Handling Dynamic Element IDs with Sahi

SeemaAjesh

We have recently started using Sahi OS version for automation. We have installed Sahi OS on Windows XP and testing on IE8 browser. The version of Sahi used is 3.5(Build 2011-07-19).


We are consistently facing problem using the "near" API to handle Dynamic IDs. We are trying to click on a checkbox with name "userRoleID" beside a value "Role1331561773295". Please note that there are several checkbox's on the same page with the same name, but having different values beside the checkbox. We have tried various options listed below. But none seem to work.


_click(_checkbox("/userRoleID/[2]",_near(_parentRow(_cell("Role1331561773295")))));
_click(document.forms.elements,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));
_click(_checkbox("/userRoleID/[2]",_near(_div("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox("/userRoleID/",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox(/userRoleID/,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox(userRoleID,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox("userRoleID",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox("userRoleID/",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click(_checkbox("on",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));
_click("_checkbox","/./",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));
_click("_checkbox",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));

_click(input.checkbox,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));
_click(input.checkbox,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));
_click("input.checkbox",_near(_cell("Role1331561773295")));

_highlight(_checkbox("userRoleID",near(_cell("Role1331561773295")),_under(_cell("Check if this user can be used for web service requests"))));

_mouseOver(_checkbox("userRoleID",near(_cell(_table("displayTable"),"Role1331561773295",2))));
_click(_checkbox("userRoleID",near(_cell(_table("displayTable"),"Role1331561773295",2))));

_click(_checkbox("userRoleID",near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));


The properties of the checkbox as displayed in Sahi controller is listed below.

nextSibling={{[object Text]}};
nextSibling=[object Text];
childNodes={{[object NodeList]}};
childNodes=[object NodeList];
previousSibling={{[object HTMLBRElement]}};
previousSibling=[object HTMLBRElement];
nodeName=INPUT;
currentStyle={{[object CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration]}};
currentStyle=[object CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration];
clientHeight=13;
style={{[object CSSStyleDeclaration]}};
style=[object CSSStyleDeclaration];
nodeType=1;
scopeName=HTML;
offsetWidth=19;
filters={{[object]}};
filters=[object];
scrollHeight=13;
offsetTop=156;
parentNode=[object HTMLTableCellElement];
tagName=INPUT;
className=checkbox;
behaviorUrns={{[object BehaviorUrnsCollection]}};
behaviorUrns=[object BehaviorUrnsCollection];
parentTextEdit={{[object HTMLBodyElement]}};
parentTextEdit=[object HTMLBodyElement];
ownerDocument={{[object HTMLDocument]}};
ownerDocument=[object HTMLDocument];
offsetParent=[object HTMLTableCellElement];
parentElement=[object HTMLTableCellElement];
children={{[object HTMLCollection]}};
children=[object HTMLCollection];
readyState=complete;
contentEditable=inherit;
document={{[object HTMLDocument]}};
document=[object HTMLDocument];
sourceIndex=267;
runtimeStyle={{[object CSSStyleDeclaration]}};
runtimeStyle=[object CSSStyleDeclaration];
scrollWidth=13;
attributes={{[object NamedNodeMap]}};
attributes=[object NamedNodeMap];
offsetHeight=19;
clientWidth=13;
outerHTML=<INPUT class=checkbox onclick=checkboxClicked(this) value=5985 type=checkbox name=userRoleID hasAttached="true" jQuery1331806774828="109">;
all={{[object HTMLCollection]}};
all=[object HTMLCollection];
offsetLeft=4;
value=5985;
status=true;
maxLength=2147483647;
loop=1;
form={{[object HTMLFormElement]}};
form=[object HTMLFormElement];
start=fileopen;
size=20;
checked=true;
type=checkbox;
name=userRoleID;
hasAttached=true;
jQuery1331806774828=109;

Could some one let me know what could be problem?

sujata

You can replace the dynamic ID with " ("/.*/[1]") " Here .* indicates the regular expression.and [1] is the second field.

nagar

You could also try:
_check(_checkbox(0,_near(_cell("Role1331561773295"))));

Hope, that might help you.

SeemaAjesh

I tried both the solutions provided by Sujata and Nagar, but the issue still exists.

SeemaAjesh

I have pasted the html code of the chckbox below. All check boxes are within a single <td> block
<tr>
<td class="emsLabel">Roles:</td>
<td>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" onclick="checkboxClicked(this)" value="5977" name="userRoleID">
Create RT Role
<br>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" onclick="checkboxClicked(this)" value="5978" name="userRoleID">
Create ST Reason role
<br>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" onclick="checkboxClicked(this)" value="5979" name="userRoleID">
CreateUserAccounts
<br>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" onclick="checkboxClicked(this)" value="5981" name="userRoleID">