Runtime error 14 "Nicht genügend Zeichenfolgespeicher"

[dornech]

Does anybody know that error? Occurs when doing a simple objWebDriver.OpenBrowser objWebCapabilities ?

[dornech]

A, while writing I had the idea what to try: the error occurs when loading an extension.

[hanamichi77777]

I apologize for answering a question with a question.
You often mention 'extensions'—are you referring to Chrome extensions? Also, what role do they play?"

[dornech]

Yes, I am refering to Chrome extensions. What you can install via the webstore. I use some like ublock for some scraping stuff to avoid ads being loaded

[hanamichi77777]

Apologies if this isn't a direct answer to your question, but you can block ads without using Chrome extensions by utilizing CDP tunneling over WebDriver BiDi.
If you are interested, please check the Main05 procedure in the A_01BiDi standard module below.
Please bear with me as this is still under testing, so you may encounter some bugs or unexpected behavior.

https://github.com/hanamichi77777/WebDriverBiDi-via-VBA-test/blob/main/SeleniumVBA7.0_BiDi_Test_123.xlsm

[GCuser99]

Of course you don't need BiDi to do that:

Public Sub Main05()
    Dim driver As New WebDriver

    driver.StartChrome
    driver.OpenBrowser

    ' Setting to block images and ads via CDP
    Dim blockList As Variant
    ' Example patterns to block common image formats and ad services
    blockList = Array( _
    "*.png", "*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.gif", "*.svg", _
    "*doubleclick*", _
    "*googleads*", _
    "*googlesyndication*", _
    "*yads.c.yimg.jp*", _
    "*yads.yahoo.co.jp*", _
    "*ad_service*", _
    "*analytics*")
    
    Dim params As New Dictionary
    Dim urlList As New Collection
    Dim Item As Variant
    Dim elem As WebElement
    For Each Item In blockList
        urlList.Add Item
    Next Item
    params.Add "urls", urlList
    driver.ExecuteCDP "Network.enable"
    driver.ExecuteCDP "Network.setBlockedURLs", params
    
    ' Page Navigation (Display speed is faster without images)
    ' Navigate to Yahoo! Japan
    driver.NavigateTo "https://www.yahoo.co.jp/"
    driver.WaitForIdleNetwork 500
    
    Debug.Print "Images are currently blocked via CDP." & vbCrLf & "Press OK to continue (Blocking will be cleared)."
    
    ' Clear blocking and reload
    Set params = New Dictionary
    params.Add "urls", New Collection
    driver.ExecuteCDP "Network.setBlockedURLs", params
    driver.Refresh
    driver.WaitForIdleNetwork 500

    Debug.Print "The images are displayed now"
    driver.CloseBrowser
    driver.Shutdown
End Sub

[hanamichi77777]

Oh, that's wonderful. It was my misunderstanding.
I also feel there is no need to force the use of BiDi, so I should take the time to organize and review exactly how much we can achieve using classic CDP."

[GCuser99]

And of course if users find that CDP blocking technique useful, it certainly could be added as a primitive. The main reason why I have not done very much with CDP thus far is because of Firefox does not support it. But maybe Firefox support needs reconsideration. I'll post a discussion on this soon.