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Some links are unclickable
05/26/14 at 08:38:40
 
I went through the tutorial, and everything went fine, but when I used IRobotSoft on the website I need to, some of the links don't work.  Specifically the next page and clicking on article titles.  Is there something I can fix that can cause this?  I need to be able to scrape from around 8000 pages, and manually entering all of them, even with an autoclicker, would take a long time.
 
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Re: Some links are unclickable
Reply #1 - 05/26/14 at 11:33:41
 
It would be more helpful if you can describe more specific issues.   In general, if some links work and some do not, that means the Query property of the action is not robust enough.  You then need to see if you can improve it with the following methods:  
 
1. Mark different places around the link and regenerate the List of Links.  Then test them and see which one works the best.  
 
2. You may need to manually edit the Query and make it more robust.  Refer the HTQL manual for HTQL the syntax.  It can be learnt very quickly.  
 
3. Copy the existing Query and a section of the HTML code here so we can help you more specifically.  
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Reply #2 - 05/26/14 at 16:42:51
 
I ended up getting around it with a bit of manual labour, but I do have another question.
 
Everything works fine most of the time.  However, after around 20-25 pages of results, it crashes and this error pops up.
 
20140526 16:40:21 NAVIGATION TIMEOUT From: res://ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff.htm#file:///C:/Searches/Know%20The%20Rules/Sel
ect%20By%20Jurisdiction.aspx?mode=kr&go=1&pg=15 To: Click:<form (Name='form1')>1.<div (CLASS='container')>1.<div (CLASS='span-24 last')>1.<table (ID='main_content_0_content_2_tableResults')>1.<a (ID='main_content_0_content_2_PagingController1_hrefNext')>1  
 
Do you have any ideas why this is happening?  I need it to do 339 pages.
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Reply #3 - 05/26/14 at 21:12:20
 
This is not a crash.  It just says that a navigation timeout occurred.  It can be caused by the website not responding, a network problem, or clicking on the wrong link.   You may make sure it is clicking on the right link first.  
 
 
 
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