Make use of _pause() in Sahiscript

simmerl

Hello,
in the JS console of Firefox debugger I can use _sahi.pause() to temporarily prevent SahiPlayer from sending status messages (POST: Player _getCurrentStep). _sahi.unpause() starts this again.
I have to write a special sahi check where some user interaction with the web site is neccessary. I found out that as long SahiPlayer is sending its status messages, some characters of the user's input get lost; they do not as soon as I execute pause(). (-> busy JS engine?)
I am wondering if executing pause() is also possible from sahi script? Would be great!

Thanks a lot, kind regards -
Simmerl

kerti

In this situation I use _alert("SOMETHING") in the script in meaning of "breakpoint"
While alert is on the web page, I go to Sahi Controler and press "Pause." than I return to the alert and confirm it.
Than I can go to the web page and interact with it manualy.
At the end of interaction I again go to Sahi Controler and press "Play" - and script continues.

kerti

Previous suggestion is for running script through Sahi Controler.

But when through testrunner.bat I suggest using this code in the script:
var $process = java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("... notepad.exe Instructions_to_user_for_example.txt ...");
var $status = process.waitFor();

While notepad with instruction is on - user can interact with web page.
At the end user can even write result to notepad an close it.
After waitFor() script continues in web page automation and you can read user input from TXT file.


Other scenario is, when you want break the script and get only some input from user - captcha for example or only a confirmation - and continue with script scenario. In this situation I use this functions:
//<browser>
function BrowserConfirm(message){
_sahi_temp_confirmValue = _sahi._confirm(message);
}
Sahi.prototype._confirm = function (s) {
return this.callFunction(this.real_confirm, window, s);
};
//</browser>
function UserConfirm($message){
var $value = null;
_call(BrowserConfirm($message));
_set($value, _sahi_temp_confirmValue);

return $value;
}

//<browser>
function BrowserInput(data){
_sahi_temp_promptValue = _sahi._prompt(data);
}
//</browser>
function UserInput($data){
var $value = null;
_call(BrowserInput($data));
_set($value, _sahi_temp_promptValue);
return $value;
}