Download all Links to a given folder

[geospatial]

I have a web site that I go to each day that has about 45 links. These links are all PPT, XLS, or PDf links so i usually have to go in and right click each link and save target as to save off the file. I am looking for a macro that would as me for the folder location that I want to save all links in and then it would start to save each link to the given folder.

Not sure if this is even possible, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jason

[rparmani]

Hello,

Looking at your requirement, you should try using our advanced automation product, Automation Anywhere 5.0 that provides you with Prompt for folder command to prompt for a folder location. The value of the folder selected can be assigned to a value variable.

Using Web Recorder tool you can automate any web task. It is especially designed for web automation. A task created using Web Recorder is not restricted to only Web Recorder commands. You can enter other commands like Keystrokes, Mouse Clicks and any other command from the list of commands provided in the Task Editor.

You can view a demo on how Web Recorder works at,
Automation Anywhere - Learning Center

You can download free version of Automation Anywhere 5.0 from our website:
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Hope that helps. If you could send us URL of website and exact steps to automate the task then we would be able to help you more with specific task.

[geospatial]

The links will change each day so im not sure if a web recorder would work. At this time I can not link the page as it is on a different type of network that you all dont have access to.

[forumsupport]

Hello,

The Manage Web Controls command of web recorder has an ‘Advanced’ option for Links and Buttons.

For Links, it has three check boxes: Name, URL and Index.

Name: While running the task, it searches for the link by the name recorded.

URL: Similar to the Name checkbox, but instead of searching the link by name, it searches by the URL it points to.

Index: This option searches the link by its location index. Every link in a Web page has a location index. For example, if you click a link whose index number is 2, and you always want to click that link when the task runs, no matter what the name or URL of that link is, then you can keep this option checked.

Also, if all the links are in a table then using ' Extract Table' command you can store all the links (available at run time) in a CSV file and can access the links using Table Column() variable in 'Loop For Each row in an Internet Explorer Table' command.

Otherwise, you can also use keystrokes to access the links in a loop. If you can send the screenshot of webpage (in .png format) then we can send you the text format of commands (a flow chart) so that you can create the task with ease.

Hope that helps.