Navigating a Report Page

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esullivan
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Navigating a Report Page

Post by esullivan » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:09 am

While I'm still a rookie with iMacros, I've made some solid progress in navigating and extracting needed Web info. Now I'm stuck.
In particular, I am trying to simulate the advancement to the last page of a report. In the default recording mode, an image button is identified for generating the report. When I play the recording, the image button is not found. When I view the raw html, the image button is not present either. I've tried all of the possible iMacro recording options but nothing has worked. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Some details: I/E 11, iMacros 11, Windows 7
I'm using the standalone iMacro product.
chivracq
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Re: Navigating a Report Page

Post by chivracq » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:51 pm

esullivan wrote:While I'm still a rookie with iMacros, I've made some solid progress in navigating and extracting needed Web info. Now I'm stuck.
In particular, I am trying to simulate the advancement to the last page of a report. In the default recording mode, an image button is identified for generating the report. When I play the recording, the image button is not found. When I view the raw html, the image button is not present either. I've tried all of the possible iMacro recording options but nothing has worked. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Some details:

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I/E 11, 
iMacros 11, 
Windows 7
I'm using the standalone iMacro product.
Yeah but I'm afraid there is not much we can do to try to help you without the URL to your Site/Page and your Script...
Or is maybe everything within some PDF Report...?, or some Flash Object...?, iMacros cannot interact within a PDF Report, and only the DS Mode can interact with Flash Objects...
- (F)CI(M) = (Full) Config Info (Missing): iMacros + Browser + OS (+ all 3 Versions + 'Free'/'PE'/'Trial').
- FCI not mentioned: I don't even read the Qt...! (or only to catch Spam!)
- Script & URL help a lot for more "educated" Help...
esullivan
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Re: Navigating a Report Page

Post by esullivan » Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:13 pm

Well, it's not a PDF file and it's not Flash. It appears to me that JavaScript and hidden input fields are being used.
I can't share the Web page because it's password protected but here's a sample of the related JS...

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
(function() {var fn = function() {$get("scriptManager_HiddenField").value = '';Sys.Application.remove_init(fn);};Sys.Application.add_init(fn);})();bobj.crv.stateManager.setComponentState('CRViewer__UI',eval('('+document.getElementById('__CRYSTALSTATECRViewer').value+')'));
WebForm_InitCallback();new bobj.crv.ViewerListener('CRViewer__UI',new bobj.crv.AspDotNetAdapter("__doPostBack('CRViewer','VIEW-CONTEXT')", "VIEW-CONTEXT", "__CRYSTALSTATECRViewer","WebForm_DoCallback('CRViewer','arg','cb','ctx','errcb',true)","4.0.30319.34280"));Sys.Application.add_init(function() {
$create(Sys.UI._UpdateProgress, {"associatedUpdatePanelId":"UpdatePanel1","displayAfter":500,"dynamicLayout":true}, null, null, $get("UpdateProgress1"));
});
Sys.Application.add_init(function() {
$create(Sys.UI._UpdateProgress, {"associatedUpdatePanelId":"updatepnlChangePlayers","displayAfter":500,"dynamicLayout":true}, null, null, $get("UpdateProgress2"));
});
//]]>
</script>
*********************************************
Not sure how to navigate thru this code...
chivracq
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Re: Navigating a Report Page

Post by chivracq » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:14 pm

esullivan wrote:Well, it's not a PDF file and it's not Flash. It appears to me that JavaScript and hidden input fields are being used.
I can't share the Web page because it's password protected but here's a sample of the related JS...

Code: Select all

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
(function() {var fn = function() {$get("scriptManager_HiddenField").value = '';Sys.Application.remove_init(fn);};Sys.Application.add_init(fn);})();bobj.crv.stateManager.setComponentState('CRViewer__UI',eval('('+document.getElementById('__CRYSTALSTATECRViewer').value+')'));
WebForm_InitCallback();new bobj.crv.ViewerListener('CRViewer__UI',new bobj.crv.AspDotNetAdapter("__doPostBack('CRViewer','VIEW-CONTEXT')", "VIEW-CONTEXT", "__CRYSTALSTATECRViewer","WebForm_DoCallback('CRViewer','arg','cb','ctx','errcb',true)","4.0.30319.34280"));Sys.Application.add_init(function() {
    $create(Sys.UI._UpdateProgress, {"associatedUpdatePanelId":"UpdatePanel1","displayAfter":500,"dynamicLayout":true}, null, null, $get("UpdateProgress1"));
});
Sys.Application.add_init(function() {
    $create(Sys.UI._UpdateProgress, {"associatedUpdatePanelId":"updatepnlChangePlayers","displayAfter":500,"dynamicLayout":true}, null, null, $get("UpdateProgress2"));
});
//]]>
</script>
*********************************************
Not sure how to navigate thru this code...
Hum, doesn't help me much either, ah-ah...!
Try to find some Online 'Crystal Reports' Demo Report where you can reproduce your Pb then I can try to have a look...
- (F)CI(M) = (Full) Config Info (Missing): iMacros + Browser + OS (+ all 3 Versions + 'Free'/'PE'/'Trial').
- FCI not mentioned: I don't even read the Qt...! (or only to catch Spam!)
- Script & URL help a lot for more "educated" Help...
esullivan
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:05 am

Re: Navigating a Report Page

Post by esullivan » Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:13 am

Turns out that this was a frame issue. Once I positioned the script to point to the right frame, all was well.
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