Problem on 8.5.1 Beta iMacros for Firefox version

[Tom, Tech Support]

For those of you having problems with 8.5.1, would you please upgrade to 8.5.3 to see if this resolves the problem(s).

If it doesn't, then please provide us with a simple macro that recreates the issue. This will allow us to quickly recreate and troubleshoot the problem on our test systems. If you don't want to post it in a public forum, please open a support ticket and mention this forum post.

[macroman2]

Hello guys,

We experience the same problem. I tried 8.5.1 (not beta ) and also 8.5.3 Beta, both with Firefox 24 have the same problem.
We have intranet web-site using frames and this error happens especialle after page refreshes itself - after submiting forms:
TypeError: can't access dead object, line: ## (Error code: -1001)

However I also want to report second problem with this error: Once this error happens, the Imacros for Firefox is stuck. I cannot stop the script, I cannot pause it, I cannot run another sript. Imacros is unusable. The only thing I can do is to restart the firefox.

I also tried few other things:
Once this error happens, it can be partially supressed with SET !ERRORIGNORE YES, and after that some Imacros commands work, some don't (!):
URL GOTO - does work - it loads the page, however following commands do not work anymore (even if they are AFTER URL GOTO)
FRAME - doest not work
TAG - does not work
So once ERRORIGNORE is set to NO, iMacros for Firefox will fail on any of commands pointing to web-site obejcts and Imacros is stuck and Firefox needs to be restarted.

Thank you very much.

[Tom, Tech Support]

Hi macroman2,

Thanks for the additional information. We're already aware of this "dead object" error and I have added your details to our internal ticket.

[Cybes]

I'm having an issue with 8.5.3 generating the 'can't access dead object' issue within Firefox 31.0.2 (OS X 10.8.5) every time I run a particular script.

The script only a. goes to page -> finds table header -> extract values from a table b. goes to next page -> finds table header -> extract values from a table -> etc... and then saves the EXTRACT value to a file, but it keeps failing with the dead object issue at the point it's trying to find the table header element on a new page after having navigated to it.

I introduced 2 second waits to try and give it a chance to 'catch up' / stay on pace but it made no real difference.

[chivracq]

I'm having an issue with 8.5.3 generating the 'can't access dead object' issue within Firefox 31.0.2 (OS X 10.8.5) every time I run a particular script.

The script only a. goes to page -> finds table header -> extract values from a table b. goes to next page -> finds table header -> extract values from a table -> etc... and then saves the EXTRACT value to a file, but it keeps failing with the dead object issue at the point it's trying to find the table header element on a new page after having navigated to it.

I introduced 2 second waits to try and give it a chance to 'catch up' / stay on pace but it made no real difference.

Ouf-ouf, but if you are really still at Version v8.5.3 for FF which is now about 1 year old, you should update iMacros to v8.8.x, the most stable Configuration currently is v8.8.2 + FF30, but you are using FF31 and Firefox introduced big Changes in FF31 (for Win32, but I reckon the same Changes apply as well for MacOS) and again in FF32 forcing you to use v8.8.3+ Beta (v8.8.5 currently available for Download from the 'Firefox Version History' Page, but is quite unstable...).