For the record, you could do this also on our forums at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/
This will give you a fast server to work on until oooforum is back in shape. Trying to delete your own post could do the trick enough to test it. On 9/3/14, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > I agree, sorry to see the sad state of the forum. Maybe all this > should be let known to the owner so he can take measurses. I dont > think anyone want to see oooforum go. > > On 9/3/14, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: >> Yeah, even when I build an iMacro to remove a single post based on a >> hard coded URL, oooforum is so slow, that it fails to respond in 60 >> seconds after saying "yes, remove that like I asked" and then the macro >> itself stops running. I set the timeout to 10 minutes, will see if that >> is sufficient. That said, when the forum is so slow, hardly seems worth >> the effort. >> >> On 09/03/2014 08:41 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >>> Side note: It occurred to me that some of my "failures" may be >>> attributed to the site simply not responding since it stopped >>> responding last night. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2014 01:17 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, I find the entire thing rather confusing. For example, I can >>>> extract the table of text as follows: >>>> >>>> TAB T=1 >>>> URL GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml >>>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>>> ATTR=NAME:search_author CONTENT=RobinColvin >>>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>>> ATTR=* >>>> >>>> 'Extract the table text. >>>> TAG POS=7 TYPE=TABLE ATTR=TXT:* EXTRACT=TXT >>>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>>> >>>> If I want to extract all of the URLs in the table, well, I can't >>>> figure out how to do that. I am able to enumerate the first two links >>>> as follows: >>>> >>>> TAB T=1 >>>> URL GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml >>>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>>> ATTR=NAME:search_author CONTENT=RobinColvin >>>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results >>>> ATTR=* >>>> >>>> TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>>> TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>>> >>>> I had trouble simply extracting all of them, so, I tried to use java >>>> script to call iMacro, but that never returned from the first iimPlay >>>> >>>> var spammer="RobinColvin" >>>> >>>> window.alert("Read for '" + spammer + "'"); >>>> >>>> var search_macro; >>>> search_macro ="CODE:"; >>>> search_macro +="URL >>>> GOTO=http://www.oooforum.org/forum/search.phtml"+"\n";; >>>> search_macro +="TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:TEXT >>>> FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=NAME:search_author >>>> CONTENT="+spammer+"\n"; >>>> search_macro +="TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT >>>> FORM=ACTION:search.phtml?mode=results ATTR=*"+"\n"; >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> var links = []; >>>> var iLink = 1; >>>> var iMaxLink = 100 >>>> var link = ""; >>>> var extract_link_macro; >>>> >>>> window.alert(search_macro); >>>> >>>> // Perform the search! >>>> iimPlay(search_macro) >>>> >>>> window.alert("Finished with search!"); >>>> >>>> do { >>>> extract_link_macro ="CODE:"; >>>> extract_link_macro +="TAG POS="+iLink+"1 TYPE=A >>>> ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF"+"\n"; >>>> iimPlay(extract_link_macro); >>>> link=iimGetLastExtract(); >>>> if(link!="#EANF#") { >>>> links.push(link); >>>> iLink = iLink + 1; >>>> } >>>> } while (link != "#EANF#" && iLink <= iMaxLink) >>>> >>>> window.alert("found " + iLink + " links"); >>>> >>>> >>>> If I assume that I have already searched, then I can extract all of >>>> the links by using "loop execute" and then using a macro similar to: >>>> >>>> TAG POS={{!LOOP}} TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:*&&CLASS:topictitle EXTRACT=HREF >>>> SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=mytable_{{!NOW:yymmdd_hhnnss}}.csv >>>> >>>> If I loop 50 times, it exports everything from that one page into >>>> three files. It seems that it does not easily support doing the >>>> entire thing in one shot; at least while using a loop! >>>> >>>> At least by listing the extract command 50 times I end up with only >>>> one file. >>>> >>>> this is not a simple thing and it still does not get me to my end game. >>>> >>>> On 09/02/2014 10:23 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>>>> On 9/2/14, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: >>>>>> There is very little difference between what an admin and a user >>>>>> sees in >>>>>> this context. >>>>>> >>>>>> To find the posts, I use the regular search. The returned list is the >>>>>> same for an admin as well as a regular user. While displaying a >>>>>> thread, >>>>>> there is an admin link that allows me to remove the thread and >>>>>> there is >>>>>> a link to remove each post in the thread. There is also a link on the >>>>>> bottom of each thread to navigate to a special admin page that >>>>>> provides >>>>>> some extra functions such as delete a user (but deleting the user >>>>>> does >>>>>> not remove their posts). >>>>> I did an excercise and try deleting my own posts from oooforum. I see >>>>> what you mean (and what I was missing). There is no checkbox to mark >>>>> all the posts like it would be on -- let say -- the PM page where a >>>>> checkbox is able to mass delete all links. >>>>> >>>>> I understand now your point on looping through non secuential links. I >>>>> went on the iMacros forum and found some tips responding to a >>>>> positioning loop. >>>>> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=37399 >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 09/01/2014 11:00 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>>>>>> Unfortunately I dont admin any forum to see what you are seen, so I >>>>>>> only have access to the forum search engine but I know that the >>>>>>> Admin >>>>>>> (the one able to delete the forum) is a different view. >>>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Andrew Pitonyak >> My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt >> Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
