FF.au3 (V0.6.0.1b-10)

[ValeryVal]

_FFOpenURL('javascript:alert("ALERT")')

is equal to

_FF_Call("alert('ALERT')")

is equal to

$Cmd = 'alert("ALERT")'

_FFCmd("content.wrappedJSObject." & $Cmd)

[morawcik]

Thanks Stilgar.

When I open new window for every script that whence script will know for which window it is ?

[Stilgar]

Per default every function after _FFConnect or _FFStart works on the last opened FireFox window.

If you wanna change this you can use the _FFWindow*-functions.

[morawcik]

Nice, thanks

[jchd]

I'm trying to evaluate how FF.au3 can help me but I'm a little lost. After getting the latest versions of FF.au3, FFEx.au3 and FF-Page_Analyzer.au3 on your site, I still get

ERROR: _FFFrameGetSelected(): undefined function.

Where can I get the missing file?

[GerardJ]

So I see that you introduced some event dispatching code in last August FF.au3 version.

New in the latest test-version:

_FFDispatchEvent($sElement, $sEventType = "change")

$sElement = Element or object from _FFXpath /_FFObj*

$sEventType = change|select|focus|blur|resize

The various event handlers that can exist are not automatically activated by the _FFForm functions (for example _FFFormRadioButton, _FFFormCheckBox, _FFFormOptionselect), though the _FFClick function actually fires a click event and so the existing onclick event handler are automatically activated with using _FFClick.

After some testing and experimenting, the way to use the _FFDispatchEvent is something like that (assuming my input field as some onchange event handler):

; set a value in an input field (onchange evant handler will NOT be activated)
_FFSetValue("smith", "input_text", "name")  
; so now we manually fire a "change" event on the same input field
$oSelect = _FFObjGet("input_text","name")
_FFDispatchEvent($oSelect, "change")

And the same to be done for the other inputs on which I could have some event handlers (radio buttons, checkboxes, selects...).

As my objective is to have a script with as few specific code as possible, I'd like to have the existing event handlers activated without having to add myself these calls to the _FFDispatchEvent.

So I took a look on your FF.au3 code and did some changes on my own to add this feature wher I need them. Here are the changes: maybe this is not the best or cleanest soluton, but it is curently suiting my needs. When you implement the feature in a future eversion of FFF.au3, I will be interesting in comparing your solution with mine...

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Func _FFFormCheckBox($vBox, $bChecked = True, $iBoxNameIndex = 0, $sBoxMode = "index", $vForm = 0, $sFormMode = "index", $bCheckBox = True)
    ...
    _FFXPath(StringFormat("//form[%s]//input[@type='%s' and %s]", $sForm, $sType, $sCheckBox), $sCommand, 9)    
    If Not @error Then
        ;GJ start: send a "click" event on the targeted element  PROBLEM: CLICK is not allowed by FFDispatchEvent!!! 
        ; => using a modified version to allow it
        if $bCheckBox Then
            ; as the click WILL change the checbox status, we first execute the request, but with inverted status
            Local $sCommand = "checked=" & __FFB2S($bChecked==false)
            _FFXPath(StringFormat("//form[%s]//input[@type='%s' and %s]", $sForm, $sType, $sCheckBox), $sCommand, 9)    
            Local $sCommandSel = StringFormat("//form[%s]//input[@type='%s' and %s]", $sForm, $sType, $sCheckBox)
            Local $ogj = _FFXPath($sCommandSel, "", 9)  ; get a reference to the targeted object
            _FFDispatchEvent($ogj, "click")         ; and dispatch a click event on it
        Else
            Local $sCommandSel = StringFormat("//form[%s]//input[@type='%s' and %s]", $sForm, $sType, $sCheckBox)
            Local $ogj = _FFXPath($sCommandSel, "", 9)  ; get a reference to the targeted object
            _FFDispatchEvent($ogj, "click")         ; and dispatch a click event on it
        Endif
        ;GJ end
        Return 1
    Else
        SetError(@error)
        Return 0
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>_FFFormCheckBox

Func _FFFormOptionselect($vElement = 0, $sElementMode = "index", $vOption = 0, $sOptionMode = "index", $vForm = 0, $sFormMode = "index")
    ...
    Local $sCommand = StringFormat("//form[%s]//select[%s]//option[%s]", $sForm, $sElement, $sOption)
    _FFXPath($sCommand, "selected=true", 9)
    If Not @error Then
        ;GJ start: send a "change" event on the targeted element
        Local $sCommandSel = StringFormat("//form[%s]//select[%s]", $sForm, $sElement)
        Local $ogj = _FFXPath($sCommand, "", 9)     ; get a reference to the targeted object
        _FFDispatchEvent($ogj, "change")        ; and dispatch a change event on it
        ;GJ end 
        Return 1
    Else
        SetError(@error)
        Return 0
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>_FFFormOptionselect

Func _FFDispatchEvent($sElement, $sEventType = "change", $iKeyCode = 13)
    ...

