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how can I create scripts to automate clicking on webpages?

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i want to go to my yahoo portfolio and export it to excel automatically by running a script.

i want to go to my yahoo portfolio and export it to excel automatically by running a script.

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If it is a regular HTML button/link, not something inside the Flash plugin, you probably can do it with an extension or a user script.

You can search for relevant extensions here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/

These are forums where you can seek help with getting a user script created for you:

If those are not immediately successful, you could look into the wide range of programs that can manipulate or embed Internet Explorer.

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There are other things that need attention.

The System Details list next to the question shows that you have an outdated Shockwave Flash plugin.

  • Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0

You can download the latest Flash player version for Firefox via this page:


Maybe you can do this with a bookmarklet as well (that would require to click the bookmark).