coded needed launch url's

[Contro]

I need to adapt this code to launch urls instead of search strings in google with IE.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
2. #Warn  ; Recommended for catching common errors.pongo ; inicial por error al compilar sobre esta línea.
3. SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
4. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
5. URL = http://www.google.com/search?q=
6. navOpenInNewWindow = 1
7. navOpenInNewTab = 2048
8. navOpenInBackgroundTab = 4096
9. navOpenNewForegroundTab = 65536
10.  
11. FileSelectFile, filepath
12. wb := ComObjCreate("InternetExplorer.Application") ; create IE
13. wb.Visible := true ; 'false' to not show IE
14. loop, Read, %filepath%
15. {
16. if (A_index = 1)
17.         wb.Navigate2(URL . A_LoopReadLine, navOpenNewForegroundTab) ; Navigate
18. else
19.         wb.Navigate2(URL . A_LoopReadLine, navOpenInBackgroundTab) ; Navigate
20. sleep 100
21. }
22. return

How can i do that ?

 

[MilesAhead]

In the navigate calls delete the "URL . " from the font and just use  A_LoopReadLine

The file should have a URL per line instead of a search string

[Contro]

thanks very much Miles
Goes like the angels.

 

[Contro]

Miles the difficult point seems to be the same script for Firefox and other browsers. Exists or is a pending task ?


Best Regards

[MilesAhead]

Miles the difficult point seems to be the same script for Firefox and other browsers. Exists or is a pending task ?


Best Regards

-Contro (February 04, 2014, 09:15 PM)

IE based browsers have an ActiveX engine hat can be programed.  That's why BrowserBunch ignores it.  It's a different animal than Firefox/Opera/chrome.

[Contro]

Miles the difficult point seems to be the same script for Firefox and other browsers. Exists or is a pending task ?


Best Regards

-Contro (February 04, 2014, 09:15 PM)

IE based browsers have an ActiveX engine hat can be programed.  That's why BrowserBunch ignores it.  It's a different animal than Firefox/Opera/chrome.

-MilesAhead (February 05, 2014, 06:43 AM)

I don't understand. What is an engine hat ?. What sort of animal is Firefox , or chrome, or opera ?
What are the similar scripts for these animals ?
have you a rabbit in your hat ?
 

[Contro]

AutoIt has a UDF to automate Firefox.

What is the animal prepared for this in AHK ?

[4wd]

You're opening a set of URLs, there's no need to automate Firefox - just call Firefox with the URL as an argument, (Firefox' commandline args).

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. Run(@comspec & ' /c path\to\firefox.exe "www.thisisatest.org"', '.', @SW_HIDE)

You can probably call Chrome the same way.

[Contro]

You're opening a set of URLs, there's no need to automate Firefox - just call Firefox with the URL as an argument, (Firefox' commandline args).

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. Run(@comspec & ' /c path\to\firefox.exe "www.thisisatest.org"', '.', @SW_HIDE)

You can probably call Chrome the same way.

-4wd (February 05, 2014, 06:52 PM)

Running to try.

But how can we automate Firefox with AHK ?

[4wd]

http://ahkscript.org...ocs/commands/Run.htm

[Contro]

http://ahkscript.org...ocs/commands/Run.htm

-4wd (February 05, 2014, 09:07 PM)

http://ahkscript.org...ocs/commands/Run.htm

-4wd (February 05, 2014, 09:07 PM)

Run is a command not a library to automate Firefox.

I'm not talking about launch Firefox with parameters.

 

[Contro]

Perhaps the question is bad expressed.

How to automate internet when using firefox browser ?

 

[4wd]

Your original question was that you wanted to open a list of URLs in Firefox, have you tried it?

firefox.exe -new-tab URL1
firefox.exe -new-tab URL2
etc
etc
etc

Do you want to open a list of URLs as per your original question or do something completely different?

[Contro]

Your original question was that you wanted to open a list of URLs in Firefox, have you tried it?

firefox.exe -new-tab URL1
firefox.exe -new-tab URL2
etc
etc
etc

Do you want to open a list of URLs as per your original question or do something completely different?

-4wd (February 05, 2014, 10:20 PM)

gnnnnngggnnnnn gnnngg arrrrrrgggghahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Sure is possible, but then I will need to adapt to every url's list i have. Not confortable.

At this point of the "movie" I think must be alternatives ways to automate firefox, chrome, safari, yandex, etc with AHK.

But not with a UDF like with autoit.
I begin to understand alternatives, like que development scripting o something each browser have.....

 

[Vurbal]

Your original question was that you wanted to open a list of URLs in Firefox, have you tried it?

firefox.exe -new-tab URL1
firefox.exe -new-tab URL2
etc
etc
etc

Do you want to open a list of URLs as per your original question or do something completely different?

-4wd (February 05, 2014, 10:20 PM)

gnnnnngggnnnnn gnnngg arrrrrrgggghahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Sure is possible, but then I will need to adapt to every url's list i have. Not confortable.

At this point of the "movie" I think must be alternatives ways to automate firefox, chrome, safari, yandex, etc with AHK.

But not with a UDF like with autoit.
I begin to understand alternatives, like que development scripting o something each browser have.....

 

-Contro (February 06, 2014, 09:42 AM)

If you have to reformat them to work with the command line 4wd posted they must not be URLs. The U in URL stands for uniform in reference to the fact they are always in the same standard format. Anything not in that format is not a URL.

[4wd]

I honestly despair at moments like this.

1) Read a URL from the text file
2) Execute Firefox, (or Chrome), with it as an argument.
3) Go to step 1

Exactly how is this any different from what you are doing for IE?

ie. Replace this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. if (A_index = 1)
2.   wb.Navigate2(URL . A_LoopReadLine, navOpenNewForegroundTab) ; Navigate
3. else
4.   wb.Navigate2(URL . A_LoopReadLine, navOpenInBackgroundTab) ; Navigate

with this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. Run, Firefox.exe -new-tab A_LoopReadLine, C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox

NOTE: Because I don't use AHK, YOU may have to tweak that line.

I don't use AHK

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
2. #Warn  ; Recommended for catching common errors.pongo ; inicial por error al compilar sobre esta línea.
3. SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
4. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
5.      
6. FileSelectFile, filepath
7. loop, Read, %filepath%
8. {
9. Run, Firefox.exe -new-tab A_LoopReadLine, C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox
10. sleep 100
11. }
12. return

[MilesAhead]

@4wd what you posted is what BrowserBunch does with a few additional options.  I haven't tried IE in awhile, but I don't support it because the last time I tested it, I could not get it to open URLs in a new tab. I set the setting that's supposed to get it to open URLs in a new tab.  But I found many complaints the setting did not work on the web.  In any case for IE based browsers they can use the ActiveX approach.

There may be a way to automate other browsers from the inside, using an AddOn or JavaScript or something.  But I think it would require customization for each.  That's exactly what I tried to avoid in BrowserBunch.  Just a simple launcher that would work with any browser that accepted multiple URLs on the command line, and could be set to open new pages in a new tab.

Why BrowserBunch will not be updated

Unfortunately I lost all my include files.  Most of the utilities I've written in AutoIt3 used multiple includes.  Since AHK is much more powerful for hotkeys, I'm just going to let the AU3 stuff whither on the vine.  It's just too much work to try to regenerate the sources.