Safari Page Loaded

Question

I've read others here and have tried the
"do JavaScript "document.readyState" in document 1" loop.
The problem is I get a complete return before the page is done. I seem to get it when the connection is made not when the page is completely loaded,
I'm not up on Java or html but I think it uses a "Active Server Page". It has .aspx? followed by a long line of key numbers.
Is there a way or different term other than "complete' for the line of java that will make it wait until the page is done. Delay in the script just won't work as the page may take a couple to many seconds to load.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Marshall

Answer 1

I use this arrangement:
in the main script - to pause until the page is loaded:
If my page_loaded(50) ...
and then the subroutine:
on pageloaded(timeoutvalue)
delay 5
tell application "Safari"
repeat with i from 1 to the timeout_value
If (do Javascript "document.readyState"in document 1) is "complete" then return true
delay 1
end repeat
end tell
return false
end page_loaded
This works most of the time, but I have observed problems when my PowerBook is overloaded - or there's heavy network activity - when it seems that the document readystate tests true halfway thru the actual page load. This is for no apparent reason other than these loads and almost seems as though Safari might be 'giving up' and changing the readystate precipitately! You could try testing for "loaded" as well to see if that helps.