Select files from a dialogue OUTSIDE of the browser

TSheeley

We have a content management app where if you click on the "Add files" button, it opens a SYSTEM dialogue (Linux) where the user can choose files from a directory tree. As this is a system dialogue and NOT a browser dialogue, SAHI does NOT recognize it. I need to be able to select files from a dialogue OUTSIDE of the browser or maybe use key presses to navigate to the files I want.

I have attempted to use _setFile and _keyPress in order to access the files in this dialogue, but it never works. Our app does allow for drag and drop, but I am NOT able to record this as the images are NOT in a browser. Can anyone help?

Linux Ubuntu
FireFox 14.0.1
Sahi Build 2011-07-19

Nitesh_1302

I am facing the same problem. I also need the solution of this problem. I want to drag something into some file to make a scenario.

windows 7
Chrome 25.0.02

TSheeley

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Pratyush_Tyto

Hi TSheeley,
You can try using _setFile with native events.
Check the following link out and let me know if it helps you.

http://sahi.co.in/w/_setFile

Regards.

TSheeley

Hello Pratyush,

I have tried this and setFile2. Although Sahi reports this as "Playback: SUCCESS--". The files are NEVER uploaded.

TSheeley

Hello Pratyush,

I have tried this and setFile2. Although Sahi reports this as "Playback: SUCCESS--". The files are NEVER uploaded.

TSheeley

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TSheeley

Hello Pratyush_Tyto,

I have downloaded, installed and tried using Sahi Pro. It does the same thing as the open source version. It reports: Playback: SUCCESS--, but the files are NOT uploaded. I do NOT believe this functionality works in either version.

Pratyush_Tyto

Hi TSheeley,
Is it possible for you to provide us with the webpage you're running the script and and a sample script to reproduce your problem?

Regards.

TSheeley

Hello Pratyush_Tyto,

It's an internal webpage, so I cannot provide this to you. The application uploads files to a "Gallery". The files can be added via drag and drop, or there is an "Add Files" button which opens a SYSTEM dialogue (not accessible via sahi) to search the directorys. A sample of the code would be:

for (var $j = 1; $j<14; $j++){

_click(_link("Gallery"));
_wait(500);

_setFile(_listItem("Drag files here."), "scripts/Data/PromptsAssets/test" + $j + ".png");
_wait(500);

_assert(_isVisible(_span("test" + $j + ".png")));

}

I have tried this using setFile2, and I have tried both setFile and setFile2 using all of the Accessor alternatives such as:
_listItem("plupload_droptext")
_listItem(15)

Sahi reports this as "Playback: SUCCESS--". But the files are NEVER uploaded.

We run this from a Linux environment and from the console for each of the files I am trying to upload, I can see:

url: https://management-ui/messaging/prompts
command: FileUpload_appendFiles

The url is definitely correct.

lkolluru7

Any update on this? I am facing similar issue with setFile2.

I am able to see that the file on the text box where file path has to be mentioned. but, on commit, nothing is happening.

In FireFox, on clicking commit, i am able to see some warning using Firebug like -- The character encoding declaration of document was found too late for it to take effect. The encoding declaration needs to be moved to be within the first 1024 bytes of the file.

Is there an alternative to do this? or any bug in setFile2?

Regards,
Lavanya.