    Switch $sEventType
        Case "change", "select", "focus", "blur", "resize"
            $sType = "Event"
        Case "keydown", "keypress", "keyup"
            $sType = "KeyboardEvent"
; GJ start
        Case "click"
            $sType = "MouseEvents"
; GJ end
        Case Else
            SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_InvalidValue, "(click|change|select|focus|blur|resize|keydown|keypress|keyup) $sEventType: " & $sEventType))
            Return 0
    EndSwitch
    ...
EndFunc   ;==>_FFDispatchEvent

Func _FFSetValue($sValue, $sElement, $sMode = "elements", $iIndex = 0)
    ...
    Local $sElementIn = $sElement   ;GJ
    Local $sModeIn = $sMode     ;GJ
    Local $iIndexIn = $iIndex   ;GJ 
    ...
    Local $sRetVal = _FFCmd($sElement & ".value='" & $sValue & "'") 
    If Not @error And $sRetVal <> "_FFCmd_Err" Then
        ;GJ start: trying to send a "change" event on the element item
        Local $ogj = _FFObjGet($sElementIn, $sModeIn, $iIndexIn)    ; get a reference to the targeted object
        _FFDispatchEvent($ogj, "change")        ; and dispatch a change event on it
        ;GJ end
        Return 1
    Else
        SetError(__FFError($sFuncName, $_FF_ERROR_NoMatch, "$sElement: " & $sElement))
        Return 0
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>_FFSetValue

Any comment will be appreciated.

[cypher175]

there seems to be a problem when trying to open urls that have numbers in them like this...??

_FFOpenURL("http://3.ly/")

_FFOpenURL ==> Invalid data type: (URL) $sURL: http://3.ly/

[quercus]

@GerardJ: Could You please make available the full code of Your enhancements shown above (_FFForm...)?

Edited March 21, 2010 by quercus

[quercus]

I have a _FFLinkClick-problem: Look at this little programm;

#include <FF.au3>

;_FFStart('http://www.basko.at/')

Local $wait_seconds = 3

If _FFConnect() Then
    _FFOpenURL('http://www.basko.at/')
    Sleep($wait_seconds*1000)
    _FFLinkClick('click_problem/seite1','href')
    Sleep($wait_seconds*1000)
    _FFLinkClick('click_problem/seite2','href')
EndIf
Exit

The second click does not work. You may try it. The log of running the code above is:

_FFConnect: OS: WIN_VISTA WIN32_NT 6000 
_FFConnect: AutoIt: 3.3.4.0
_FFConnect: FF.au3: 0.6.0.1b-4
_FFConnect: IP: 127.0.0.1
_FFConnect: Port:   4242
_FFConnect: Delay:  2ms
_FFConnect: Socket:     588
_FFConnect: Browser:    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; de; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
__FFSendJavascripts: Sending functions to FireFox .......... done
_FFOpenURL: http://www.basko.at/
__FFSend: try{window.content.top.document.location.href='http://www.basko.at/'}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: http://www.basko.at/
_FFLoadWait: .. loaded in 273ms
__FFSend: try{FFau3.WCD=window.content.top.document;}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: [object XPCNativeWrapper [object HTMLDocument]] — {contentType: "text/html", addEventListener: function() {…}, title: "Basko von Gradenegg", forms: {…}, defaultView: {…}, characterSet: "ISO-8859-1"}
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=FFau3.WCD.evaluate("//a[contains(@href,'click_problem/seite1')]",FFau3.WCD,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: http://www.basko.at/click_problem/seite1.html
__FFSend: try{FFau3.simulateEvent(FFau3.xpath,'MouseEvents','click');}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: 1
_FFLoadWait: .. loaded in 281ms
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=FFau3.WCD.evaluate("//a[contains(@href,'click_problem/seite2')]",FFau3.WCD,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: 
__FFSend: try{FFau3.simulateEvent(FFau3.xpath,'MouseEvents','click');}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: -3
_FFClick ==> No match: $sElement: FFau3.xpath
>Exit code: 0    Time: 8.450

Commenting the first click and doing it by hand shows that the second links works too.

