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I want to automate certain text entries when completing forms in Safari. I'm attempting to use Automator. I've created the script. Parts of the script work (asking for input related to data that changes within the general text) but nothing prints to the page. Is there anyone who can help me develop this and other scripts so I can cut out one of the tedium and improve my workflow?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Apr 21, 2022 7:26 AM

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Camelot

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Posted on Apr 21, 2022 9:11 AM

Without seeing your script there's no way to debug what's going wrong.

A couple of points to consider:

Automator is generally great at linear processing. It's less good at running loops and anything that requires logic processing (if/then, etc.)
Interacting with the page (e.g. filling form elements) is generally best handled via JavaScript, the de facto way of interacting with web content. Are you using Javascript to do this? or are you trying to get Automator to 'type' the text.

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