Using a string variable

Achim

Hi,

I am confused about using the following code:

1 var $default;
2
3 $default = _textbox(0).value;
4 _setValue(_textbox(0), $Max);
5 _setValue(_textbox(0), $Min);
6 _setValue(_textbox(0), $default);

My expectation is in the line 6 to receive the value of line 3 ($default). Instead of the expected value I get "_textbox(0).value".

Statement in the Playback window of line 6 is:
_setValue(_textbox(0), _textbox(0).value);

I guess I'm doing something stupid wrong. Can you help?

Regards,

Achim

dp

Hi Achim,

Replace line 3 with _set($default, _textbox(0).value);

Cheers
dp

narayan

Achim,

Nothing stupid

Accessors of Sahi return an element stub. They are executed only on the browser when you pass it to a browser action API.

Normal example:

var $element = _textbox("abc"); 
// $element is not an element stub

_setValue($element, "123"); 
// This line sends a string '_setValue(_textbox("abc"), "123")' to the browser 
// which Sahi's engine executes and returns the result the proxy.

In your case, what you need is to evaluate _textbox(0).value on the browser and get its value.
You need to use _set in this case.

Eg.

1 var $default;
2
3 _set($default, _textbox(0).value); // _set fetches the value from the browser and sets it to $default
4 _setValue(_textbox(0), $Max);
5 _setValue(_textbox(0), $Min);
6 _setValue(_textbox(0), $default);


Hope that helps.

Regards,
Narayan

Achim

Hi dp, hi Narayan,

I think I understood my mistake - now everything works fine. Thanks for your help!

Regards,

Achim