Description
MozillaHistoryView is a small utility that reads the history data file (history.dat) of Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape Web browsers, and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days. For each visited Web page, the following information is displayed: URL, First visit date, Last visit date, Visit counter, Referrer, Title, and Host name.You can also easily export the history data to text/HTML/Xml file.
System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows, From Windows 98 to Windows Vista. For all Firefox/Mozilla versions except of Firefox 3, you can use this utility even if Firefox/Mozilla is not installed on your system, as long as you have the history file (history.dat) that you want to inspect. If you want to read the history file of Firefox 3 or later (places.sqlite file), Firefox must be installed on your system.Using MozillaHistoryView
MozillaHistoryView doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. Just copy the executable file (MozillaHistoryView.exe) to any folder you like, and run it.After you run it, the main window displays the list of visited Web pages loaded from the history.dat of the Mozilla/Firefox profile that you used in the last time. If you want to view the content of another history file, simply use the 'Select History File' option (Ctrl + H), or drag the history.dat filename from Explorer into the main window of MozillaHistoryView.
You can select one or more history items, and then export the list into text/HTML/Xml file ('Save Selected Items' option). You can also copy the selected items to the clipboard, and then paste them to Excel or to OpenOffice spreadsheet.
Command-Line Options
| /stext <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into a regular text file. |
| /stab <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into a tab-delimited text file. |
| /scomma <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into a comma-delimited text file. |
| /stabular <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into a tabular text file. |
| /shtml <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into HTML file (Horizontal). |
| /sverhtml <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites into HTML file (Vertical). |
| /sxml <Filename> | Save the list of all visited Web sites to XML file. |
| /sort <column> |
This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column.
If you don't specify this option, the list is sorted according to the last sort that you made from the user interface.
The <column> parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or
the name of the column, like "URL" and "Last Visit Date".
You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: "~Last Visit Date") if you want to sort in descending order.
You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns.
Examples:
MozillaHistoryView.exe /shtml "f:\temp\history.html" /sort 2 /sort ~1 MozillaHistoryView.exe /shtml "f:\temp\history.html" /sort "Last Visit Date" |
| /nosort | When you specify this command-line option, the list will be saved without any sorting. |
| -file <History Filename> | Start MozillaHistoryView with the specified history.dat filename. |
| /UseVisitTimeFilter <0 | 1> | Specifies whether you want to filter the history items according to the date/time. 0 = No, 1 = Yes |
| /VisitTimeFilter <Number of days> | Specifies the last number of days of history to load. (When UseVisitTimeFilter = yes) |
| /UseFirefoxFolder <0 | 1> |
0 = Automatically locate the installation folder of Firefox. 1 = Use the installation folder of Firefox specified in /FirefoxFolder command-line option. |
| /FirefoxFolder <Path> | Specifies the Firefox installation folder on your system. (for using with /UseFirefoxFolder 1 ) |
MozillaHistoryView.exe -file "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\test\p34kcd3y.slt\history.dat"
MozillaHistoryView.exe -file "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\test\p34kcd3y.slt\history.dat" /shtml c:\temp\mz.html
MozillaHistoryView.exe /stext c:\temp\mz.txt
Translating MozillaHistoryView to other languages
In order to translate MozillaHistoryView to other language, follow the instructions below:- Run MozillaHistoryView with /savelangfile parameter:
MozillaHistoryView.exe /savelangfile
A file named MozillaHistoryView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of MozillaHistoryView utility. - Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
- Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
- After you finish the translation, Run MozillaHistoryView, and all translated
strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run MozillaHistoryView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.
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