Access Connections + Firefox

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t-omen · #1 Post by **t-omen** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:45 am

Hi! This is my very first post.

Tried to look for an answer but didn't find one (is there any?)... So, how does one configure the Access Connections (mine is currrently of version 3.53) to handle also Mozilla's Firefox? As it is now the Access Connections is very well able to change the settings of my Internet Explorer but since I'm not using it so much that's a bit unnecessary... Do I need to make some sort of a script or is there a shortcut for me..?

Leon · #2 Post by **Leon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:36 am

All it sets for IE is Homepage and Proxy (if you need one). These can easily be set in Firefox itself (I use it all the time with Access Connections). Just leave the IE settings in AE blank, and make your settings directly in Firefox.

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t-omen · #3 Post by **t-omen** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:14 pm

So what you mean is that there is no way (with Access Control) to setup the proxy for Firefox?

I specially need to set the proxy since I use my ThinkPad at home (with no proxy) and at the office (where there is a mandatory company proxy - that cannot be accessed outside the company LAN) and it would nice to switch between profiles that setup everything at once...

Well, I guess I'll have to resort to Firefox with this one - find out if there's a script or something I could run...

Leon · #4 Post by **Leon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:46 pm

Thanks! No way that I know. If you find a way, please let us know.

t-omen · #5 Post by **t-omen** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:02 pm

Found away...sort of.

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@echo off
REM ### DEFAULT FIREFOX PROFILE FOLDER                      ###
REM ### %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default ###
%DOCS%\CMD\grep.exe -qv "network.proxy.type" "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default\prefs.js" > "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default\prefs.js.tmp"
echo user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1); >> "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default\prefs.js.tmp"
move /y "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default\prefs.js.tmp" "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\g7kxb85z.default\prefs.js"

There I am changing the default value of "network.proxy.type" to 1 to enable proxy. Removing the line disables the proxy. This however requires that Firefox is not running while executing the script - need to look into that still...

(And another thing: my script needs the Windows equivalent of 'grep' - you can download it somewhere on the MicroSoft site with Unix Tools.) I added this script to be run with Access Control profile changes.

Leon · #6 Post by **Leon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:59 pm

Great! First day on the Forum and already contributing!

gleesonb · #7 Post by **gleesonb** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:42 am

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... php?id=648

I use this and it works perfectly.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... php?id=125

This one adds a bit more functinality, but some report that it slows browsing down due to update checking being left on.

hth
Bill

t-omen · #8 Post by **t-omen** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:07 am

It seems that the new ThinkVantage Access Connections 4.12 has this one covered; my Firefox now has the same Home Page as my IE as the profile changes...

As to the proxy settings I'm not quite sure - have to test it out...

#9 Post by **GomJabbar** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:47 am

In the newest version of Access Connections, version 4.12, there a two checkboxes under the heading of: Customize Internet Explorer or Firefox Browser. They are: Overide home page, and Overide proxy configuration. I don't currently have Firefox installed, so I can't verify if or how the proxy configuration settings work with Firefox.

tpforever · #10 Post by **tpforever** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:05 am

the homepage-setting works with firefox...you have to close it though.
the proxy-settings do not work for some reason. i use an automatic config script and although this option is enabled in firefox after applying the profile, the url is missing...

boofoo · #11 Post by **boofoo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:35 pm

There's also a useful Firefox extension that lets you switch proxies with a click:

http://extend.flock.com/details/switchproxy

It puts an item in your status bar that lets you choose a proxy setup (or turn the proxy off). It also creates an annoying toolbar, but that can easily be removed. It doesn't work automatically (i.e., by detecting location) but it's so easy to use that it doesn't matter.

tpforever · #12 Post by **tpforever** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:46 pm

great, thx a lot for the tip. works flawlessly.

davidspalding · #13 Post by **davidspalding** » Sat May 13, 2006 1:37 pm

I found that the more recent versions of AC will change the home page for Firefox as well as IE. Not sure about proxy.

If you can, I would upgrade to AC 3.82 ... I believe that was the last 3.x version before the infamous 4.xx.

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