Hi all, Just in case anyone else has this problem in future, here's a solution.
Problem: DQSD does not open a search properly in FireFox. The new browser window/tab opens OK, but it then stalls on a blank page. Cause: The TorButton extension blocks "file://" URLs by default. Solution: Tools -> Add-ons -> TorButton -> Options -> Security Settings -> Untick "Block access to network from file:// URLs (recommended)" -> OK More details of the problem: - The stalled windows has something like the following in the address bar: "file:///C:/DOCUME~1/USERNAME/LOCALS~1/Temp/DQSDLaunch.html". - Functions that do not involve a web search work fine (e.g. if you have Notepad aliased to "np", then typing "np" will fire Notepad correctly). - A parameterless search works OK (e.g. entering "gg" gives you the Google homepage, but entering "gg foobar" gives the stalled webpage). - Opening the spawned DQSDLaunch.html file shows that it is created correctly - it's just not run as expected. - The FireFox error console reports (something like) "Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x805e000a [nsIDOMHTMLFormElement.submit]" nsresult: "0x805e000a (<unknown>)" location: "JS frame :: file:///C:/DOCUME~1/USERNAME/LOCALS~1/Temp/DQSDLaunch.html :: onload :: line 1" data: no]" More details of the solution: - The error console report led me to https://bugs.torproject.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&id=698 which mentions the TorButton behaviour with file:// URLs - As the comment on that post mentions, you enable access at your own risk. - I thought the problem might be DDE, but changing/disabling DDE had no effect and I can confirm that the solution works with the default FireFox DDE settings that you get by running "firefox.exe -silent -setDefaultBrowser" - i.e. Use DDE: Enabled DDE Message: "%1",,0,0,,,, Application: Firefox DDE Application: [blank] Topic: WWW_OpenURL - I thought the problem might be NoScript, but I already had "file://" whitelisted. Cheers, Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
