IE autocompleter

Claritas

OS: Windows XP
Browser: Internet Explorer 8
Sahi Build: v3.5, 2011-07-19

I found Sahi a few days ago, and I really enjoyed playing with it.
It worked quite well, until I tried out one of my testcase with IE.

The autocompleter doesn't want work when I search for something.
* For example if I visit Google => type "sahi t" => choose "sahi testing"
~> The recording will fail.
* Or if I go to ingatlannet.hu => type "Szeg" => choose "Szeged"
~> The Sahi Controllel can record it, so it will work with Chrome or Firefox but IE refuses it.

I've already tried _keyDown, _keyUp, _keyPress, _type but nothing worked.
Is there any idea?:(

narayan

Sahi records only when the focus has left a particular field. In case of google search field, the focus never goes out of the textbox, so it does not record.

_setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi t");

works in a script.

Regards,
Narayan

Claritas

But I need to check somehow the autocompleter part in a company site, because my boss said that. The _setValue() is okay, but that is just the typing part ... I can't record choosing options from the autocompleter list. Our testcases in Selenese atm, and my task is to rewrite them. We have got a lot of testcases, so I need to choose the best testing solution. The IE was always critical for us, so we often checked the autocompleters.

The old testcase could select from the autocompleter list. I found Sahi so nice, but if it can't support every function, maybe I need to choose something else. The strangest thing Sahi might supports it, because it is good in firefox or chrome. :S

narayan

Hi Claritas,

The code below seems to work. Could you please check if this works for you?

_navigateTo("http://www.google.co.in/";
_setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi to");
_click(_cell("sahi tool"));

Regards,
Narayan

Claritas

Dear Narayan,
Of course I check every reply, because I don't want to give up!:)
I tried it with Firefox and Chrome, and it was fine.
After that I checked it with IE.

The fully detailed description:
1. In the Playback window...
_navigateTo("..."); // sorry I can't post links, so I replaced it with dots ...
_click(_cell("sahi tool"));
--Stopped Playback: FAILURE--

2. In the Logs...
Test Total Steps Failures Errors Success Rate Time Taken (ms)
real.sah 3 0 1 66% 15917

Starting script
_navigateTo("..."); at 2011.12.16. 9:20:55 // can't post links
_setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi to"); at 2011.12.16. 9:20:56
_click(_cell("sahi tool"));
Error: The parameter passed to _click was not found on the browser at 2011.12.16. 9:21:07
Stopping script

3. What I can see...
* It navigated to the Google fine.
* It could type the good value
* I couldn't see the autocompleter list, so Sahi couldn't choose from it.

I remember for that in FF or Chrome there was a bit waiting, and after that the autocompleter list appeared.
If you want, I can create a video, but I think I wrote down everything. :$
(In IE I've already visited the SSL manager.)

Claritas

I tried it more time, because ... I hoped there will be different result, and it became different. The strange is that once it was good ... so I became excited. But after that when I started the test again, the IE crashed. If I try again that test atm, the IE crashes every time. So I went to different site (ingatlannet.hu)

The Code...
_setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg");
_click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));

The Controllel...
_setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg");
_click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));
--Stopped Playback: FAILURE--

The Logs...
Test Total Steps Failures Errors Success Rate Time Taken (ms)
iefix.sah 2 0 1 50% 13326

Starting script
_setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg"); at 2011.12.16. 9:54:00
_click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));
Error: The parameter passed to _click was not found on the browser at 2011.12.16. 9:54:11
Stopping script

Claritas

I tried out with IE6,7 and 9 too. In IE9 everything is fine, but with previous versions the test gets failed.

narayan

Hi Claritas,

The reason Sahi did not work on your application for IE versions < 9 was because your application uses a javascript library called MooTools which overwrites the native fireEvent function of the browser in an incompatible way. In order to fix this problem, do the following:

Open sahi/htdocs/spr/concat.js

1) Search for

el.fireEvent("on" + type, evt);

and replace it with

el.fireEvent(this.getEventTypeName(type), evt);

2) Search for

target.fireEvent("on" + evType, evt);

and replace it with

target.fireEvent(this.getEventTypeName(evType), evt);

3) At the end of concat.js, add

Sahi.prototype.getEventTypeName = function (type) {
return ((typeof MooTools) == "object") ? type : ("on" + type);
}

4) Restart Sahi, clear browser cache, and test again.

Regards,
Narayan

Claritas

Dear Narayan,

Thanks a lot for the reply, everything works fine everywhere!
I'm sure in that I can rewrite all the tests to Sahi.

Best wishes,
Claritas