Firefox 25 And Sahi 4.4OS Do Not Like Each Other??

davidjohnbird

Hi Sahi Team / All,

When I run the script listed below:

<browser>
function getsecnumval($domval){
	var $securitynum = "12345678";
	var $posnval = _cell($domval).innerText;
	var $numval = $posnval.substr(9, 1);
	var $secnumval = $securitynum.substr($numval - 1, 1);
	return $secnumval;
}

</browser>
// Primary Login Page
_setValue(_textbox("user_name"), "username");
_setValue(_password("user_password"), "password");
_click(_submit("Logon"));
// Second factor authentication page
_setValue(_password("rand1"), getsecnumval(17));
_setValue(_password("rand2"), getsecnumval(18));
_setValue(_password("rand3"), getsecnumval(19));
_click(_submit("Submit"));
_click(_link("Logoff"));

IE 10, Google Chrome 31 and Safari 5.1.7 - all running on Windows 7 Professional
operating system with Java 1.7 installed - have no problems and the script completes
successfully.

However, if I try the script with Firefox 25 then the script fails.

Where it fails is in the first call to the function getsecnumval, and specifically on
the line that is getting the value for the variable $posnval.

What this line is doing is substringing the value of a label on the web page.

The error it throws, as taken from the log file, is as follows:

_setValue(_password("rand1"), getsecnumval(17));
TypeError: $posnval is undefined
getsecnumval@https://mivision.hsbc.co.uk/mv-m1-upgrade/pm/base/validate_security_number.asp?privacy=N&change_pass=False&returnUrl=:14
https://mivision.hsbc.co.uk/_s_/spr/concat.js:3480
Sahi.prototype.ex@https://mivision.hsbc.co.uk/_s_/spr/concat.js:3480
https://mivision.hsbc.co.uk/_s_/spr/concat.js:3267

If the problem was my script then all 4 browsers would complain. The fact that only
Firefox 25 throws a hissy fit suggests a falling out between Firefox 25 and Sahi
OS.

Thanks in advance.

Pratyush_Tyto

Hi davidjohnbird,
Thank you for providing everyone with the solution.
Sahi OS 4.4 (the latest version, release date : 2013-04-29) is a little outdated as compared to Sahi Pro. So there are plenty of fixes which are available in the Pro version and not in the OS version. They will be included in the next Sahi OS release.

Regards.

CKBhavitha

Hi davidjohnbird ,

can you check the below post:-
http://sahi.co.in/sahi-pro-v50-whats-new/

davidjohnbird

Hi CKBhavitha,

Just one technical problem with your answer - I'm working with the free community edition, which is version 4.4. When will the free version be updated to fix this nasty bug?

davidjohnbird

Quick Update To This Issue

The solution was, in the end, a simple one.

IE, Chrome and Safari have an attribute of innerText for this element. Firefox does not.

All the browsers have an attribute of innerHTML.

The moral of the tale is that if something fails in using an attribute in one browser but not another then check whether the attribute is valid for all browsers.