PROMPT for DATASOURCE workaround

[opal29]

What I'm trying to achieve: Use PROMPT to determine how to to fill out a web form.

For example: If you enter 1, then the form is filled out:
color = x
height = y
length = z

However, If enter 2, then the form is filled out:
color = a
height = b
length = c

Here is what I have written:

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VERSION BUILD=1110311 RECORDER=CR
PROMPT set: !VAR1
SET !DATASOURCE H:\datasources\{{!VAR}}.csv
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 3
TAG POS=1 TYPE=SELECT FORM=NAME:changeform ATTR=NAME:color CONTENT={{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=SELECT FORM=NAME:changeform ATTR=NAME:height CONTENT={{!COL2}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=SELECT FORM=NAME:changeform ATTR=NAME:length CONTENT={{!COL3}}

However, I have learned that PROMPT and DATASOURCE don't work together.

Any suggestions for workarounds?

[Tom, iOpus]

Hi opal,

You have a mistake on the SET !DATASOURCE line: You're referencing !VAR instead of !VAR1. Change it to:

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SET !DATASOURCE H:\datasources\{{!VAR1}}.csv


[opal29]

[quote="Tom, iOpus"]Hi opal,

You have a mistake on the SET !DATASOURCE line: You're referencing !VAR instead of !VAR1. Change it to:

I had actually caught that typo and unfortunately it does not fix it. From the wiki, it seems like you can't use a variable in the DATASOURCE line.

[Tom, iOpus]

Hmmmm... well I tried this in iMacros for Firefox and the iMacros Browser and it works. It may be that this is not yet supported in iMacros for Chrome. Let me see what I can find out from the Chrome development team.