I just ran across the object model for Mozilla.Browser, and am looking at external
automation, with no luck getting it to do
anything after the point where instantiate it. Is there a decent reference on issues
and methods of scripting it anywhere? I suspect
my problem is something minor I am doing incorrectly since I have no real knowledge of
the object, so I think my best starting point
is looking at references on it.
Just in case - here's my starter code below in VBScript; I am running this from a .vbs
file. It appears to me that I am
successfully instantiating the control but not initializing it properly. Since
IE-like automation is supposed to work, I am also
concerned that my problem may be a conflict between Netscape 6.2 and Mozilla 0.9.6.
FYI, I have experimented with registering both mozctl.dll and mozctlx.dll on my system
with no success; I also have the following
system setup:
Windows XP Pro
Netscape 6.2 20011019 (apparently based on Mozilla 0.9.4?)
Mozilla 2001112009 (0.9.6)
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Set oMoz = CreateObject("Mozilla.Browser")
Do Until oMoz.ReadyState = 4
wscript.sleep 10
Loop
oMoz.Visible = True
' my loop never terminates!
'==============================
'If I do this with my loop:
Set oMoz = CreateObject("Mozilla.Browser")
Do Until oMoz.ReadyState = 4
wscript.sleep 10
wscript.echo oMoz.ReadyState
Loop
' ReadyState stays at 0
'==============================
'If I try to set .Visible at once, like this:
Set oMoz = CreateObject("Mozilla.Browser")
oMoz.Visible = True
'===================
In seconds I get an error:
"Mozilla.Browser.1: Method called while control is uninitialized"
It appears to me that I *am* instantiating the control successfully. It never shows
up in my task list however. Apparently
