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Firefox wont open pdf
Firefox wont open pdf










The only way to see the PDF is to right click the file and select "open link in IE tab". but as of yesterday, when I click on a PDF file while browsing in Firefox (my default browser) using my desktop computer.the file automatically downloads instead of displaying. I have installed the latest version of reader 10.1.4 and everything was working fine. Since these tests are meant to run ~20 times overnight, that solution is no good.Ĭan anyone think of other tactics to try? I just can’t figure out how to get the PDF to reliably accept key commands, nor a way to get all of its contents without that.PDF file won't downloads instead.

firefox wont open pdf

However, I’ve now found out that the robot doesn’t work while my screen is locked. The robot clicked on the pdf, sendkeys made it scroll and load the whole thing, then getText could grab it and go.

firefox wont open pdf

WebUI.clickOffset(pageObj, offX, offY) - thought maybe clicking the only object on the page wasn’t working cause its position was somehow wonky, but I haven’t found any offset that worksīot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_DOWN_MASK)īot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_DOWN_MASK) - this robot worked! I was so happy when I found this, even though it was really annoying to have running while I was doing other things and I had to leave some screen real estate for the tests. ndKeys(pageObj, Keys.chord(Keys.PAGE_DOWN)) - worked, but only if I manually clicked on the PDF WebUI.switchToWindowIndex() - had to guess and check on the index, and even after switching, while getText would grab from the top of the PDF, scrollToPosition wouldn’t do anything WebUI.scrollToPosition() - never seemed to work, possibly because the PDF was opening as a new browser window WebUI.getText(pageObj) - Only grabs the first bit of the PDF, since Firefox won’t load everything until you scroll through the documentĪttempts to scroll through the document so that the above methods will work: But Firefox has been giving me endless problems. In chrome, a ctrl+a ctrl+c has been sufficient to get everything on the clipboard. I’ve got all the evaluation logic running but am really having trouble consistently grabbing all the text from the PDF. The final product of the questionnaire is a long PDF, and I want to open it and check that it’s got everything (well, at least that all the strings saved somewhere).

firefox wont open pdf

I’m testing a questionnaire and want to verify that all the test data I’m throwing at it is actually saving.












Firefox wont open pdf