how to run firefox hidden

Arclite86 · March 17, 2014

how to run firefox hidden I have tried: _FFStart ("https://website.com",true) but the browsers shows up

water · March 17, 2014

Should be:

_FFStart("https://website.com", Default, Default, True)

Arclite86 · March 17, 2014

Should be:

_FFStart("https://website.com", Default, Default, True)

it is still showing up:

case $button

     _FFStart ("https://google.com", Default, Default, True)

I use it as a button

am i missing an other code to make this work or something??

some other info

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\programma\test.au3" /UserParams    
+>16:10:45 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.1.4.4 SciTE v.3.3.7.0 ;  Keyboard:00020409  OS:WIN_81/  CPU:X64 OS:X64    Environment(Language:0413  Keyboard:00020409  OS:WIN_81/  CPU:X64 OS:X64)
>Running AU3Check (3.3.10.2)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3
+>16:10:45 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.10.2):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\programma\test.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
__FFStartProcess: ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-window "https://google.com"  "-repl 4242 "
_FFConnect: OS: WIN_81 WIN32_NT 9600 
_FFConnect: AutoIt: 3.3.10.2
_FFConnect: FF.au3: 0.6.0.1b-10
_FFConnect: IP: 127.0.0.1
_FFConnect: Port:   4242
_FFConnect: Delay:  2ms
_FFConnect: Socket:     844
_FFConnect: Browser:    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0
__FFSendJavaScripts: Sending functions to FireFox .......... done
_FFLoadWait: . loaded in 11ms
[object XrayWrapper [object HTMLDocument]] - {location: {...}, x-auto-57: {...}, getElementsByName: function() {...}, getItems: function() {...}, open: function() {...}, close: function() {...}, write: function() {...}, ...}

Edited March 17, 2014 by Arclite86

water · March 17, 2014

Which version of the UDF do you run?
Search for

Global Const $_FF_AU3VERSION

in the UDF.

Arclite86 · March 17, 2014

Which version of the UDF do you run?
Search for
Global Const $_FF_AU3VERSION
in the UDF.

version:

Global Const $_FF_AU3VERSION = "0.6.0.1b-10"

water · March 17, 2014

Same problem here.

Maybe the UDF needs to be updated for the new versions of FireFox because the Window Class used in _FFStartProcess changed from "MozillaUIWindowClass" to "MozillaWindowClass".

Gianni · March 17, 2014

have you tryed to switch off the monitor while firefox is running?, in this way you should be able to "hide" the browser......

....just a bit of fun

Arclite86 · March 18, 2014

So in other words it doesn't work untill the the FF creator update's it... <_< This sucks very much because i created a program that that took me about 4 months to develop it opens about 40 browsers in a few seconds and the it only works on firefox :mad:

Prime03 · March 18, 2014

So in other words it doesn't work untill the the FF creator update's it... This sucks very much because i created a program that that took me about 4 months to develop it opens about 40 browsers in a few seconds and the it only works on firefox

Why don't you try exploring the UDF and make the changes yourself? Water gave you a great head start. Just go through it step by step.

Same problem here.

Maybe the UDF needs to be updated for the new versions of FireFox because the Window Class used in _FFStartProcess changed from "MozillaUIWindowClass" to "MozillaWindowClass".

water · March 18, 2014

Exactly what I would have suggested

Gianni · March 18, 2014

also, do not know if it's feasible, just an idea.
couldn't you use an older portable firefox and "attach" your script to that version?

Edited March 18, 2014 by PincoPanco

Bert · March 18, 2014

So in other words it doesn't work untill the the FF creator update's it... This sucks very much because i created a program that that took me about 4 months to develop it opens about 40 browsers in a few seconds and the it only works on firefox

40 browser windows???? You have my attention. what does this thing do once the windows are open? I know a series of operations but I'm curious as to why you need 40 windows to do it.

Arclite86 · March 18, 2014

40 browser windows???? You have my attention. what does this thing do once the windows are open? I know a series of operations but I'm curious as to why you need 40 windows to do it.

