Measures the time in seconds between to STOPWATCH command with the same identifier.
This command can be used for website response time measurement. Using different IDs in one macro, different processes can be timed separately from each other. By default, the measured data is stored in the download directory of iMacros. You can change the file location with the !FILESTOPWATCH variable. (PRO and Enterprise Editions only).
Syntax
STOPWATCH ID=id
Parameters
ID
Specifies an unique identifier for a timing measurement. Up to 100 different identifiers can be used.
Examples
VERSION BUILD=4230323
SET !FILESTOPWATCH mydata.csv
STOPWATCH ID=total
URL GOTO=http://www.iopus.com/imacros/
STOPWATCH ID=1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:http://www.iopus.com/imacros/compare
STOPWATCH ID=1
STOPWATCH ID=store
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:US$<SP>149
TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=NAME:order ATTR=NAME:ORDER_PRODUCT_NOW&&VALUE:Order<SP>Now
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=HREF:http://www.iopus.com/store
STOPWATCH ID=store
STOPWATCH ID=total
The file "mydata.csv" contains the measurement data. By default, the data is saved to the Downloads\ directory of your iMacros installation. The values are comma separated (CSV format) so they can be viewed with any text editor or imported directly in Excel or any other software you use to view your data.
Example file
Format: Date, Time, Macro name, ID, time (s)
"2004/08/3","11:56:23","mymacro","1","1.272"
"2004/08/3","11:56:32","mymacro","store","8.943"
"2004/08/3","11:56:32","mymacro","total","10.21"
See Also
REFRESH, CLEAR
Page URL http://www.iopus.com/imacros/help/cmd_stopwatch.htm