Opening a web page in Firefox using VBA

[davidlee42knicks]

Hello,

I am using Visual Basic in an Access database, and I want to open a web page in Firefox using VBA. Any help on this? If it may be done, I would also like to pass a username and password to log in. I am aware this is possible using IE; however, I also need to view the page in Firefox. I welcome any advice.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[CautionMP]

davidlee42knicks,
Last I checked Mozilla Firefox doesn't have COM support so you can't 'drive' it like you can IE.

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[davidlee42knicks]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[JoeAtWork]

I haven't tried, but couldn't you open it with a Shell command?

 

[davidlee42knicks]

That's it! That will open the page - now, do you know of a way to pass PostData here or is that possible?

You've been a tremendous help,
Mike

 

[JoeAtWork]

The only way I've ever done that is with the Internet Browser control (I'm not sure if that's the official name for it). It's basically a mini IE in an ActiveX control. I wouldn't have a clue how to do that with FireFox, but then is there any reason it has to be FireFox?

 

[davidlee42knicks]

Yes, it has to be Firefox for testing in that browser. I'm using the IE ActiveX control separately for testing in the IE browser. Shell command worked great - first time using that, and I'm sure I'll use that many more times in the future.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Remou]

Would an Extension suit? Here is a more-or-less random page about Extensions:

http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/

 

[SiberBob]

So how would you do this with iexplorer?