Problem with put URL and websites

[Jim Ault]

I will repeat my contention that the provider has either reformatted their
output to your browser or you are not getting the same page somehow.

<span class="timeSpan" id="dirTimeSummary"></span>

looks like it should have a text string just before </span>
thus it appears that the data you want is missing.

Further examination:  When I use your url to get the page in a browser,
there is a delay before the page appears, this version has no Estimated
time, then a refresh occurs and the time now appears.

My guess is that the server has changed the way it serves the page and you
will likely need to put a wait into your script.

Actually, this might  mean cannot simply do "put url HTTP into tVar" since
it looks like you are being sent a preliminary version with advertising,
then the final version.

How much work do you want to do to get the Estimated time?

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On 4/16/08 8:55 PM, "Fred moyer" <fmoyer at aol.com> wrote:

> Based on replies I have received (thanks for them) I don't think I
> explained the situation properly. Let me try again: Until a month
> ago, I was able to retrieve the drive time between two zip codes by
> using (for example):
> 
>     put "http://www.mapquest.com/maps/01778/03861/" into bunchofText
> 
> Up until about a month ago, bunchofText would contain (for example):
> 
>     Total Estimated Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
> 
> Therefore, it was a simple matter of using offset("Total Estimated
> Time:", bunchofText) to retrieve the drive time between two zip codes.
> 
> Then, suddenly my script didn't work. Using Variable Watcher I found
> that bunchofText now contains some mysterious code. It now looks like
> this:
> 
>     Total Estimated Time: <span class="timeSpan" id="dirTimeSummary"></
> span>
> 
> Obviously, I now can't retrieve the drive time. Does anyone have any
> ideas what I should do?  Incidentally, I have tried using revBrowser.
> But when I use the following script:
> 
> on mouseup
>    put the windowid of this stack into tWinID
>    put "http://www.mapquest.com/maps/01778/03861/" into tAddress
>    put revBrowserOpen(tWinID,tAddress) into tBrowserID
>    revBrowserSet tBrowserID, "showborder","true"
>    revBrowserSet tBrowserID, "rect",rect of img "browserimage"
>    put revBrowserGet(tBrowserID,"htmltext")
> end mouseup
> 
> Revolution crashes
> 
> Any suggestions/help would be most appreciated!
> 
> Thanks
> Fred Moyer
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