_FFLinksGetAll() from FF.au3 - Interesting Behavior Noted...

[leegold]

Hi,

Using FF.au3 and Autoit beta 3.3.13.12. I've noticed something, given the code:

#include <FF.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$url1 = 'http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/'
_FFStart($url1)

Sleep(3000)

$aLinks = _FFLinksGetAll()
_ArrayDisplay($aLinks) ; displays autoit site links

Sleep(3000)

$url1 = 'http://www.autoitscript.com/site/uncategorized/gimagex-v2-1-1-released/'
_FFOpenURL($url1)

Sleep(3000)

$aLinks = _FFLinksGetAll()
_ArrayDisplay($aLinks) ; displays gimagex site links as I assumed it would

and _ArrayDisplay shows the links for the current page in Firefox - different page then different links shown as I expected.

But if I use _FFLinkClick (instead of _FFOpenURL) to get to the different page the links shown by FFLinksGetAll and _ArrayDisplay are for the previous page in Firefox not the current page. Try:

#include <FF.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$url1 = 'http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/'
_FFStart($url1)
_FFLoadWait()
Sleep(10000)

$aLinks = _FFLinksGetAll()
_ArrayDisplay($aLinks) ; displays autoit site links, note Row 24 link for example

Sleep(3000)

_FFLinkClick("GImageX v2.1.1 Released", "text")

Sleep(3000)

$aLinks = _FFLinksGetAll()
_ArrayDisplay($aLinks) ; still displays same autoit site links

Why the difference? Shouldn't the links displayed reflect the current page in the browser no matter how you get there?

Thanks.

 

[Danp2]

Check you betaincludes directory to make sure there's not an errant copy of ff.au3 in there. Been there, done that!

[leegold]

Yes I put a copy of FF.au3 in the beta includes folder so it would work of course. Not sure what you're getting at...

If there's a source for the latest FF.au3 file and I could update then of course I'd try that before anything else.

[Danp2]

Actually, it's recommended that you don't store UDFs in the includes subdirectory. See here for more info.

I was trying to duplicate your issue earlier and I couldn't even get the FF functions to work. Turns out that I had previously put an old copy of FF.au3 in the includes subdirectory, which is why I used above. <g>

What version of FF.au3 are you running? How many links are being returned for each page?

[Gonnosuke]

Please post the console output of your script after adding "_FFAu3Option("ComTrace", True)" so we can see what's happening during execution. It could be a _FFWindowSelect issue etc. The console output will provide the clues we need to solve the problem.

Edited July 30, 2014 by Gonnosuke

[leegold]

I never got back on this - I am sorry. FF.au3 is a great tool and I can/did worked around it.