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No problem, it is important that the original text is there anyway.
Sorry that by accident I edited your message and put my text there. Probably I clicked on "modify" as a moderator instead "Quote". If Ivek can bring back your original text, it would be good. I put as copy/paste your original message from the cache back there.
I can't refund this because I can't access the original post anymore.
Thanks Ivek. That is crucial tip, I completely agree and you emphasized that many times so far.
I see that RazorHall user has a lot of problems solving these problems, so I highly recommend that he start using ChatGPT help. With the help of ChatGPT, he will be able to solve many problems himself before asking for further help on our forum. This is how the Afrocuban user learned how to handle these things, took his PVD usage to the next level, and the program still works. With the help of ChatGPT, I taught myself how to use Python, which I knew nothing about before, and I have been using it successfully for a year and a half now.
I also highly recommend ChatGPT help to other users of PVD or any other program, even if you know almost nothing about them.
//(*
Function WaitForPageFile(const FileName, PageLabel: String; InitialWait: Integer; StabilizeMs: Integer): String;//BlockOpen
//The function waits for the exsitence of the files to be downloaded, then when found, it converts their encoding and reads them
Var
i, currentWait: Integer;
tryResult: String;
Begin
Result := '';
i := 0;
//Provide defaults manually
If InitialWait = 0 Then InitialWait := 2000;
If StabilizeMs = 0 Then StabilizeMs := 1000;
currentWait := InitialWait;
While Not FileExists(FileName) Do Begin
LogMessage('Function WaitForPageFile - Waiting ' + IntToStr(currentWait div 1000) + 's for the presence of:|' + FileName + '|');
Wait (currentWait);
//Escalate wait times
case i of
0: currentWait := 5000;
1: currentWait := 5000;
2: currentWait := 5000;
3: currentWait := 5000;
4: currentWait := 15000;
5: currentWait := 5000;
End; //case i of should end here
Inc(i);
If i = INTERNET_TEST_ITERATIONS Then Begin
case MessageBox('IMDb Movie Function WaitForPageFile - Too many faulty attempts to internet connection for ' + PageLabel + '. Cancel, Retry, or Continue (Ignore)? NOTE: IF YOU PRESS IGNORE YOU WILL NOT GET DATA FROM THAT PAGE, SO CONSIDER TO RETRY OR TO CANCEL AND START DOWNLOAD AGAIN! IMDb really makes it harder and harder to get the data.', SCRIPT_FILE_NAME, 2) of
3: //Cancel
Begin
LogMessage('Function WaitForPageFile for ' + PageLabel + ' ended with NO INTERNET connection===============|');
Result := '#CANCELLED#';
Exit;
End; //Begin 3: //Cancel should end here
4: //Retry
Begin
i := 0;
currentWait := InitialWait;
End; //Begin 4: //Retry should end here
5: //Ignore
Begin
LogMessage('Function WaitForPageFile - Creating dummy ' + PageLabel + ' HTML file due to Ignore selection|');
with TStringList.Create Do
try
Add('<html><body>Dummy ' + PageLabel + ' due to user Ignore.</body></html>');
SaveToFile(FileName);
finally
Free;
End; //with TStringList.Create Do should end here
Break;
End; //Begin 5: //Ignore should end here
End; //case MessageBox... of should end here
End; //If i = INTERNET_TEST_ITERATIONS Then Begin should end here
End; //While Not FileExists(FileName) Do Begin should end here
//Stabilization wait
LogMessage('Function WaitForPageFile - ' + PageLabel + ' file detected, waiting extra ' + IntToStr(StabilizeMs) + 'ms to stabilize...');
Wait (StabilizeMs);
//Manual error handling instead of try/except
If Not FileExists(FileName) Then Begin
LogMessage(ProcException('Function WaitForPageFile - FileError', 'NOT_FOUND:|' + FileName));
Exit;
End; //If Not FileExists(FileName) Then Begin should end here
tryResult := FileToString(FileName); //If the environment throws, replace with safe read
If tryResult = '' Then Begin
tryResult := ''
LogMessage(ProcException('Function WaitForPageFile - FileError', 'FAILED to read ' + FileName))
End Else Begin
Result := ConvertEncoding(tryResult, 65001);
LogMessage(ProcException('Function WaitForPageFile - FileRead', 'SUCCESS:|' + FileName));
End; //If tryResult = '' Then Begin should end here
End;//BlockClose
//*)
Number of attempts before alerting the user that no internet connection is detected. Increase this if the provider has low speed.