I need to use firefox to use greasemonkey that you recommended me, Thanks for that ,but now the whole function is useless If i cant start it hidden, the reason why I need 40 is that I have a large list of name's so i track all info from a website and show the info of that name/user,

I have about 100 names/users so thats why...

I have found the part of the FF script that has to do with _FFstart but i have no idea what to chance, And i did not found a "MozillaUIWindowClass" or a "MozillaWindowClass" in the script where Water was talking about.

; #FUNCTION# ===================================================================
; Name ..........: _FFDisConnect
; Description ...: Disconnects from FireFox
; Beschreibung ..: Trennt die Verbindung mit FireFox / MozRepl
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: _FFDisConnect()
; Parameter(s): .:
; Return Value ..: Success      - 1 / $_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET = -1
;                  Failure      - 0
;                  @ERROR       -
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Wed Apr 15 09:54:09 CEST 2009
; Link ..........: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740668(VS.85).aspx
; Related .......: _FFConnect, _FFIsConnected, _FFStart
; Example .......: Yes
; ==============================================================================
Func _FFDisConnect()
    Local Const $sFuncName = "_FFDisConnect"

    Opt("TCPTimeout", 200)

    If __FFIsSocket($_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET) Then
        __FFSend("repl.quit()")
        TCPCloseSocket($_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET)
        If @error Then
            SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_GeneralError, "TCP Error: " & @error))
            Return 0
        EndIf
        TCPShutdown()
        If Not @error Then
            If $_FF_COM_TRACE Then ConsoleWrite("_FFDisConnect: disconnected" & @CRLF)
            $_FF_FRAME = 'top'
            $_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET = -1
            Return 1
        Else
            SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_GeneralError, "TCP Error: " & @error))
            Return 0
        EndIf
    Else
        SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_SocketError, $_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET))
        Return 0
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>_FFDisConnect

; #FUNCTION# ===================================================================
; Name ..........: _FFIsConnected
; Description ...: Connection status to FireFox / MozRepl
; Beschreibung ..: Liefert den Status der Verbindung mit FireFox / MozRepl
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: _FFIsConnected()
; Parameter(s): .:
; Return Value ..: Success      - 1
;                  Failure      - 0
;                  @ERROR       -
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Mon Sep 28 11:03:44 CEST 2009
; Link ..........:
; Related .......: _FFConnect, _FFDisConnect, _FFStart
; Example .......: Yes
; ==============================================================================
Func _FFIsConnected()
    Local Const $sFuncName = "_FFIsConnected"

    If __FFIsSocket($_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET) And _FFCmd("FFau3 != null?1:0") = 1 Then Return 1

    SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_SocketError, $_FF_GLOBAL_SOCKET))
    Return 0
EndFunc   ;==>_FFIsConnected

JohnOne · March 18, 2014

; #INTERNAL_USE_ONLY# ==========================================================
; Name ..........: __FFStartProcess
; Description ...: Starts the firefox.exe
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: __FFStartProcess([$sURL = "about:blank"[, $bNewWin = False[, $sProfile = "default"[, $bNoRemote = False[, $bHide = False[, $iPort = 4242[, $iTimeOut = 30000]]]]]]])
; Parameter(s): .: $sProfile    - Optional: (Default = "default") :
;                  $bNewWin     - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bNoRemote   - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bHide       - Optional: (Default = False) :
;                  $iPort       - Optional: (Default = 4242) :
;                  $iTimeOut    - Optional: (Default = 30000) : min. 2000ms
; Return Value ..: Success      - 1
;                  Failure      - 0
;                  @ERROR       -
;                  @EXTENDED    - PID from the firefox.exe
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Wed Nov 04 16:01:59 CET 2009
; ==============================================================================

_FFStart("https://website.com", False, Default, False, True)

