firefox... is there any way to automate it?

[Brickoneer 0]

Hey, I'm writing a script that automates an online game, but a majority of players use firefox. Is there any way to use the IE functions with firefox? Or am I stuck with basic send commands, mouse movements and pixel searches? Or is there something else that is firefox compatible?

Thanks for your time!

Brick

[weaponx 12]

Flash works the same in IE as it does in FF, what are you expecting to gain?

[Brickoneer 0]

Flash works the same in IE as it does in FF, what are you expecting to gain?

I'm not quite sure I understand, but the game is not in flash.

Thanks for the fast reply!

Brick

[Nahuel 1]

I believe I saw someone who posted a few UDF's in the example forum. Use the search button.

[weaponx 12]

Well the game isn't written in html, its either Flash / Shockwave or Java, all of which work similarly across different browsers.

[Brickoneer 0]

I did search, but I'll try again.

Thanks,

Brick

[edit] no... it is in PHP, not flash/java. Thanks for the reply!

Edited September 19, 2007 by Brickoneer

[weaponx 12]

I am a PHP programmer. I doubt you are playing a game written in PHP, unless it is PHP Zork or some other text based game.

[Brickoneer 0]

Many mmorpg/mmog gamese are written in PHP... an example: here

Anyway... there currently isn't anything that gives the same level of control for FF as the IE functions (for IE) is there?

Thanks,

Brick

[PsaltyDS 28]

Many mmorpg/mmog gamese are written in PHP... an example: here

Anyway... there currently isn't anything that gives the same level of control for FF as the IE functions (for IE) is there?

Thanks,

Brick

No. Firefox does not expose a COM interface to its objects the way IE does. IE people feel that exposure makes it easier to script and automate things, which is true. Firefox people feel it opens many security holes and invites malicious exploitation, which is also true.

To automate things in Firefox, you will have to do it "from the inside" by extensions, widgets, and addons inside Firefox itself written in XUL.

[Brickoneer 0]

Ok, thanks!

[wedsxcrfv 0]

I know its a bit strange to post...

But i found that some German people made a Firefox include file to control it, you just install an add-on and the include the file and then you can control firefox!

Heres the link: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&am...1ec51575e60a484

It is google translated

[zfisherdrums 5]

Hello 'Brickoneer',

For automating FireFox, I would suggest the following:

FireWATiR is an implementation of WATiR ( Web Application Testing in Ruby ) for FireFox. According to one of the authors of WATiR, the path FireWatir has taken has been very divergent; your mileage may vary.

The other is Selenium. From the OpenQA page you can download several different flavors of Selenium. Try Selenium IDE first. It provides a FireFox extension that gives you record-and-playback functionality. From there, you can save your tests/automations in Selenese, HTML, Ruby, C#, Java, etc. I highly recommend this be your first stop.

Zach...

Edited November 19, 2007 by zfisherdrums