revBrowser and FireFox

[lohill]

As I understand it, when revBrowser commands are used on a Mac they work via the Safari browser. When revBrowser commands are used on a PC they work through Explorer. Is there a version of revBrowser that will work through FireFox? I would like to interact with a website that only is capable of understanding either Explorer or FireFox but I want to be able to do it from a Mac. Do I have other options of which I am not aware?

Thanks,
Larry

[Klaus]

Hi Larry,

sorry, but the RevBrowser external is programmed to use IE on Windows and Safari on Mac.
No way to change or modify this behaviour!


Best

Klaus

[lohill]

Thanks for the definitive answer Klaus. Can you think of any other ways I can get a LiveCode program to 'react' with a FireFox session on a Mac? By react I mean I would like the program to be able to cause Firefox to navigate from screen to screen while capturing specific data or filling out a form presented by the FireFox session.

I had a nice Macintosh - LiveCode program that used the revBrowser commands to work with two different web sites and reconcile the data between them. Then one of the locations decided to update their site and developed an interface to their data that will only work with Explorer or Firefox. My existing program could probably be adapted to run on a PC using Explorer but I'm trying to wean myself of the PC.

Larry

[Klaus]

Hi Larry,

I'm afraid you will need some complicated (read: ugly) AppleScripts and UI scripting to make this work, if at all...


Best

Klaus

[Mark]

lohill,

Which website are we talking about? When you make RevBrowser connect to that website, what makes you conclude that it doesn't work with the Safari engine?

Best regards,

Mark