Edited March 18, 2014 by JohnOne

Arclite86 · March 18, 2014

; #INTERNAL_USE_ONLY# ==========================================================
; Name ..........: __FFStartProcess
; Description ...: Starts the firefox.exe
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: __FFStartProcess([$sURL = "about:blank"[, $bNewWin = False[, $sProfile = "default"[, $bNoRemote = False[, $bHide = False[, $iPort = 4242[, $iTimeOut = 30000]]]]]]])
; Parameter(s): .: $sProfile    - Optional: (Default = "default") :
;                  $bNewWin     - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bNoRemote   - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bHide       - Optional: (Default = False) :
;                  $iPort       - Optional: (Default = 4242) :
;                  $iTimeOut    - Optional: (Default = 30000) : min. 2000ms
; Return Value ..: Success      - 1
;                  Failure      - 0
;                  @ERROR       -
;                  @EXTENDED    - PID from the firefox.exe
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Wed Nov 04 16:01:59 CET 2009
; ==============================================================================

_FFStart("https://website.com", False, Default, False, True)

thanks i hope it works, has somebody a quick way to test if it works

but if i run

_FFStart("https://google.com", False, Default, False, True)

i get this message:

>Running AU3Check (3.3.10.2)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3
+>14:18:16 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.10.2):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Users\joesoef pc\Desktop\autoit\twitter programma\test.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
_FFStart ==> Invalid data type: (IP) $IP: True

I dont know if it works..

Edited March 18, 2014 by Arclite86

Arclite86 · March 19, 2014

; #INTERNAL_USE_ONLY# ==========================================================
; Name ..........: __FFStartProcess
; Description ...: Starts the firefox.exe
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: __FFStartProcess([$sURL = "about:blank"[, $bNewWin = False[, $sProfile = "default"[, $bNoRemote = False[, $bHide = False[, $iPort = 4242[, $iTimeOut = 30000]]]]]]])
; Parameter(s): .: $sProfile    - Optional: (Default = "default") :
;                  $bNewWin     - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bNoRemote   - Optional: (Default = false) :
;                  $bHide       - Optional: (Default = False) :
;                  $iPort       - Optional: (Default = 4242) :
;                  $iTimeOut    - Optional: (Default = 30000) : min. 2000ms
; Return Value ..: Success      - 1
;                  Failure      - 0
;                  @ERROR       -
;                  @EXTENDED    - PID from the firefox.exe
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Wed Nov 04 16:01:59 CET 2009
; ==============================================================================

_FFStart("https://website.com", False, Default, False, True)

it doesn't work, has somebody a better solution.

Arclite86 · March 19, 2014

I also found this code:

Run(@ProgramFilesDir & "\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe")
Do
     Sleep(20)
Until WinExists("Mozilla Firefox")
WinSetTrans("Mozilla Firefox", "", 0)
Sleep(2000)
WinSetState ("[Last]", "", @SW_HIDE)

MsgBox(0, "", "Firefox is now hidden and transparent. Click OK to undo those attributes")

WinSetState ("[Last]", "", @SW_SHOW)
WinSetTrans("[Last]", "", 255)

that also hiddes the browser but I dont know to open a url

Bert · March 19, 2014

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments

Run(@ProgramFilesDir & "mozilla firefoxfirefox.exe www.google.com")

Arclite86 · March 19, 2014

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments
Run(@ProgramFilesDir & "mozilla firefoxfirefox.exe www.google.com")

Thanks I got now something like this,:

Run(@ProgramFilesDir & "\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe www.google.com",@SW_HIDE)

and it works but is it possible to use function like _FFOpenURL , _FFtabadd etc,

it give's me this error when i try it:(no match)

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Users\joesoef pc\Desktop\autoit\tewt.au3" /UserParams    
+>14:19:30 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.1.4.4 SciTE v.3.3.7.0 ;  Keyboard:00020409  OS:WIN_81/  CPU:X64 OS:X64    Environment(Language:0413  Keyboard:00020409  OS:WIN_81/  CPU:X64 OS:X64)
>Running AU3Check (3.3.10.2)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3
+>14:19:30 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.10.2):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Users\joesoef pc\Desktop\autoit\tewt.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
_FFOpenURL: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/159896-how-to-run-firefox-hidden/
__FFSend ==> Socket Error
_FFCmd ==> Error return value
_FFOpenURL ==> No match: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/159896-how-to-run-firefox-hidden/
+>14:19:31 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0
+>14:19:31 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished..
>Exit code: 0    Time: 1.594

Bert · March 19, 2014

Have you thought of simply moving the window off the screen with WinMove?

how to run firefox hidden

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