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@Danp2, @SOLVE-SMART and @gmmg Felt I needed to give everyone an update.... The problem I had, turned out to be timing related. Doing a _WD_LoadWait ($sSession,1000) after navigating to the website does not seems enough delay to always fully load the page. And thus not all elements are alway available on slower computers or if other processes are slowing the computer down. For future versions of my scripts, I am gonna research this _WD_LoadWait, to see how I can tweak it with the paramters, to just wait enough time to "fully" load the page. But timeout after say 5 seconds. My solution and how I fixed this for now was as following: 1. (re)check all elements I needed and note 100% the order they are appearing 2. determine which elements are required and which one are optional. (I categorized pop-ups as being optional). 3. Do a _WD_WaitElement for the elements I am waiting for. 4. If the element is required and not found exit/stop the script with a clear error message. When expected optional elements (pop-ups) are not found, then just continue the script. With the above I seem to have fixed the script and I am getting the same results 99% of the time. (I might have to experiment with the _WD_WaitElement timeouts more to go to 100% 🙂) Special thanks to @gmmg for the URL, to remind me to think out of the box and not just use my own url because it is! Also a special thanks to @SOLVE-SMART for your link to better use webdriver capabilities and showing me to use other selectors than just id and class.😉 And a very very special thanks to @Danp2 the webdriver wizard. for helping me, others and for creating and maintaining the webdriver UDF.🙂

Thanks all.

Hi @jimg 👋 , how about providing the URL of your target page? Also take a screenshot of which area you are talking about and let us know about the possible case a login to the site is involved (I guess not, because you wrote public group site). What did you try so far? InetGet()? UIA? WebDriver? _WinHttpSimpleRequest()? Seems to be a pretty easy task, but with this lack of information it's hard to suggest anything 🤔 . Best regards Sven

thanks for the suggestion It is also quite problematic since it cannot understand whether the entered date is summer or winter time. I thought that I would manage it with a small correction, but it was not so simple since the DST date is not fixed and every year is different. so the best solution (easiest) is the one he indicated pixelsearch in the link

Better use _DateAdd, as just adding 1 hour might cause problems, when the hour is 23.

https://superuser.com/a/1859074/1049106 Finally I use: @page {size: a4 portrait !important;} with add0n.com/stylus.html and this works fine. Now I have to add this to my WebDriver CSS injector.

It has been discussed in this thread, good luck.

@extended contains the Returncode (GetLastError) from DeleteFileW function ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-deletefilew)

