using firefox in canopy

[singh83]

i have installed Firefox webdriver but still firefox not working, like chromeDir , is there any special name for FireFox in canopy.configuration

[lefthandedgoat]

Read this: https://github.com/lefthandedgoat/canopy

This will change soon once I get selenium 3.0 brought in and tested out.

[singh83]

installed latest canopy and selenium and Firefox version 45 then downloaded sample application for testing canopy and then firefox open correctly
For my project if i used start chrome then chrome open fine but when i use start firefox i got below error
OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException was unhandled
Message: An unhandled exception of type 'OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException' occurred in WebDriver.dll
Additional information: Unable to determine the current version of FireFox using the registry, please make sure you have installed FireFox correctly

[lefthandedgoat]

this sample application? https://github.com/lefthandedgoat/canopyStarterKit

[singh83]

not that one but this one https://github.com/oinant/CanopyTryout.git

[lefthandedgoat]

I get the same error now. It looks like the ESR version uses different registry keys and its causing selenium to fail.

Selenium 3 is out now and it switches to a driver based model like chrome and IE. I will being working on getting canopy updated to it. I hope that it takes just a few days.

Sorry for the problems.

[singh83]

Chris,
Thanks for your quick response.
But how firefox working fine for sample application i have downloaded ?

Thanks

On Nov 4, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Chris Holt [email protected] wrote:

I get the same error now. It looks like the ESR version uses different registry keys and its causing selenium to fail.

Selenium 3 is out now and it switches to a driver based model like chrome and IE. I will being working on getting canopy updated to it. I hope that it takes just a few days.

Sorry for the problems.

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[lefthandedgoat]

You want to know how to get it to work for the sample app?

[singh83]

For sample app it is working fine already , they are using same selenium and canopy version,
And in my project i am using same way but its not working for my project.
Is there any work around we can use before you release latest canopy version.

Thanks

On Nov 4, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Chris Holt [email protected] wrote:

You want to know how to get it to work for the sample app?

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[lefthandedgoat]

This worked for me:

start (FirefoxWithPath @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe")

Note that you may have to remove the (x86) part

[lefthandedgoat]

Can you tell me what error message you are getting in your project?

[singh83]

i already send you error message and you replied that you are also getting same errro, but i got your work around option and i will try that and will update you if have any issue,
I never got such prompt reply from any other blog. I appreciate your feedback.

[lefthandedgoat]

You are welcome. I am at home sick so it is easy =)

With Firefox ESR and the sample app your linked to, I was getting the same error as you. Using start (FirefixWithPath "c:\....") that I showed above did make it work for me though, and I think it will for you.

[singh83]

Hope you get well soon.

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 4, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Chris Holt [email protected] wrote:

You are welcome. I am at home sick so it is easy =)

With Firefox ESR and the sample app your linked to, I was getting the same error as you. Using start (FirefixWithPath "c:....") that I showed above did make it work for me though, and I think it will for you.

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[lefthandedgoat]

updating to selenium 3 was easier than I thought. You can read the instructions on what you have to do in issue 300 here : #300

[singh83]

everything work fine if i copy geckodriver.exe into bin\debug folder, otherwise it through following exception, Where should i copy that file so that when i compile project it automatically moved to bin\debug folder just like CanopyStarterKit
OpenQA.Selenium.DriverServiceNotFoundException was unhandled
Message: An unhandled exception of type 'OpenQA.Selenium.DriverServiceNotFoundException' occurred in WebDriver.dll
Additional information: The geckodriver.exe file does not exist in the current directory or in a directory on the PATH environment variable. The driver can be downloaded at https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases.

[lefthandedgoat]

This commit shows how to do it. You need to drop it in a folder, then add it to the project and set it to copy on build.

lefthandedgoat/canopyStarterKit@9705843

[singh83]

All done well. thanks for all your help. I am closing this issue