
End If
End Loop

[philkryder]

certainly.

my point is

WHEN I give direction to a product to do X
I don't want it to do 5 x.

One of the big problems with AA is that it is "squirrelly"
You can't know whether you've stumbled on an undocumented bug,
or made a coding mistake.

All you know is "it didn't do what I directed it to do..."

does this make sense to you?

[trentonponder]

Originally Posted by philkryder

certainly.

my point is

WHEN I give direction to a product to do X
I don't want it to do 5 x.

One of the big problems with AA is that it is "squirrelly"
You can't know whether you've stumbled on an undocumented bug,
or made a coding mistake.

All you know is "it didn't do what I directed it to do..."

does this make sense to you?

Yes, I've come across bugs before but nothing critical in at least a year. The beauty of code is that there are usually multiple ways to do things and I've developed my own best practices to deal with certain situations which I know work reliably.

I know that doesn't solve your problem, but to ensure it is a bug, isolate just those few lines in a new task and see what it does.

[philkryder]

ahh -

but,
I've also asked FORUM support for a list of FAQs - aka BEST PRACTICES

would you be willing to share yours.

Perhaps we could eventually get it "pinned" near the top of this forum..