Yes you do! An error would be shown when it doesn't. 😀

Enabling DST (the summertime and wintertime schedules across the globe) within your time zone might cause an unexpected shift in datetimes by 1 hour when you're trying to set filetimes with FileSetTime or read them with FileGetTime. This behaviour frequently causes bugreports like #3139 at https://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/ticket/3139 'FileGetTime out by exactly one hour.', where it was classified as 'No bug'. Now this isn't considered a bug when you're referring to the datetime as shown by the command prompt (DOS prompt, even in Windows 7+) or Windows Explorer XP, as these programs use 'old style' DST behaviour. But it definitely can be considered a bug when you're using Windows Explorer 7+, which adopts the 'new style' behaviour. 'Old style' (currently implemented, v3.3.14.2 and previous) calculates datetimes as follows: FileSetTime = local time - time zone - DST currently in effect FileGetTime = file datetime + time zone + DST currently in effect whereas 'new style' calculation of datetimes would require: FileSetTime = local time - time zone - DST in effect at the time of the file's datetime (Dynamic Time Zones) FileGetTime = file datetime + time zone + DST in effect at the time of the file's datetime (Dynamic Time Zones) This 'new style' behaviour will leave your timestamps unaltered in Windows Explorer 7+ whenever a transition to summertime or wintertime occurs, but requires detailed records of all DST schedules worldwide. Fortunately all these records are readily available in Windows 7+! You can read more about this in Raymond Chen insider blogs at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130308-00/?p=5023 and https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff394358.aspx To have FileSetFile and FileGetFile adopt the 'new style' DST behaviour, I've written FileSetFileExt and FileGetFileExt. As part of FileSetFileExt, which has an option to recurse into the given path, the function FindFiles was created. It's included separately and you can easily apply it as a stand-alone function to recurse a given path and process all files that match a specified pattern. I think it's a useful function that AutoIt unfortunately still lacks. FileSetTimeExt (FileSetTime voor DST en Win7+): #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w- 7 #include <File.au3> #include <Date.au3> #include <WinAPIFiles.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> ConsoleWrite("Set Modified datetime of this script to Jan 12th 2016 at 15:16:17" & @CRLF) FileSetTimeExt(@ScriptFullPath, "20160123151617", 0, 0) Func FileSetTimeExt($filename, $time, $type = 0, $recurse = 0) ; v1.0 ; Extended FileSetTime function to properly deal with DST (Daylight Saving Time (summertime/wintertime)) on Windows 7+ ; Usage is identical to the FileSetTime function with full wildcard support, including multiple * and ? usage. ; ; AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.2 ; This function requires Windows 7 or later. ; ; Requirements to include in your main program: ; #include <File.au3> ; #include <Date.au3> ; #include <WinAPIFiles.au3> ; #include <WinAPI.au3> If $type = Default Then $type = 0 If $recurse = Default Then $recurse = 0 If $time = "" Then $time = StringRegExpReplace(_NowCalc(), "[^0-9]", "") Local $sDrive = "", $sDir = "", $sFileName = "", $sExtension = "", $ssDir = "", $sDummy1 = "", $sDummy2 = "" _PathSplit($filename, $sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) ; extend path to full path if filename has no path or a path relative to ScriptDir If $sDrive = "" Then _PathSplit(@ScriptFullPath, $sDrive, $ssDir, $sDummy1, $sDummy2) $sDir = $ssDir & $sDir $filename = _PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) EndIf ; FileSetTime makes no difference between * and *.*, whereas_WinAPI_IsNameInExpression does, so make adjustments If $sExtension = ".*" Then $sFileName = $sFileName & "*" $sExtension = "" EndIf Local $hSearch $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile(_PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, "*", ".*")) ; searches for every file and directory If $hSearch = -1 Then Return 1 Local $pattern, $eExt, $tSystem, $tFile, $hFile, $pFileName ; get correct local time $tSystem = _Date_Time_EncodeSystemTime(StringMid($time, 5, 2), StringMid($time, 7, 2), StringLeft($time, 4), _ StringMid($time, 9, 2), StringMid($time, 11, 2), StringMid($time, 13, 2)) $tSystem = _Date_Time_TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime($tSystem) $tFile = _Date_Time_SystemTimeToFileTime($tSystem) $pattern = StringMid(_PathMake("", "", $sFileName, $sExtension), 2) ; StringMid skips leading \ While 1 $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch) If @error = 1 Then ; no more files or directories match the pattern ExitLoop Else $eExt = @extended $pFileName = _PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, "") ; _WinAPI_IsNameInExpression supports full wildcard matching, including multiple * and ? usage. If _WinAPI_IsNameInExpression($sFileName, $pattern) Then ; set correct local time for matching file or directory ; try the usual function first to catch errors beforehand If FileSetTime($pFileName, $time, $type) = 0 Then FileClose($hSearch) Return 0 ; abort on error EndIf ; use _WinAPI_CreateFileEx instead of _WinAPI_CreateFile to include directory renaming without an 'Access is denied' error $hFile = _WinAPI_CreateFileEx($pFileName, $OPEN_EXISTING, $GENERIC_WRITE, $FILE_SHARE_WRITE, $FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS) Switch $type Case 0 _Date_Time_SetFileTime($hFile, 0, 0, $tFile) ; set time Last modified (= Last written) (default) Case 1 _Date_Time_SetFileTime($hFile, $tFile, 0, 0) ; set time Created Case 2 _Date_Time_SetFileTime($hFile, 0, $tFile, 0) ; set time Last accessed EndSwitch _WinAPI_CloseHandle($hFile) EndIf ; perform a full recursive search if need be If $eExt = 1 And $recurse = 1 Then If FileSetTimeExt($pFileName & '\' & $pattern, $time, $type, $recurse) = 0 Then FileClose($hSearch) Return 0 ; abort on error EndIf EndIf EndIf WEnd FileClose($hSearch) Return 1 ; no error occurred EndFunc ;==>FileSetTimeExt FileGetTimeExt (FileGetTime voor DST en Win7+): #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w- 7 #include <File.au3> #include <Date.au3> #include <WinAPIFiles.