WebDriver UDF - Help & Support (III)

[czmaster]

Hello,

I want the browser work without ever showing it. With the old function _IECreate it was enough to set the $iVisible parameter to 0.
Is there something equivalent with webdriver ?

I'm not talking about the console but about the browser.

I think it would be possible to do something with WinSetState, but I prefer if the browser never appear.

If this function does not exist, I still thank you for your work

[Danp2]

@czmasterThis is covered in the FAQ of the wiki (see link in signature)

[czmaster]

 

  On 2/8/2022 at 6:04 PM, Danp2 said:

@czmasterThis is covered in the FAQ of the wiki (see link in signature)

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I already look the FAQ, but I only sea that we can hide the console and maximize the browser but no where hide the browser.

What I want.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Edited February 8, 2022 by czmaster

[rlvitorino]

Is there an example of how to use the "attach to edge chrome" command using Internet explorer in Edge??

[Danp2]

@rlvitorinoThis isn't the "support" thread. Please repost your question there (link's in my sig). 

P.S. I don't understand what you are asking so please restate the problem in the new thread so that we can hopefully offer a solution.

[Danp2]

  On 2/8/2022 at 6:13 PM, czmaster said:

I already look the FAQ

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You didn't look close enough 😉

[mLipok]

  On 2/8/2022 at 7:49 PM, Danp2 said:

You didn't look close enough 😉

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maybe we need to change this description .....headless mode (hidden)

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @mLipok,

  On 2/8/2022 at 11:12 PM, mLipok said:

maybe we need to change this description .....headless mode (hidden)

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Agreed 👍 . Most of the people who ask for help regarding WebDriver automation doesn't know about the specific terms.
In this specific case the phrase "How to run the browser hidden or invisible" would be much more the expected search, in my opinion.
Or even more search friendly: "How to run the browser hidden or invisible (headless)".

I am sure we will further discuss about the FAQs and their content in the GitHub issue (regarding the upcoming 🤞 ReadMe change).

Best regards
Sven

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[czmaster]

  On 2/8/2022 at 7:49 PM, Danp2 said:

You didn't look close enough 😉

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I had seen this Headless mode, but actually I hadn't understood that it corresponded to a hidden mode. I was rather thinking that it would display a web page without the address bar and without any menu.

Anyway I have my answer, thank you.

[rlvitorino]

@Danp2

What I'm looking to do is in this link.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/ie-mode?tabs=python

I would like to do this in webdriver with autoit.

You can access pages by emulating Internet Explorer on EDGE, without using IE.

[Danp2]

@rlvitorinoThanks for the link. This isn't something that I've tried thus far, but I imagine that you could get it to work with the correct Capabilities string. Give it a shot and let us know your progress.

[mLipok]

  On 2/9/2022 at 7:44 AM, SOLVE-SMART said:

Or even more search friendly: "How to run the browser hidden or invisible (headless)".

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  On 2/9/2022 at 9:31 AM, czmaster said:

I had seen this Headless mode, but actually I hadn't understood that it corresponded to a hidden mode.

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Changed WiKi to:  8. How to run the browser in headless mode (hidden mode)

It must be assed in bracket as this is not common name in WebDriver world. The common name is "headless mode".

[Danp2]

@mLipokSince the wiki targets less experienced users, it might be better to match their expectations. Maybe this?

8. How to run without a visible browser (headless mode)

[rlvitorino]

Reason why I sent it here is that I really couldn't, but that's ok thanks!

[mLipok]

  On 2/1/2022 at 2:19 PM, Danp2 said:

@mLipok Have you tried something like this?

Local $sPref = 'browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk'
Local $sValue = 'text/plain,text/csv,application/csv,application/vnd.ms-excel,text/comma-separat‌ed-values,application/excel,application/octet-stream'
_WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', $sPref, $sValue)

 

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This not works well.

I still have this:

[Danp2]

  On 2/14/2022 at 12:45 PM, mLipok said:

Local $sValue = 'text/plain,text/csv,application/csv,application/vnd.ms-excel,text/comma-separat‌ed-values,application/excel,application/octet-stream'

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Since you are downloading a PDF file, you will need to modify this line so that it includes the correct entry for pdf files.

[mLipok]

I try to use both options:

_WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'application/pdf')
_WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'text/plain,text/csv,application/csv,application/vnd.ms-excel,text/comma-separat‌ed-values,application/excel,application/octet-stream,application/pdf')

I even play with manually set this value in "about:config" 

 

Here: https://gist.github.com/Kannamaraj/4ca929c4e63cc39958e75d5126c113ad
I found interesting prefs: 
fp.setPreference("pdfjs.disabled", true);

 

Here is good example test:

www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf

I will create repro code.

[n3wbie]

$FilesInZip = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile).items
$FilesInZip = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile)^ ERROR

 

Getting Following Error While Using Update Chromedriver Option.

[Danp2]

Hi @n3wbie,

There's a fix for this coming in the next release. If you want to test the fix, you can either download the revised wd_helper.au3 from Github or make the following change to your local version --

;                       $FilesInZip = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile).items
                        Local $oNameSpace = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile)
                        $FilesInZip = $oNameSpace.items

 

[n3wbie]

\wd_helper.au3" (1408) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:
$FilesInZip = $oNameSpace.items
$FilesInZip = $oNameSpace^ ERROR

 

Still Getting Same error Downloaded Updated Version From Git Repo

  On 2/16/2022 at 12:21 PM, Danp2 said:

Hi @n3wbie,

There's a fix for this coming in the next release. If you want to test the fix, you can either download the revised wd_helper.au3 from Github or make the following change to your local version --

;                       $FilesInZip = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile).items
                        Local $oNameSpace = $oShell.NameSpace($sTempFile)
                        $FilesInZip = $oNameSpace.items

 

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Edited February 16, 2022 by n3wbie
Made Mistake Quoting Error