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Scheduled macros (click a link at a certain time)?

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slackerinabox

Lifer
A) I'm not a programmer so please be gentle 🙂
B) I have windows laptops but my only desktop that's on 24/7 is a mac, so I'd prefer something browser plugin/extension based vs. an app, but I can install a windows VM if absolutely necessary

I'm a real estate agent and post ads on my company's website. In order to keep my ad on the top of the results I need to log into my company portal and click REFRESH ADS (which is an image/java thingie not a link that I can copy and paste).

I have a terrible memory (and a learning disability, don't judge!) and set alarms on my blackberry to remind myself to refresh my ads, but would love a scheduled macro to just refresh my ads for me. Now, I don't want to "Cheat" or break my company policy of X amount of refreshes a day, I just want to set it a macro to fresh 3 times a day. I also can't do this while I'm on the road because my blackberry's browser's useless.

Suggestions? I tried iMacros plugin and it works on loop but I can't schedule (and loop is an awful idea, IT will get very pissed). I'd like to either schedule for certain times or set an interval of 8 hours. Ideas?

Thanks!
 
The problem with UI drivers is what happens if the screen saver is up, or the user is logged off?

I would grab Gnu wget and schedule a script to poke the page when I wanted, but that would require a little bit of scripting at least.
 
Markbnj said:
The problem with UI drivers is what happens if the screen saver is up, or the user is logged off?

I would grab Gnu wget and schedule a script to poke the page when I wanted, but that would require a little bit of scripting at least.
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True, but it is easy to do (which is why I recommended it). Without knowing exactly how his setup is done, I couldn't really suggest something like wget. For all we know, it could have a java applet that is sending the information back to the main server.

If the screensaver/login stuff is an issue, he can disable it. Doesn't sound like it is a mission critical system 😀.
 
Thanks guys! Figured it out- used apples built in automater to create a new workflow, exported as an application and then used iCal to load the application as an alarm every 8 hours. Not the cleanest of solutions but it works 🙂
 
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