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setValue not working properly with IE9

bkobs39bkobs39 Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
Hi,

I am attempting to set the value of a textbox. Instead of setting the value that I input, it is changing the value to ''. I am testing with the latest Sahi Version (Build: 2011-07-19), IE9 on a Windows 7 Machine.

On the page that I am attempting to use _setValue, their are multiple textboxes. Some are actually drop-down boxes that show up as _textbox("input1") in the Sahi conroller when I hold control and hover over them. The only options available are 'enabled' or 'disabled'. When I issue the command: _setValue(_textbox("input1"), "enabled");, it sets the textbox equal to ''.

On the same page, I am able to successfully use _setValue on actual textboxes - ones that are not really drop-down boxes

I have also tried _textbox("input1").value = "enabled";. This works correctly when issued in the 'Evaluate expression' area of the 'Record' tab in the Sahi Controller. However this fails when attempting to play back a Sahi script with only that 1 line. Error is TypeError: Cannot set property value that has only a getter

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Comments

  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi bkobs39,

    Could you please post the URL of your application?

    Can you please try setting a value on the other browser and check if you are able to set the value.

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • paulbpaulb Members
    Hi, I'm having a similar issue with Firefox 6.0.2 and SAHI Pro v3.6.

    I have a page with two textboxes, in fact one is a password control. Once the page is loaded I run the following script:
    _setValue(_textbox("content_minimal:login:username"), "Administrator");
    _setValue(_password("content_minimal:login:password"), "password1");

    Only the username textbox value is set. The password textbox value is cleared.

    After further testing I discovered that this is dependent on which control has focus. On page load the username textbox has focus by default, so I changed this so the password textbox had focus on load. This resulted in SAHI script only setting the password textbox value and clearing the username textbox.

    Maybe something similar to this topic:
    sahi.co.in /forums/ viewtopic.php? id=2578

    Regards,
    Paul
  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi Paulb,

    You can use the following:

    _focus(_textbox("content_minimal:login:username"));
    _setValue(_textbox("content_minimal:login:username"), "Administrator");
    _focus(_password("content_minimal:login:password"));
    _setValue(_password("content_minimal:login:password"), "password1");

    Check if this solves your issue.

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • paulbpaulb Members
    Hi Sumitra,

    Thanks that worked, is there another way though?

    It would take a considerable amount of time for me to update all our scripts with a _focus() function before setting the value of a textbox.

    Regards,
    Paul
  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi Paul,

    There is no other way.You could use _focus() API only when focus is required.

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • paulbpaulb Members
    Okay. Is this a known limitation when working with Firefox, because the same scripts without the _focus() work perfectly on IE?

    Thanks for your assistance.

    Regards,
    Paul.
  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi Paulb,

    No, this is not a known limitation. Scripts works fine with all the browsers no matter on what browser it is recorded.

    We will have to look at the application and the source code only then we can figure out why it is not working on firefox.

    If you can share the URL and the source code we would work on it and help you.

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • keatskeats Members
    Hi Sumitra,

    I have similar issue and I also use FireFox 7.0.1/ Windows 7.
    this api _setValue use to work all the time before. Only now it stopped working.
    This happens only with newer version of sahi. Older one works fine.
    Please help.
  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi keats,

    I dont understand what you mean by the "Older one works fine".Can you please give me the build number for this.

    The Firefox issue is been fixed from 2011-07-19 release . Can you use this release and check if it works fine.

    If you are using version older than 2011-07-19 then you will have to use _focus() API before _setValue().

    Let me know if you face any problem.

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • keatskeats Members
    Hi Sumitra,

    Your right It works in new version. sorry i think i had an old version earlier.

    thanks
    Keats.
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