I agree, sorry to see the sad state of the forum. Maybe all this should be let known to the owner so he can take measurses. I dont think anyone want to see oooforum go.
On 9/3/14, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > Yeah, even when I build an iMacro to remove a single post based on a > hard coded URL, oooforum is so slow, that it fails to respond in 60 > seconds after saying "yes, remove that like I asked" and then the macro > itself stops running. I set the timeout to 10 minutes, will see if that > is sufficient. That said, when the forum is so slow, hardly seems worth > the effort. > > On 09/03/2014 08:41 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >> Side note: It occurred to me that some of my "failures" may be >> attributed to the site simply not responding since it stopped >> responding last night. >> >> >> >> On 09/03/2014 01:17 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >>> >>> Well, I find the entire thing rather confusing. For example, I can >>> extract the table of text as follows: >>> >>> TAB T=1 >>> URL GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml >>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>> ATTR=NAME:search_author CONTENT=RobinColvin >>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=* >>> >>> 'Extract the table text. >>> TAG POS=7 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=TXT:* EXTRACT=TXT >>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>> >>> If I want to extract all of the URLs in the table, well, I can't >>> figure out how to do that. I am able to enumerate the first two links >>> as follows: >>> >>> TAB T=1 >>> URL GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml >>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>> ATTR=NAME:search_author CONTENT=RobinColvin >>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=* >>> >>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>> TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>> >>> I had trouble simply extracting all of them, so, I tried to use java >>> script to call iMacro, but that never returned from the first iimPlay >>> >>> var spammer="RobinColvin" >>> >>> window.alert("Read for '" + spammer + "'"); >>> >>> var search_macro; >>> search_macro ="CODE:"; >>> search_macro +="URL >>> GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml"+"\n";; >>> search_macro +="TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT >>> FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=NAME:search_author >>> CONTENT="+spammer+"\n"; >>> search_macro +="TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT >>> FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=*"+"\n"; >>> >>> >>> >>> var links = []; >>> var iLink = 1; >>> var iMaxLink = 100 >>> var link = ""; >>> var extract_link_macro; >>> >>> window.alert(search_macro); >>> >>> // Perform the search! >>> iimPlay(search_macro) >>> >>> window.alert("Finished with search!"); >>> >>> do { >>> extract_link_macro ="CODE:"; >>> extract_link_macro +="TAG POS="+iLink+"1 TYPE=A >>> ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF"+"\n"; >>> iimPlay(extract_link_macro); >>> link=iimGetLastExtract(); >>> if(link!="#EANF#") { >>> links.push(link); >>> iLink = iLink + 1; >>> } >>> } while (link != "#EANF#" && iLink <= iMaxLink) >>> >>> window.alert("found " + iLink + " links"); >>> >>> >>> If I assume that I have already searched, then I can extract all of >>> the links by using "loop execute" and then using a macro similar to: >>> >>> TAG POS={{!LOOP}} TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>> >>> If I loop 50 times, it exports everything from that one page into >>> three files. It seems that it does not easily support doing the >>> entire thing in one shot; at least while using a loop! >>> >>> At least by listing the extract command 50 times I end up with only >>> one file. >>> >>> this is not a simple thing and it still does not get me to my end game. >>> >>> On 09/02/2014 10:23 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>>> On 9/2/14, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: >>>>> There is very little difference between what an admin and a user >>>>> sees in >>>>> this context. >>>>> >>>>> To find the posts, I use the regular search. The returned list is the >>>>> same for an admin as well as a regular user. While displaying a >>>>> thread, >>>>> there is an admin link that allows me to remove the thread and >>>>> there is >>>>> a link to remove each post in the thread. There is also a link on the >>>>> bottom of each thread to navigate to a special admin page that >>>>> provides >>>>> some extra functions such as delete a user (but deleting the user does >>>>> not remove their posts). >>>> I did an excercise and try deleting my own posts from oooforum. I see >>>> what you mean (and what I was missing). There is no checkbox to mark >>>> all the posts like it would be on -- let say -- the PM page where a >>>> checkbox is able to mass delete all links. >>>> >>>> I understand now your point on looping through non secuential links. I >>>> went on the iMacros forum and found some tips responding to a >>>> positioning loop. >>>> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=37399 >>>> >>>> Hope this helps. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/01/2014 11:00 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>>>>> Unfortunately I dont admin any forum to see what you are seen, so I >>>>>> only have access to the forum search engine but I know that the Admin >>>>>> (the one able to delete the forum) is a different view. >>>>>> >>> >> > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