Edited March 21, 2010 by quercus

[ininja]

I have problem with _FFLinkClick when click a link which is in a frame.

Html source:

<frameset class="frameset" rows="90,*" framespacing="0" frameborder="0">
  <frame name="topframe" src="http://www.yahoo.com" scrolling="no" noresize="noresize">
  <frame name="pathframe" src="http://www.google.com" scrolling="auto" noresize="noresize">
  <noframes>
    <p>Your browser does not support frames.</p>
  </noframes>
</frameset>

Sleep(3000)
   _FFFrameEnter(1)
   MsgBox(0,"Frame URL",_FFCmd(".location.href"))
   _FFLinkClick("about.html")

i want it to click "About Google" link, and in the console it returns

__FFSend: try{FFau3.simulateEvent(FFau3.xpath,'MouseEvents','click');}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: 1
_FFLoadWait: . loaded in 11ms

seems the link is clicked successfully but in fact it's not

how to solve this problem? i heard some post said it's "cross domain" issue, anyway to bypass this issue?

[quercus]

Addendum to the _FFLinkClick-Problem described above.

Using FF up to 0.6.0.0b-5 works. FF 0.6.0.1b-3 is the first I have of 0.6.0.1 and which did not work!

[ininja]

do you mean using FF.au3 0.6.0.0b-5 can solve the _FFLinkClick problem?

[mmahima]

UDF to control FireFox (Flock) via MozRepl:

FF.au3 (V0.6.0.0b)

Changelog

Changes in V0.6.0.0b:

- Added: _FFWindowOpen: new parameter: $bLoadWait

- Added: _FFAu3Option / $_FF_SEARCH_MODE = 0 ; 0 = Substring / 1 = Compare

_FFImageClick

- Removed: _FFSetValueById, _FFSetValueByName ==> _FFSetValue

- Removed: _FFGetValueById, _FFGetValueByName ==> _FFGetValue

- Removed: _FFFormGetLength ==> _FFGetLength

- Removed: _FFTabGetLength ==> _FFGetLength

- Removed: _FFTableGetCell ==> _FFXpath

- Removed: _FFDisPatchKeyEvent ==> _FFDisPatchEvent

- Removed: _FFTabCloseAll ==> _FFTabClose

- Removed: _FFFormGetElementsLength: now only returns the DOM-standard length

- Removed: _FFRecord* functions and all additions for them in all functions

- Changed: _FFAction("copy"): works now only on the current frame

- Fixed: _FFFormGetElementsLength: Error Message

- Fixed: _FFDispatchEvent: Shortcut for elements

For compatibily for older scripts and more functions, please use this UDF:

http://thorsten-willert.de/Themen/FFau3/FF.au3/FFEx.au3

Function list:

;_FFAction

;_FFClick

;_FFCmd

;_FFConnect

;_FFDialogWait

;_FFDisConnect

;_FFDispatchEvent

;_FFFormCheckBox

;_FFFormGetElementsLength

;_FFFormOptionselect

;_FFFormRadioButton

;_FFFormReset

;_FFFormSubmit

;_FFFrameEnter

;_FFFrameLeave

;_FFGetLength

;_FFGetObjectInfo

;_FFGetPosition

;_FFGetValue

;_FFImageClick

;_FFImageGetBySize

;_FFImageMapClick

;_FFIsConnected

;_FFLinkClick

;_FFLinksGetAll

;_FFLoadWait

;_FFLoadWaitTimeOut

;_FFObj

;_FFObjDelete

;_FFObjGet

;_FFObjNew

;_FFOpenURL

;_FFPrefGet

;_FFPrefReset

;_FFPrefSet

;_FFQuit

;_FFReadHTML

;_FFReadText

;_FFSearch

;_FFSetValue

;_FFStart

;_FFTabAdd

;_FFTabClose

;_FFTabDuplicate

;_FFTabExists

;_FFTabGetSelected

;_FFTabSetSelected

;_FFTableWriteToArray

;_FFWindowClose

;_FFWindowGetHandle

;_FFWindowOpen

;_FFWindowSelect

;_FFWriteHTML

;_FFXPath

Requirement(s).:

Latest Version of FireFox (Flock) and the AddOn MozRepl

!!!