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> ConsoleWrite("Modified datetime of this script is " & FileGetTimeExt(@ScriptFullPath, 0, 1) & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("Created datetime of this script is " & FileGetTimeExt(@ScriptFullPath, 1, 1) & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("Last accessed datetime of this script is " & FileGetTimeExt(@ScriptFullPath, 2, 1) & @CRLF) Func FileGetTimeExt($filename, $option = 0, $format = 0) ; v1.0 ; Extended FileGetTime function to properly deal with DST (Daylight Saving Time (summertime/wintertime)) on Windows 7+ ; Usage is identical to the FileGetTime. ; ; AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.2 ; This function requires Windows 7 or later. ; ; Requirements to include in your main program: ; #include <File.au3> ; #include <Date.au3> ; #include <WinAPIFiles.au3> ; #include <WinAPI.au3> If $option = Default Then $option = 0 If $format = Default Then $format = 0 Local $sDrive = "", $sDir = "", $sFileName = "", $sExtension = "", $ssDir = "", $sDummy1 = "", $sDummy2 = "" _PathSplit($filename, $sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) ; extend path to full path if filename has no path or a path relative to ScriptDir If $sDrive = "" Then _PathSplit(@ScriptFullPath, $sDrive, $ssDir, $sDummy1, $sDummy2) $sDir = $ssDir & $sDir $filename = _PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) EndIf Local $aTime, $tDate, $tOut[6], $hFile, $tSystem, $tLocal, $tFile FileGetTime($filename, $option, $format) ; test if no error occurs If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, "") ; use _WinAPI_CreateFileEx instead of _WinAPI_CreateFile to include directory access without an 'Access is denied' error $hFile = _WinAPI_CreateFileEx($filename, $OPEN_EXISTING, $GENERIC_READ, $FILE_SHARE_READ, $FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS) Switch $option ; convert FileGetTime option 0 to _Date_Time_GetFileTime option 2, 1 to 0 and 2 to 1 Case 0 $option = 2 ; Last modified (default) Case 1 $option = 0 ; Created Case 2 $option = 1 ; Last accessed EndSwitch $aTime = _Date_Time_GetFileTime($hFile) _WinAPI_CloseHandle($hFile) $aTime = $aTime[$option] $tSystem = _Date_Time_FileTimeToSystemTime($aTime) $tLocal = _Date_Time_SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime($tSystem) $tFile = _Date_Time_SystemTimeToFileTime($tLocal) $tDate = _Date_Time_FileTimeToArray($tFile) $tOut[0] = StringFormat("%04i", $tDate[2]) ; Year $tOut[1] = StringFormat("%02i", $tDate[0]) ; Month $tOut[2] = StringFormat("%02i", $tDate[1]) ; Day $tOut[3] = StringFormat("%02i", $tDate[3]) ; Hour $tOut[4] = StringFormat("%02i", $tDate[4]) ; Minutes $tOut[5] = StringFormat("%02i", $tDate[5]) ; Seconds If $format = 0 Then Return SetError(0, 0, $tOut) Return SetError(0, 0, $tOut[0] & $tOut[1] & $tOut[2] & $tOut[3] & $tOut[4] & $tOut[5]) EndFunc ;==>FileGetTimeExt FindFiles (full recursive file search voor Win7+): #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w- 7 #include <File.au3> #include <Date.au3> #include <WinAPIShPath.au3> ; Find all files (with or without an extension) in ScriptDir with recursion FindFiles("*", 1, False) Func FindFiles($filename, $recurse = 0, $CaseSensitive = False); ; v1.0 ; Find all files matching $filename with full wildcard support, including multiple * and ? usage. ; Set $recurse to 1 to include searching all subdirectories. ; Set $CaseSensitive to True to include case sensitive searching. ; Filenames without extension demand a $filename without an extension, ; e.g. abc* matches abc.txt and abc, whereas abc*.* matches abc.txt but not abc. ; ; Use Func FoundFileProcessing($filename) to process a single found file. ; FoundFileProcessing($filename) receives filenames with full path. ; ; AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.2 ; This function requires Windows 7 or later. ; ; Requirements to include in your main program: ; #include <File.au3> ; #include <Date.au3> ; #include <WinAPIShPath.au3> If $recurse = Default Then $recurse = 0 If $CaseSensitive = Default Then $CaseSensitive = False Local $sDrive = "", $sDir = "", $sFileName = "", $sExtension = "", $ssDir = "", $sDummy1 = "", $sDummy2 = "" _PathSplit($filename, $sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) ; extend path to full path if filename has no path or a path relative to ScriptDir If $sDrive = "" Then _PathSplit(@ScriptFullPath, $sDrive, $ssDir, $sDummy1, $sDummy2) $sDir = $ssDir & $sDir $filename = _PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) EndIf Local $hSearch $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile(_PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, "*", ".*")) ; searches for every file and directory If $hSearch = -1 Then Return 1 Local $pattern, $eExt, $pFileName $pattern = StringMid(_PathMake("", "", $sFileName, $sExtension), 2) ; StringMid skips leading \ While 1 $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch) If @error = 1 Then ; no more files or directories match the pattern ExitLoop Else $eExt = @extended $pFileName = _PathMake($sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, "") ; _WinAPI_IsNameInExpression supports full wildcard matching, including multiple * and ? usage. If _WinAPI_IsNameInExpression($sFileName, $pattern, $CaseSensitive) Then FoundFileProcessing($pFileName) If $eExt = 1 And $recurse = 1 Then FindFiles($pFileName & '\' & $pattern, $recurse, $CaseSensitive) EndIf WEnd FileClose($hSearch) Return 1 ; no error EndFunc ;==>FindFiles Func FoundFileProcessing($filename) ConsoleWrite('processing ' & $filename & @CRLF) EndFunc ;==>FoundFileProcessing FileSetTimeEx (FileSetTime voor DST en Win7+).au3 FileGetTimeEx (FileGetTime voor DST en Win7+).au3 FindFiles (full recursive file search voor Win7+).au3