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How to configure browsers

Ivan Kuznetsov
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Intro

The ElectroNeek platform supports the following browsers:

  1. Google Chrome
  2. Internet Explorer
  3. Microsoft Edge

To select the browser to interact with, the user needs to make a right-click on the 'ElectroNeek Bot Runner' icon in the tray, click 'Show summary', switch to the 'Browser' tab, and select the desired browser from the dropdown list in the 'Browser to use' setting.

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If the browser is to be launched with the user settings, extensions, and authorization data then the 'Load user profile with cookies, extensions, etc.' option must be enabled in the 'Browser' tab in the 'ElectroNeek Bot Runner'.

 

Configuring Google Chrome

To select items on a web page you need to install and configure the 'ElectroNeek' extension. Read more about it here.

 

Configuring Microsoft Edge

To select items on a web page you need to install and configure the 'ElectroNeek' extension. Read more about it here. 

Startup boost

This parameter keeps MS Edge process running to proivde a faster startup of the browser. It can interfere with the bot trying to launch the browser. Disable this parameter to avoid difficulties when working with MS Edge. To do that:

  1. Open MS Edge.
  2. Navigate to the menu (three dots symbol) → Settings → Systen and performance.
  3. Disable the "Startup boost" parameter in the "System" section.

 

Configuring Internet Explorer

If the Internet Explorer browser is selected in the 'Browser to use' setting then the following configuration must be done in order to work correctly.

Microsoft is officially ending support for Internet Explorer. We currently support Internet Explorer for bots, but do not support requests associated with future enhancements and bug fixes. We recommend users to use the latest versions of Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browsers, instead.

Equal settings for the "Enable Protected Mode" option for all the zones

  1. Open the Internet Explorer browser.

  2. Click on the 'Tools' icon or press 'Alt + X.

  3. Click 'Internet Options'.

  4. Switch to the 'Security' tab.

  5. Make sure that the 'Enable Protected Mode' option is enabled or disabled for all the zones ('Internet', 'Local Intranet', 'Trusted Sites', 'Restricted Sites').

 
Deactivated 'Enable Protected Mode' option for the 'Internet' zone

Disabled "Enhanced Protected Mode"

For IE versions 10 and higher.

 

Scaling in the browser is 100%

 

The scale of text size, apps, and other items is 100%

The setting is essential for Windows 10.

 

Register record is created

The setting is essential for IE 11 if the steps above didn't lead to success.

Inside keyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE

create a DWORD with the name iexplore.exe and value 0.

If the FEATURE_BFCACHE the subkey is absent then you should create it.

 

Project and playground

Depending on whether you are working within a project structure or within a playground, the choice of browser to work with the bot is done differently.

 

Project structure

Navigate to "Settings" → "Project" → "Web Browser". In this menu, you can select one of the browsers supported by the ElectroNeek platform. 

 

Playground

To select a browser in "Playground" mode: go to "Settings" → "Interaction with browser". Here you can select the browser with which the bots will work. 

Note. The browser settings selected in Playground mode will be changed to the settings selected within the project when you start working with the project structure. 

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