Sorry that by accident I edited your message and put my text there. Probably I clicked on "modify" as a moderator instead "Quote". If Ivek can bring back your original text, it would be good. I put as copy/paste your original message from the cache back there.
which I am almost sure it will work at this point
At the end, try jondak's scripts and let us know.
So it seems to be working pretty well and I'm a satisfied customer. Thanks very much to afrocuban and Ivek for your assistance. And afrocuban, despite the rollercoaster ride that it was, I do greatly appreciate your efforts and I hope there's no hard feelings. If I can provide any additional screenshots or other information that might be helpful to anyone, please let me know!
)First, tell what you did and what you did not, when asked something to do. How would I know, otherwise? Second, sorry, but this has nothing to do with "knowing" programming or programs. This is common knowledge of Windows operating system, and knowing what file extensions are, and has nothing to do with PVD, or Python or else. Helping with it is beyond PVD, and I really have no time for it, nor the will to do it. Use Copilot or ChatGPT whenever you are unclear with my messages. That's how I learned to create scripts because I value PVD. So please stop responding to irrelevant issues and appreciate my time and focus on solving the problem by following my instructions the best you can and be more focused and responsive on steps provided.
Again wasting the time by not at least make it clear in advance how you got .txt.
Sorry If I sound rude
On the screenshots provided earlier, I see chromedriver.exe there. So I really don't know what are you doing and I don't think I can help you anymore if you aren't giving full context like "I have these files there, I did this, I did this step you provided me with...", each time from the very beginning because it looks like after each message of yours we are running into completely new issues. I can't handle that this way "I meant this when saying that, I did that because I couldn't make it other way, but didn't tell you", etc... If I'd had your computer here, I'd solve it in a matter of minutes probably, otherwise.
Yes, I sure did, as soon as you mentioned doing that. But you didn't say anything about this until after I had already posted those screenshots and asked about which files you wanted. It would have been helpful to mention it before that, because again, this might seem obvious to you but it isn't to me.
Anyway, I'll address the log/text file in my next post...
When I try to attach .log files, it says I'm not allowed to attach that type of file, and there are only a few options among the "allowed file types" under Attachments.
2026-04-26 14:24:58,994 - DEBUG - Starting the Python script.On the screenshots provided earlier, I see chromedriver.exe there. So I really don't know what are you doing and I don't think I can help you anymore if you aren't giving full context like "I have these files there, I did this, I did this step you provided me with...", each time from the very beginning because it looks like after each message of yours we are running into completely new issues. I can't handle that this way "I meant this when saying that, I did that because I couldn't make it other way, but didn't tell you", etc... If I'd had your computer here, I'd solve it in a matter of minutes probably, otherwise. Or, your disk is failing and constantly giving other issues...
2026-04-26 14:24:59,003 - DEBUG - Starting new HTTP connection (1): ipinfo.io:80
2026-04-26 14:24:59,135 - DEBUG - http://ipinfo.io:80 "GET /country HTTP/1.1" 200 3
2026-04-26 14:24:59,136 - DEBUG - Country code: US, Language code: en
2026-04-26 14:24:59,150 - DEBUG - Generated output path: C:\Program Files\PVD_1.0.2.7_MOD-V20191020\PersonalVideoDB\Scripts\Tmp\downpage-UTF8_NO_BOM.htm
2026-04-26 14:24:59,150 - ERROR - ChromeDriver not found at path: C:\Program Files\PVD_1.0.2.7_MOD-V20191020\PersonalVideoDB\Scripts\chromedriver.exe
