call yourself beginners???

tezz 7628 · Post by **tezz 7628** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:46 am

obtained macro scheduler to try collecting emails as advertised on front cover pc upgrade

haven't a clue what there on about

can anybody help???

support · Post by **support** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:36 am

Hi,

Well, which Email client do you want to automate? You can automate email clients via their user interface or you could automate Outlook via it's ActiveX interface. Or you can even retrieve raw email messages directly from within Macro Scheduler with only one line of code using the RetrievePOP3 script command.

There are literally thousands of ways you could automate the collection of email. We can't write the script for you because we can't see what you do, how you work, which email client you use and how you wish to use it. But we can help *you* to write the script to do the job you want. Some places to help get you started where you will find an example on scripting Eudora and some Outlook/ActiveX examples:

http://www.mjtnet.com/scripts.hts

You will also find examples here on the forum. Try searching for Outlook and Email.

Also, if you post a more detailed explanation of what you want to achieve you will no doubt get some constructive responses with some ideas, tips or even a script snippet to start you off.

tezz7628 · Post by **tezz7628** » Sat May 22, 2004 6:45 am

have outlook and express
since talk21 migrated to bt yahoo cant use the above

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sat May 22, 2004 3:49 pm

Again, lots of help available here, but we need to know what you want to do.

Need specifics.

Something like:
1. Open Yahoo email,
2. Check for new mail from [email protected],
3. make auto reply with meeting date changed to next Friday, with CC to [email protected].
4. Then delete completely, including from Deleted folder.
5. Finally, close Yahoo.

tezz7628 · Post by **tezz7628** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:44 am

haven't the foggiest what anybodies on about even reading this beginners column hence the title i chose

want to collect email from my accounts

to access the service i type

bt.yahoo.com/mail

which changes on the address bar to

http://edit.europe.yahoo.com/config/log ... rc=bt-mail

by itself this then gives me a sign in screen which could cover any of my accounts that i type in

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

also have to type in my password on this screen obviously

what i want to know is how to get the scheduler to do this for me please

i am finding out that it can do more thing and i certainly want to give it a try

but want to walk before i run

thanks

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Thu May 27, 2004 2:35 pm

Have you checked if IE's autocomplete is enabled ?
It's a built in IE feature, no need to reinvent the wheel !

tezz7628 · Post by **tezz7628** » Thu May 27, 2004 6:25 pm

????????how do you do this and would it cover all the above options

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Fri May 28, 2004 9:09 pm

Here you'll get [more...]

a) call the page --> Run Program> iexplore http:\\...
b) wait till web page has finished loading --> WaitWindowOpen> ...
c) send a character, AutoComplete should autocomplete it ! --> Send>
d) confirm the login --> MouseMove> ... LClick>
e) ...

tezz7628 · Post by **tezz7628** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:22 pm

tried the (more) stuff all the boxes were ticked so nothing has changed there

do not understand the points in a-e that you are saying!!!!

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sat May 29, 2004 10:00 pm

Hello tezz7628

Lumumba has tried to get you started. It is also expected that you will do some work yourself like reading the Help sections, and looking at the on line documentation and samples.

From this:

a) call the page --> Run Program> iexplore http:\\...
b) wait till web page has finished loading --> WaitWindowOpen> ...
c) send a character, AutoComplete should autocomplete it ! --> Send>
d) confirm the login --> MouseMove> ... LClick>

You should be able to get this:

Run Program>iexplore http://edit.europe.yahoo.com/config/log ... rc=bt-mail
WaitWindowOpen>Sign In - BT Yahoo! Internet*
Send Character>x
MouseMove>x,y
LClick

He does not know which browser you are using or the browser version or the path for the browser executable file.
He cannot know what characters you need to type in on the login screen.
(I noted that this page has an option to do automatic log in. Using that may make this easier, but may want to be avoided for security reasons if computer used by more than one person).
He cannot know where you want the mouse to move before it clicks.
He cannot write the script for you completely.
He can point you to the correct commands and an approach that may work for you.
And he has done that......thanks Lumumba.

Have you tried to write any script at all? What error messages are you gettting? On which lines? Submit sections of the script that do not work, explaining where it is failing, what symptoms you are getting. Recording Macro may be the easiest way for you to learn how to use these commands.

Have you tried to record a macro while you are getting your email? You can start Macro Scheduler, and start Recording Macro . When done your tasks, Stop the macro recording. Save the macro. Now go into the macro and edit it. You will find that you can remove most of the Wait commands. You will have a better idea of how the commands are used, and you will be able to edit it to make it more generic for your daily needs using variables, etc.

You might want to make a copy of the original recorded macro before you do any editing to it, to keep as a reference.