popup html listener is not firing

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When i am sending some data from extension.js to popup by using appAPI.message.toPopup({
request: 'get-page-url',
url: window.location.href
});, it's not working .

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Shmueli Ahdut (Employee) April 05, 2015 13:51

Bikash,

Can you please share more details such as:

1) What error are you getting
2) What browser are you using

and what is your extension ID where we can see this code, so we can take a closer look.

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Bikash Chandra Barad April 06, 2015 05:47

Hi Shmueli,
1) I am not getting any error, i want to set some dynamic data in tabulate format in to the popup HTML when I'll click on the browser Action button, but i am getting the static data Hello world!, not the dynamic data from the current page. After clicking 10 to 15 times it's giving the dynamic data and in the next click onwards not.
2) Firefox 37v
3) Extension id: 72942

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Hi Shmueli, 1) I am not getting any error, i want to set some dynamic data in tabulate format in to the popup HTML when I'll click on the browser Action button, but i am getting the static data Hello world!, not the dynamic data from the current page. After clicking 10 to 15 times it's giving the dynamic data and in the next click onwards not. 2) Firefox 37v 3) Extension id: 72942

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Shlomo (Official Rep) April 06, 2015 18:26

Hello Bikash,

I installed the extension on Win 8.1/FF 37.0.1 and it appears to be working fine to me (see image).

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Hello Bikash, I installed the extension on Win 8.1/FF 37.0.1 and it appears to be working fine to me (see image). <a href="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1184485/2015-04-06_21-24-40.png?1428344771"><img src="https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1184485/2015-04-06_21-24-40_inline.png?1428344771" alt="" /></a>

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Bikash Chandra Barad April 07, 2015 04:48

Hi Shlomo,
I am trying with my Ubuntu 14.04/FF 37.0.1, Win 7/IE11,FF 36.0.1 Win 7/FF 37.0.1, maximum time it's giving the static data and 1 to 2 times i am getting the dynamic data. Can u give me any other solution for this problem, can u be available in Skype? My skype id: "bcbarad".

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Bikash Chandra Barad April 07, 2015 05:49

Hi Shlomo,
Is there any other way to communicate with popup page from current page?

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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 07, 2015 14:56
  I tried various combinations of browsers and OS as you did and the only time I can see what you are seeing is in Firefox on occasion. This usually happens because the FF messaging implementation is very fast and often the response is received before the listener is configured. To avoid this you can add a delay to sending the message in the popup.html, as follows:
  setTimeout(function() { appAPI.message.toActiveTab({type: 'active-tab-url'}); }, 500);
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Bikash Chandra Barad April 08, 2015 05:46

Yeah It's working now.
Thank you very much Shlomo and Shmueli Ahdut.
Now i am going to develop my extension by using the crossrider, if i'll face any problem i'll interact with u people.

Thanks for your co-operation and extended help

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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 08, 2015 07:42
  
  You're welcome ... Happy Coding!
  
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Bikash Chandra Barad April 13, 2015 11:17

Hi,
Thanks for your support

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Bikash Chandra Barad April 15, 2015 13:23

Hi,
My extension is working properly in Firefox and chrome in both Ubuntu and windows,
but not working in win 7 IE 9 ,I am not getting the reason for this.

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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 16, 2015 09:00
  
  Hello Bikash,
  
  Please can you provide more information as to what exactly is not working, including steps and where appropriate additional information such as URL, screenshots, or videos. Thanks in advance.
  
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- Bikash Chandra Barad April 16, 2015 10:38
  
  Hi Shlomo,
  Thank you.
  I tried with win 7 IE 9, the popup menu is not coming. And again tried with Win 7 IE 10, here popup menu is coming but the method,
  setTimeout(function() {
  appAPI.message.toPopup(
  {name: html, title:pageTitle, url: pageUrl,req: 'createTable'}
  );
  }, 100);
  is not working in IE 10 and IE11.
  So I am unable to show the dynamic data into the popup page.
  page: extension.js,
  line no: 13 to 15,
  extension id: 73840
  
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- Bikash Chandra Barad April 16, 2015 12:14
  
  There is a problem with assigning the html to name(name: html) in line number 14 of extension.js, bcz of this assignment the request is not going to the popup page. Then how can i send all the elements of current page to the popup page?
  
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- Bikash Chandra Barad April 16, 2015 12:57
  
  Yeah, IE cannot transfer more than 8000 bytes. For that i don't want to maintain local database .
  Is there any other solution for this,like write all the data into a file of the extension folder and retrieve from popup page.
  
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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 16, 2015 17:27
  
  I tested the extension in IE 11 and the messaging appears to be working fine. The only issue I can see is the amount of data you are passing which is limited in IE due to the max string length.
  
  The usual way to handle large volumes of data is to save it in the local database using appAPI.db.async and using messaging to inform the other scope that the data has been saved.
  
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Barrington Guthrie April 16, 2015 18:17

I believe my error is similar. my messages back and forth from the pop up aren't working. I'm getting this error when I inspect the pop up.

background.html:142 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

background.html seems to be a file that is generated automatically.

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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 19, 2015 05:18
  Hello Barrington,
  
  I understand that you are having an issue with messaging with your popup. Usually, this works without problems and hence in order to assist further I need to take a closer look.
  
  Therefore, please open an new thread and provide as much of the following information as possible and I will investigate:
  
  The extension id
  
  The file/line number where the code snippet can be found
  
  Which browser and operating system you are testing on, including version numbers
  
  The exact steps for reproducing the problem
  
  Any additional useful data, such as URLs, screenshots, videos, ...
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Bikash Chandra Barad April 17, 2015 12:59

Hi Shlomo,
Thank u very very much .
My extension is nicely working now in IE.
But one small issue is there The prompt is giving some trouble me .
Is there any way to accept the user value to take the IP and PORT.
If i am giving the prompt to take the user input the remaining code is not working.
U can check it in
Ext id: 73740,
page: extension.js,
Line no: 30.

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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 19, 2015 05:17
  
  Seems to be working for me in my test extension ... can you identify exactly what is not working and in which version of IE are you referring to?
  
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- Bikash Chandra Barad April 20, 2015 06:53
  
  Hi,
  That is Win 7/IE 9.
  When the prompt is coming and i am clicking on prompt to give the input the popup is going and after giving the ip and port the request is not going to server.
  If i am removing the prompt then working fine.
  
  Q)How to install the extension in Firefox without going to cross-rider side.
  Bcz we cannot give the source code to other people.Then how can they install my extension.
  In Chrome it's fine (.crx file ext. and working)and in IE (.exe file ext and working fine) also but i am unable to do it in firefox(.xpi file extension is creating but when i am putting that file in to firefox it's not responding).
  
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- Shlomo (Official Rep) April 21, 2015 11:21
  Hello Bikash,
  
  Regarding the IE9 issue, I believe the problem is the user of trim() which is not supported. Try using appAPI.utils.trim as follows:
  var val = appAPI.utils.trim(prompt(...));
  
  I'm not clear I understand the issue for Firefox. Simply download the XPI from the URLs on our download page and install.
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- Bikash Chandra Barad April 21, 2015 12:46
  
  Thank you Shlomo.
  Thank you very much.
  Now everything is fine.
  Thank you for your support.
  
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Hi Shlomo, Thank u very very much . My extension is nicely working now in IE. But one small issue is there The prompt is giving some trouble me . Is there any way to accept the user value to take the IP and PORT. If i am giving the prompt to take the user input the remaining code is not working. U can check it in Ext id: 73740, page: extension.js, Line no: 30.

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