Dynamic IDs

markS

I have been asked to identify a test tool. Sahi seems like a good candidate.

As I've seen in other postings, there have been similar related posts...

The problem is the id's are highly dynamic. When in a recording session they won't be the same when playing back. I think I can handle this 99% of the time if I can always have the Sahi recorder Access the element as an index (e.g. checkbox(1)...) during the recording phase.

The point is if we can't do this it will take significant experimentation to make sure we're getting the correct control. Do you have some option I can set which causes it to always use the index? Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't.

Thanks...

narayan

MarkS,

You can always change the script later to use the index.
But if you want the recorder to ignore the id, open sahi/htdocs/spr/concat.js and replace the function isIgnorableId with this:

Sahi.prototype.isIgnorableId = function(id){
    return true;
    //return id.match(/^z_/) || id.match(/^ext[-]gen/);
}

Basically we are asking the recorder to ignore id based identification of ANY element. You can tailor it to your needs using any condition you want.

Regards,
Narayan

RobinLRandall

How about an enhancement where the optional second argument of the function gives the identifier type:
Syntax:
_checkbox(<identifier value>[,<identifier type>])

e.g.:
_click(checkbox("checkid1", id);
_click(checkbox("good", name);
_click(checkbox(1, index);

RR