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Combine-Macros.vbs
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This example is for combining calls to macros in a single script. It calls the macros: Wsh-Start.iim, Wsh-Lunch.iim, and Wsh-Submit-Button. The example also shows how to create a custom error report log file. The script is also available as PowerShell version.
Similar script: self-test.vbs
Visual Basic Script:
' iMacros Combine-Macros Script ' (c) 2008-2010 iOpus Software '***** 'This part is for the script specific error log (instead of popup messages). 'The advantage of an error log instead of a popup is that the script 'continues running even after an error appears. An example of an error would 'be a timeout due to a temporarily slow web site. Option Explicit Dim objFileSystem, objOutputFile Dim strOutputFile Const OPEN_FILE_FOR_APPENDING = 8 ' generate a logfile name based on the script name strOutputFile = "./combine-macros-errorlog.txt" Set objFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.fileSystemObject") Set objOutputFile = objFileSystem.CreateTextFile(strOutputFile, TRUE) objOutputFile.WriteLine("Error Log for COMBINE-MACROS.VBS demo script") '**** ' find current folder Dim myname, mypath myname = WScript.ScriptFullName mypath = Left(myname, InstrRev(myname, "\")) Dim message message = "This example script calls several Internet macros. Each macro performs a specific function on the website " message = message + "(Loading the website with wsh-start, form filling with wsh-lunch and finally submitting the form with wsh-submit)." + vbNewLine message = message + "The script also demonstrates how to create a SCRIPT SPECIFIC error log file." Dim iim1, i set iim1 = CreateObject ("imacros") i = iim1.iimInit 'If i < 0 Then msgbox iim1.iimGetLastError() if i < 0 then objOutputFile.WriteLine("INIT: Error-No: " + cstr(i) + " => Description: " + iim1.iimGetLastError()) i = iim1.iimPlay(mypath & "Macros\wsh-start.iim") 'If i < 0 Then msgbox iim1.iimGetLastError() if i < 0 then objOutputFile.WriteLine("WSH-START: Error-No: " + cstr(i) + " => Description: " + iim1.iimGetLastError()) i = iim1.iimPlay(mypath & "Macros\wsh-lunch.iim") 'If i < 0 Then msgbox iim1.iimGetLastError() if i < 0 then objOutputFile.WriteLine("WSH-LUNCH: Error-No: " + cstr(i) + " => Description: " + iim1.iimGetLastError()) i = iim1.iimPlay(mypath & "Macros\wsh-submit-button.iim") 'If i < 0 Then msgbox iim1.iimGetLastError() if i < 0 then objOutputFile.WriteLine("WSH-SUBMIT: Error-No: " + cstr(i) + " => Description: " + iim1.iimGetLastError()) i = iim1.iimExit if i < 0 then objOutputFile.WriteLine("EXIT: Error-No: " + cstr(i) + " => Description: " + iim1.iimGetLastError()) '***** 'This part is for the script specific error log (instead of popup messages). objOutputFile.Close Set objFileSystem = Nothing '***** WScript.Quit(i)