Open safari and enter username and password into opening login page

Question

I have managed to alter pictures in iphoto and photoshop but I am struggling to sort this one out. Initially it seems simple but I just cannit figure it out.
Can anyone help?
Mark

Answer 1

Hey Prion- Glad It works. I promise that its really not too technical. It may seem like a lot of code but it just insures that it runs properly every time. I don't know if you're interested, but here's a description of what each part does...
tell application "Safari"
activate
---Tell safari to open...
make new document
set URL of document 1 to "https://email.ntwsha.co.uk"
--- Make a new window with the above address...
end tell
if page_loaded(10) then
---This line says "If the action 'page_loaded' is complete and true then con't this section." See the "On page_loaded" below to see what it does...
tell application "System Events"
---Send an action to the system (this could be any type of GUI scripting)...
keystroke "account"
delay 1
keystroke tab
delay 1
keystroke "password"
delay 1
keystroke return
---Self-explanatory- I put in the delay to allow the page to react after tab is pressed...
end tell
else
---if page_loaded has not completed within the timeout period or returns false then...
display alert "The URL Has Not Loaded."
end if
on pageloaded(timeoutvalue)
---when page_loaded is called upon do the rest below...
delay 2
repeat with i from 1 to the timeout_value
---Repeat the following command until the time reaches the timeout_value (10)...
tell application "Safari"
if (do JavaScript "document.readyState" in document 1) is "complete" then
return true
---Tells safari to check if the page has finished loading. If yes, return true, if no-repeat...
else if i is the timeout_value then
return false
If the timeout_value is reached (10 secs) and the page has still not finished, then return false...
end if
delay 1
end tell
end repeat
end page_loaded
So its really not that technical of a language. In fact, its one of the closest to english as far as computer languages go. Its a pretty good asset to learn, because pretty much everything you could want to do in automator, would be possible in applescript. And if you aren't real interested, no big deal. Just thought you want to know how the script worked. Good Luck!
--Justin S.