Mega dropdown problem

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udovcic
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Mega dropdown problem

Post by udovcic » Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:55 pm

Hello,

I have a problem with drop down menus.

On our site, we have mega drop down menus, that has a timeout that when expired, the menu will close. This happens when the mouse is moved from the mega drop down area.

Now, my problem is when my macro ends, the drop down will close it self, but i want it to still to be opened.

Here is an example.

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VERSION BUILD=7050969
TAB T=1
TAB CLOSEALLOTHERS
URL GOTO=http://svenskaspel.se/p4.aspx?pageid=3
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:topNavSport EXTRACT=TXT
DS CMD=MOVETO X={{!TAGX}} Y={{!TAGY}}
WAIT SECONDS=5
As soon as the macro ends, the menu closes. But, how can i get it to stay opened, in the next macro?

Can you pass the coordinates from a macro to another?

Best regards
Josip Udovcic
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Re: Mega dropdown problem

Post by Tech Support » Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:44 am

Hi Josip,

The problem here is that the mouse-over effect goes away when the macro stops. That closes the menu.

The best solution is to add the mouse-over DS command to your next macro, too.

Yes, you can pass variables from one macro to another. The "trick" is to use the iimGetLastExtract command to return data (= any kind of extracted text or variable content) to the calling script:

(1) Store the values in !EXTRACT

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SET !EXTRACT {{!TAGX}}
SET !EXTRACT {{!TAGY}}
(2) In your calling script, retrieve the values via iimGetLastExtract

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x = iim1.iimGetLastExtract (1)
y = iim1.iimGetLastExtract (2)
(3) Set the new values for your next macro

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i = iim.iimSet ("valuex", x)
i = iim.iimSet ("valuey", y)
i = iim1.iimPlay ("nextmacro")
(4) Use these values in the next macro

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DS CMD=MOVETO X={{VALUEX}} Y={{VALUEY}}
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