It is not possible to automate Mozilla with ActiveX since it has no automation interface and doesn't register itself.
The control suggests how such support might be added, but the control itself is an in-process wrapper around the embedding apis and not part of Mozilla.exe. The current alternatives are to try and control Mozilla through its simple DDE interface or write an extension in XPCOM/Chrome that your app communicates and controls Mozilla with. Adam Alex Angelopoulos wrote: >I think I answered it myself, thanks to the material at > >http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm > >There's a working example of an IE-hosted Mozilla, which I was able to easily emulate >in VBScript (could have been done of course in >javascript, Jscript, or any other automation-capable scripting language) by using IE >as a *container* for Mozilla. ( see code at >bottom). It can even be hosted in an HTA. > >The question I am still left with is - can Mozilla be automated in this fashion and >host its own window? I am after a method of >externally controlling Mozilla locally. I may be barking up the wrong tree and need >to talk to it via javascript, but I have no >clue what interface I would be trying to talk to. > ><!-- snipped --> ><script language="VBScript"> >sub goMoz > oMoz.width = 800 > oMoz.height= 600 > oMoz.Visible = True > oMoz.Navigate "http://www.yahoo.com"; >end sub > </script> ><!-- snipped --> ><BODY onload='vbscript:goMoz'> ><object > classid="clsid:1339B54C-3453-11D2-93B9-000000000000" > id="oMoz"> ></BODY> ><!-- snipped --> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Alex Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] without _ _> wrote in message >news:a5rmbs$[EMAIL PROTECTED].; >: 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) >: >: >: ===================================== >: 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 >: >: >: > > >
