iMacros Help - Recent Firefox Update Creating Problems in Reading CSV Files

[jayabraham]

Hi there. Firefox automatically updated today to version 28.0.

Immediately after, my iMacros scripts stopped reading my CSV and throwing out an error. I ran the demo script with the demo (Address.csv) file and that worked fine. I replaced my original csv file in my script with the demo file (Address.csv) and that worked fine too. However, try as I might, no other CSV file works.

So in a nutshell, I was able to isolate and identify the problem --- the CSV files that were being read just fine before the update are no longer being read correctly by the iMacros script. I have tried multiple permutations and combinations to get that CSV file to start working again. Tried creating new ones, but no go.

If I rename the demo file Address.csv and use that in my script, it works fine. But if I change the content of the demo file Address.csv and save, it starts throwing out the same error again.

Please Help! This is quite urgent.

Thanks.
Jay.

 

[jayabraham]

UPDATE: Based on my research, I believe its a problem with Encoding.

Stop Gap Solution: Download Notepad++, Open the CSV file in Notepad++, Click on Encoding, Convert to UTF 8, Ctrl+S (Save), Close File. That CSV file should now be readable in your iMacros for Firefox V28.++.

This is a terrible temporary fix. Especially if you have multiple CSVs running and you need to go in and make changes to your CSVs once every few days. However, it gets the job done for the time being.

Hoping some of you'll faced with a similar problem find this update useful.

Hoping someone smarter than me figures out a more permanent solution and posts it here.

 

[saurabh82]

use firefox old versions

 

[jayabraham]

Thats what I finally did and it worked. Sticking to older versions of both FF and iMacros and that works fine.

 

[HoNeYBiRD]

Thats what I finally did and it worked. Sticking to older versions of both FF and iMacros and that works fine.

what you posted above is a permanent solution, you need to change the encoding of every .csv only once
this encoding issue is there in the standalone version, iMacros browser too, so it has nothing to do with Firefox

you can use the latest version of Firefox, the latest version of the iMacros addon is not recommended though, i found it buggy (it can hang anywhere while running a macro for no reason), so i downgraded with one version
Firefox: 33.1.1
iMacros addon for Firefox: 8.8.2
& macros are running smooth

if you use older versions of Firefox that can be a security risk and may not work properly on all sites depending on how old the older version is