Long story short I'm looking to create a Chrome extension that will run within a site that only wants to run Internet Explorer (Oracle EBS). So far my only option has been to run IE Tab, which works fine when visiting the site. My new extension right now just runs alert("foo"); once a page loads and that works fine as well.
The new extension does not run in IE Tab though. Using IE Tab changes the URL to:
chrome-extension://IE_Tab's_extension_ID/nhc.htm#url=site_url
and nothing happens. Is there a way to run the extension within the IE tab extension? If anyone has an alternative idea as well I'm open to suggestions.
FYI, I ended up not doing much with IE tab or chrome. Placing a script into it's nhc.htm worked but ended up being slower and clunkier than my solution.
Instead I resorted to just using the old version of Chromium 44 (make sure it's Chromium, not chrome) and enabling the NPAPI in the chrome://flags/#enable-npapi. It's outdated tech, but really it's just there to occasionally run specific Java apps along with the new chrome extension, not replace their current browser.
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I'm trying to pull some information from this URL and ones like it: "https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/tires-and-wheels/tusk-impact-complete-wheel-rear-p?s=1033997&v=1216"
My goal is to get the MSRP and other info for a specific part. To do this, I'm using python to run a selenium chrome webdriver that opens several of these URLs. The problem is the links aren't opening with the same information that I would get in my regular Chrome browser.
The link is supposed to contain all the information to "select a vehicle" and thus a specific part. When I open this in my regular chrome browser, everything works fine. When I open this using the automated Chrome page, it fails to select a vehicle and shows a general part page.
I can't figure out what the difference might be between these two browsers that would cause this. My regular chrome browser and the chromedriver are both version 81.0.4044.113. I've tried going to whatismybrowser.com and all settings are identical. Another interesting thing is opening this in internet explorer gives me the same result as the automated chrome browser. Help!
regular chrome browser
automated chrome browser
The Regular chrome browser is fetching the details of your bike(Something -- yamaha 125). It could be from past cookies or cache.
However, once you are opening it with Automation, a clean session s opened.
Try cleaning your cookies and cache on the browser(regular) and then try, both of them should appear same.
Or you can use options in chrome to select the profile your regular chrome browser is using. See https://startingwithseleniumwebdriver.blogspot.com/2015/07/working-with-chrome-profile-with.html.
Hope it Helps!
I used to be able to debug javascript from webstorm with no problem at all.
Thanks to the jetbrains chrome extension, it simply opened a new tab in chrome and launched my site in there with no problem whatsoever.
But recently I had to reboot my computer (with a beloved windows update) and now this is not working anymore.
When I start the debugging from webstorm chromes opens a new tab and I see the following in the address bar and then nothing...
data:text/html;base64,PCFET0NUWVBFIGh0bWw+PHRpdGxlPkxvYWRpbmcgaHR0cDovL3ZtLnNob3RndW4ubG9jYWwvPC90aXRsZT4=
My site is not opened and the page remains blank in chrome.
Most probably this is a result of Chrome update: some Chrome API changes introduced in v.37 break js debugger. WEB-12418 is fixed in WebStorm 9 EAP
I am using Firefox 28.0 on Mac OS 10.6.8. Sometimes during web development, probably after my application crashes, Firefox suddenly disables Javascript in one particular tab. So my application would be all weird and not work until I restart Firefox. The script panel would say that the page has no scripts, and if I open another page with Javascript in the same tab, it would not work either.
Is it some kind of safety feature? Is it documented anywhere? Note that I also have Firebug installed, and I managed to crash Firefox by profiling my app in Firebug on more than one occasion.
I checked about.config; javascript.enabled is set to true.
Our Web application is based on IE9, which means only IE9 can open the pages in our site. We'll prevent user to browse our site when their browser is not IE9.
But sometimes we had to send a link to user's email box to complete some actions and they will open the link directly with their default browser, the problem is here, if the default browser is not IE9 then they can't open the link, they have to copy the link to IE9. Our user don't want do this manually, they want open the link in IE9 directly no matter what the default browser is.
I have tried using ActiveXObject, but it only works in IE. I want have a script which can open IE browser in Firefox/Chrome page.
It sounds like you want to have a link in an email that activates a specific program on the user's computer rather than the program that they've identified should be used (e.g., their default browser). I don't believe you can do that.
You can install "protocol handlers" in both Chrome and Safari (I suspect Firefox as well), which would let you send a link like ie://example.com/path/to/app. Your protocol handler would launch IE and take you to the relevant site. (Apple does this with iTunes.) But your users would have to install the handler (and, of course, you'd have to write it).
An easier answer might be to have the users install any of the ubiquitous "open in IE" add-ons/extensions that exist for Chrome, Firefox, etc. They follow the link, then choose "open in IE" from some kind of menu. (If they're using webmail, they may even be able to right-click the link and choose that line item, depending on the extension.)
Side note: Obviously, though, barring it being impossible I'd recommend making your application compatible with Chrome and Firefox.
No you can't do it..
but there is some alternatives:
Install your users IE tab:
FireFox - http://lifehacker.com/135297/internet-explorer-in-a-firefox-tab?tag=softwarewebpublishing,
Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd
Use a batch file that will launch your link in explorer.
use this Firefox plugin makes it possible to use (host) ActiveX controls in Firefox - http://code.google.com/p/ff-activex-host/
instead of ActiveX try using Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) - a cross-platform plugin architecture used by many web browsers.
Similar as with a batch file, you may create a link file to the page you need using the ".website" file extension with IE, which is configured in windows by default to open with ie. Put it in your webserver public folder and then add a link to that file in your website
You don't have to write code to create a custom protocol handler in Windows. See this page for how to define one in the registry.
You can use User agent switcher for chrome or firefox
For Chrome :
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg
For Firefox :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
I am creating a search utility that will search various resources. I need to implement the search in a way where the results for each resource opens in a new tab. The code below works in firefox and IE, but in chrome only the first tab opens, and not the second one.
aForm.target="_blank";
aForm.submit();
I call this for each resource that I am searching (I manipulate some for variables before each submit). As I said this works in firefox and IE, but not in Chrome? Any suggestions? chrome extensions has a chrome.tabs.create() method, but for that I need to create an extension for chrome, which all users will have to install, and I would really like to avoid having to install an extension.
Also, window.open(...) for chrome opens new windows instead of tabs.
Thanks.