Re: Modify the Firefox Content

Alexander Surkov <[email protected]> Mon, 24 May 2010 04:23:21 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 24, 2:02 pm, Rajmohan SK <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 22, 2:38 pm, Alexander Surkov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > On May 22, 3:22 pm, Rajmohan SK <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > I got the window handle of firefox, currently executing,. What is best
> > > approach by which I can modify the window content. I have gone through
> > > geckoSDK, XpCom, ISimpleDOMDocument,ISimpleDOMNode, ISimpleDOMText
> > > etc.
> > > Still I as not able to find a better solution ,
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> > > I have a clear concept of  ISimpleDOMDocument,ISimpleDOMNode,
> > > ISimpleDOMText these pointers. But these pointer doesnt have a
> > > function to clear the window content. Please anybody let me know how
> > > can I do this.
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> > Accessibility APIs aren't intended to change web content, they are
> > used to get web page content and interact with it. The best way for
> > you is probably write Firefox extension. And please do not use
> > accessibility APIs until you develop AT software.
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> > Thanks.
> > Alex.
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> Thank you so much for the reply.
> I guess AT software means AccessibilityTechnology Software .
> So making it more clear, we cannot use GeckoSDK for modifying window
> content, am I right
> Thanks
> Raj

Hi.

Yep, AT means Assistive Technology.

I think you can use Gecko SDK to modify window content but as I said
you should create an extension or something where you'll be using
Gecko SDK. But probably accessibility group is not right place to ask
about Gecko SDK.

Alex.