Don't forget to start MozRepl.

FF-menu: Extras/Menu or check there "Activate on startup".

Documentation:

- English

- German

- Russian (by Valery)

- Englisch CHM, user-calltips ...

FF.au3 extensions:

- _FF_DM.au3 (UDF for the FireFox Download-Manager) [Forum]

- _FFEx.au3 (more functions and compatibly fixes for older scripts):

; _FFDisPatchKeyEvent

; _FFFormGetLength

; _FFGetValueById

; _FFGetValueByName

; _FFSetValueById

; _FFSetValueByName

; _FFTabCloseAll

; _FFTabGetLength

; _FFTableGetCell

; _FF_Call

; _FF_CookiesAllow

; _FF_CookiesDeny

; _FF_CookiesRemoveAll

; _FF_CookiesSetAccess

; _FF_EmptyCache

; _FF_EmptyCookies / _FF_CookiesRemoveAll

; _FF_EmptyHistory

; _FF_FormSetFileInput

; _FF_GetContentXY

; _FF_GetCurrentURL

; _FF_GetStatus

; _FF_GetTitle

; _FF_MozRepl_Detect

; _FF_ResetTitle

; _FF_TabGetAllTitles

; _FF_TabGetAllURLs

; _FF_TabReloadAll

UDFs for FireFox AddOns:

- _FF_FireFM [Forum]

- _FF_FoxBox.au3 [Forum]

- _FF_Screengrab.au3 [Forum]

Misc:

- _FF_AutoLogin [Forum]

- _FF_RecordForm [Forum]

- YouTube-API-Wrapper [Forum]

Additional software:

- FF-Page-Analyzer

Known problems:

- The _FFTab* functions doesn't work, if you have the FF-AddOn TabMixPlus installed (this AddOn seems to override some internal FF-functions)

More examples and stuff are on my homepage.

Stilgar

I am unable to use this functions, in my machine

I have firefox in my machine, and i have installed the plugin "MOZREPL" for the firefox

Can you please let me know the problem, why i am not able to use the functions

i am getting this message in the control panel

__FFWaitForRepl ==> Timeout: 10015ms > 10000ms $iTimeOut

Thanks in Advance

Edited March 26, 2010 by mmahima

[FinalVersion]

Have you started MozRepl?

[mmahima]

Have you started MozRepl?

Yes, I have started my MozRepl

It is giving me the timeout error.

Thanks in Advance

Edited March 29, 2010 by mmahima

[quercus]

No, the error message does not come from MozRepl. FF tells You that Repl does not answer. This is nearly always the case when repl does not run, sorry!

[quercus]

_FFLinkClick-Problem: Yes, for me, going back to the last 0.6.0.0 release solves my click problem.

[ininja]

_FFLinkClick-Problem: Yes, for me, going back to the last 0.6.0.0 release solves my click problem.

could you please send the 0.6.0.0 version to me? i can't find anywhere to download it

my email is ininja999@gmail.com

thanks a lot:)

[quercus]

@ininja: mailing FF.au3 done.

[GerardJ]

@GerardJ: Could You please make available the full code of Your enhancements shown above (_FFForm...)?

Here it is (sorry for the delay, I did not came here for quite a long time)

Of cours, I share with no guarantee: there may be problems, so if you can improve this code, don't hesitate.

I've added this warning at beginning of the file:

*****************************************************************

** THIS IS A MODIFIED, NON OFFICIAL VERSION

** THERE IS NO GUARANTEE MY CHANGES ARE VALID, OR WILL BE KEPT

** BY THE AUTHOR IN HIS NEXT RELEASES...

**

** I've added the minimum I needed to have working event handlers

** on the following:

** onclick for _FFFormRadioButtons, _FFFormCheckBoxes, _FFFormOptionselect

** onchange on _FFSetValue,

** (the onclick was already working on the _FFClick)

**

** my changes are identified with "GJ start" and "GJ end" comments

** or simply with my initals "GJ"

** and I did rename the original FF.au3 to FFgj.au3 to avoid any confusion.

**

*****************************************************************

FFgj.zip