Firefox : activing input type="file"

Debbie · September 28, 2009

Hi

I am trying to activate a input type=file button on firefox. The web page does not belongs to me, so I can not modify it.

I use FF.au3.

I read multiple support on this point as this one :

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=95595&hl=firefox%20input%20type=&st=100

The HTML can be summarized as :

<body>
<form action="..." method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
...
    <label>Image: </label>
        <div class="margin-form">
        <input type="file" name="image" />
        </div>
...
</form>
</body>

Using the given example, I tried :

_FFXpath("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']","",9)
_FFObj("xpath.value='c:\\text.txt'")

and

_FFXpath("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']","",9)
_FFObj("xpath","value","c:\\test.txt")

No success. Did I do something wrong ?

Thanks for any help

Debbie

Stilgar · September 28, 2009

Hello,

this one works with your html-code:

#include <FF.au3>

_FFConnect()

_FFXpath("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']","",9)
_FFObj("xpath.value='c:\\text.txt'")

have you any error messages in the console of your editor?

Debbie · September 28, 2009

Hello,

this one works with your html-code:
#include <FF.au3>

_FFConnect()

_FFXpath("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']","",9)
_FFObj("xpath.value='c:\\text.txt'")
have you any error messages in the console of your editor?

Sorry I never understood how I may get this console (I am a newbie)

I use Scite with AutoItPortable.

Nothing appears in the scite output when I open my .au3 file

with Autoit v3 script. I just installed DebugView hopping to get

them. No more information...

Regards

Debbie

Debbie · September 28, 2009

re

Thanks to another post (ConsoleWrite), here is what I got :

_FFConnect: OS: WIN_XP WIN32_NT 2600 Service Pack 3
_FFConnect: AutoIt: 3.2.10.0
_FFConnect: FF.au3: 0.5.3.8b-3
_FFConnect: IP: 127.0.0.1
_FFConnect: Port:   4242
_FFConnect: Delay:  450ms
_FFConnect: Socket:     1532
__FFSend: try{window.content.frames["top"].document.browserDOMWindow}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: 
__FFSend: try{navigator.userAgent}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3 GTB5
_FFConnect: Browser:    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3 GTB5
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=window.content.frames["top"].document.evaluate("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']",window.content.frames["top"].document,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: 
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=window.content.wrappedJSObject.frames["top"].document.evaluate("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']",window.content.wrappedJSObject.frames["top"].document,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: [object HTMLInputElement] â€” {onfocus: function() {â€¦}, onblur: function() {â€¦}, onstartRequest: function() {â€¦}, onstartDecode: function() {â€¦}, onstartContainer: function() {â€¦}, onstartFrame: function() {â€¦}, onstopFrame: function() {â€¦}, ...}
__FFSend: try{FFau3.xpath.value='c:\\text.txt'}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: _FFCmd_Err
_FFConnect: OS: WIN_XP WIN32_NT 2600 Service Pack 3
_FFConnect: AutoIt: 3.2.10.0
_FFConnect: FF.au3: 0.5.3.8b-3
_FFConnect: IP: 127.0.0.1
_FFConnect: Port:   4242
_FFConnect: Delay:  2ms
_FFConnect: Socket:     1504
__FFSend: try{window.content.frames["top"].document.browserDOMWindow}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: 
__FFSend: try{navigator.userAgent}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3 GTB5
_FFConnect: Browser:    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3 GTB5
_FFSendJavascripts: Sending functions to FireFox ............ done
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=window.content.frames["top"].document.evaluate("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']",window.content.frames["top"].document,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: 
__FFSend: FFau3.xpath=null;try{FFau3.xpath=window.content.wrappedJSObject.frames["top"].document.evaluate("//input[@type='file' and @name='image']",window.content.wrappedJSObject.frames["top"].document,null,XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,null).singleNodeValue;}catch(e){'_FFXPath_Error: '+e;};
__FFRecv: [object HTMLInputElement] â€” {onfocus: function() {â€¦}, onblur: function() {â€¦}, onstartRequest: function() {â€¦}, onstartDecode: function() {â€¦}, onstartContainer: function() {â€¦}, onstartFrame: function() {â€¦}, onstopFrame: function() {â€¦}, ...}
__FFSend: try{FFau3.xpath.value='c:\\text.txt'}catch(e){'_FFCmd_Err';};
__FFRecv: _FFCmd_Err

Does it helps ?

Regards

Debbie

Debbie · September 29, 2009

Hi

Is there anything I can do to go one step further ?

Thanks for any clue

Debbie

Stilgar · September 29, 2009

Is there anything I can do to go one step further ?

Depending on the console output it looks like the input was not found.

Have you tried it with the current FF version (3.5.x), too?

Debbie · September 29, 2009

Hi

I erase line by the of my HMTL file in order to see if some of them are the issue.

And the answer is YES !

Something occurs in the header :

<head>


        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="index.php_fichiers/datepicker.css">
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="index.php_fichiers/ext-all.css">
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="index.php_fichiers/admin.css">
        <title>PrestaShopâ„¢ - Administration panel</title>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            var search_texts = Array('product, category...', 'customer id, name, e-mail...', 'order id', 'invoice id', 'cart id');
            var helpboxes = 1;
        </script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="index.php_fichiers/jquery-1.js"></script>
        <!-- HERE-->
        <script type="text/javascript" src="index.php_fichiers/admin.js"></script>

    </head>

Everything goes right, except if I keep:

<script type="text/javascript">
            var search_texts = Array('product, category...', 'customer id, name, e-mail...', 'order id', 'invoice id', 'cart id');
            var helpboxes = 1;
        </script>
        <!-- here -->
        <script type="text/javascript" src="index.php_fichiers/admin.js"></script>

If I remove either the part before or after the comment "here", it works.

So I tried to empty the admin.js file, just to see... and with an empty JS file, the problem remains.

Strange behavior, not ?

I can put the HTML file somewhere for testing if need.

Any idea of why such lines cause the problem ?

Thanks

Debbie

Stilgar · October 1, 2009

....
Strange behavior, not ?
I can put the HTML file somewhere for testing if need.
Any idea of why such lines cause the problem ?

Sorry no idea.

Put the files somewhere for testing, please.

Debbie · October 6, 2009

Hi

Sorry no idea.
Put the files somewhere for testing, please.

A webpage has been posted. I sent you an private message to giv you the address.

Please, let me know if you experience the issue or if the problem only occurs on my side.

Thanks

Debbie

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