So my school blocked developer tools, I am kind of able to edit the html with Xray Goggles, but I cannot do anything in the console while I am developing. I don't want to use bookmarklets, since they can't view the console, only execute script. Any alternatives?
You can't. But you can use code to make errors logged somewhere!
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I want to be able to break on postmessage in Chrome Developer Tools, but it appears there's no such option:
Is it possible to conveniently break on postmessage without specifically searching the line in source code?
Edit: Someone suggested the question is a duplicate of this post: Any good debugger for HTML5 Javascript postMessage API?
The answer features Firebug extension, however, Firebug is no longer available (https://blog.getfirebug.com/)
If you are using the Browser's console, you can run debug(window.postMessage
there to make the execution stop when the next postMessage call is made.
This is for a Windows environment: Windows 7-10 / Server 2008/2012.
I want to create a script which will automate login at a URL, navigate to a another page, and then submit a form on that page.
Open Internet Explorer, if not already opened
Login to www.example.com/login (takes me to www.example.com/home)
Once logged in, go to www.example.com/submit-form-data
Enter values for fields and submit the form via button click
At first, I thought maybe I could use something like iMacro, a greasemonkey alternative, or even bookmarklets. But that'd all still require some user intervention. If there is a macro program which can replay all the steps, perhaps I'd be open to that. Otherwise, I think I may need to employ some kind of PowerShell or Curl-like program for Windows to handle UI automation.
At least with PowerShell, I don't think submitting a form should be too bad. If that's all I had to do, I wouldn't need any help. The problem is how do I log into a site, then navigate to a specific URL, on top of submitting a form, all in the same script?
I don't have to use PowerShell. I'd be open to alternatives to Curl on Windows, whatever those might be.
Thank you for your help in advance.
If your goal is to drive Internet Explorer, the most painless and robust way to accomplish this is probably to use Selenium WebDriver.
Many folks successfully use it on Windows via the Selenium C# bindings (although my favorite way to use Selenium on Windows is via the Selenium Python bindings).
If you're keen on using PowerShell, it should be possible to use Selenium from PS, although there are no official PS bindings from what I can tell.
I'm working on a Thunderbird extension, and, unfortunately, can't sort out what's still valid from what's not. There's lots of stuff online, but, most of it is no longer applicable to recent Thunderbird.
At a minimum, I need a way of seeing log messages from the extension, so I can see what's working and what's not. Ideally, I'd like a full debug console. There is a reference on Stackoverflow to Thunderbird Developer Tools, but there doesn't seem to be a way to download them.
I'd also like to be able to execute Javascript that can reference my extension via the console. When I try this via Thunderbird's console, I get error messages. I get this even when using other people's extensions, so I have to assume that extensions are outside the scope of the console
How can I get visibility and interaction to a new Thunderbird extension?
2020 Update:
If you are writing a MailExtension (this is how WebExtension are called for Thunderbird) you should have a look at general debugging in WebExtensions, e.g. https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/debugging/
You should probably also take a look at the general developer documentation on MailExtension at https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/about-add-ons
The thinks listed below there written for the Legacy Overlay Extension, which do not work in newer Thunderbird versions.
logging messages
As described in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Debugging_JavaScript, there exist 3 different consoles in Gecko. The one best accessible in Thunderbird is the Error Console. You can write messages to it through the nsIConsoleService. If you don't mind that the log messages show up as an error, you can also simply use Components.utils.reportError().
Another way is to log to the (native) console from which Thunderbird is started. This is done through dump().
The newest way to log messages is using the Log.jsm module. It is a very nice wrapper around the different logging methods, and my preferred way to log messages in Thunderbird.
Thunderbird Developer Tools
As you haven't linked to the reference, I'm not 100% sure, but I think you mean the possibility to remotely debug Thunderbird through Firefox. You don't need to download anything to use this, it is already integrated in Thunderbird.
execute Javascript that can reference my extension
Debugging Thunderbird remotely through Firefox gives also access to the console and Scratchpad in the Developer Tools. Both should have also access to the add-on.
You may also want to look at the Tiny JavaScript Debugger. It also allows the execution of arbitrary code while debugging.
Please can someone help?
I've had facebook integration scripts running on my website for many years already with no problem. However, I am now being flooded with complaints from customers who use INTERNET EXPLORER saying that since an update to IE a week or so ago they are constantly getting the long-running script errors...
"Stop Running This Script.
A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly.
If it continues to run, your computer might become unresponsive."
I've worked it out (by disabling scripts) that the problem is with the Facebook scripts.
Nothing has been changed in months on the website so it's not something I can figure out how to fix.
Scripts: Invite your friends, Like, Share page, etc
Please, please help
Thanks
Matt
I've ran into the same issue. I can reproduce the issue not just on my site, but on others as well when using IE 9 or IE 10 (have not tested with older IE versions). The issue seems to be a result of IE's compatibility view feature. If that is enabled for a website, which also has the facebook like button on the page of the site you're trying to load, a long running script error is produced (error from a function called _t). When I disable compatibility view for that website, the error goes away. I'm not sure if the issue is with the IE feature, or with facebook's button...I'm not getting same error from other scripts, nor other social buttons like google+, which makes me think the issue is on Facebook's end. I've been trying different IE setting configs for days now...so far, the only fix I can come up with is turn compatibility view off. And of course resolve issues so that compatibility view are not needed. Though telling your users they have to turn off compatibility view doesn't seem like an appropriate response...so I hope a better fix is found.
I need to test XMLSpy functionality in Eclipse. After I switch Eclipse to XMLSpy Perspective and QTP is runnig (record or run mode), it does not work. Could you help me?
Thanks.
Some more information would be helpful. "It does not work" is extremely vague. What does not work? Do you mean that QTP does not record anything at all? Do you mean that QTP records something, but it is incorrect? Does it record some of your test, but misses one particular control, such as a grid? Do you have the right QTP add-ins/plugins enabled to support automation with Eclipse?
Altova support does not seem to have any reference including "Quik Test Pro" issues.
However, check for other plugins (other than XmlSpy):
similar tools has been known to fail in interaction with TPTP for instance.
Check also your Error log view, and complete your question with error messages displayed at the time of the recording.
(source: eclipse.org)