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IE autocompleter

ClaritasClaritas Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
OS: Windows XP
Browser: Internet Explorer 8
Sahi Build: v3.5, 2011-07-19

I found Sahi a few days ago, and I really enjoyed playing with it.
It worked quite well, until I tried out one of my testcase with IE.

The autocompleter doesn't want work when I search for something.
* For example if I visit Google => type "sahi t" => choose "sahi testing"
~> The recording will fail.
* Or if I go to ingatlannet.hu => type "Szeg" => choose "Szeged"
~> The Sahi Controllel can record it, so it will work with Chrome or Firefox but IE refuses it.

I've already tried _keyDown, _keyUp, _keyPress, _type but nothing worked.
Is there any idea?:(

Comments

  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Sahi records only when the focus has left a particular field. In case of google search field, the focus never goes out of the textbox, so it does not record.

    _setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi t");

    works in a script.

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • ClaritasClaritas Members
    edited December 2011
    But I need to check somehow the autocompleter part in a company site, because my boss said that. The _setValue() is okay, but that is just the typing part ... I can't record choosing options from the autocompleter list. Our testcases in Selenese atm, and my task is to rewrite them. We have got a lot of testcases, so I need to choose the best testing solution. The IE was always critical for us, so we often checked the autocompleters.

    The old testcase could select from the autocompleter list. I found Sahi so nice, but if it can't support every function, maybe I need to choose something else. The strangest thing Sahi might supports it, because it is good in firefox or chrome. :S
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi Claritas,

    The code below seems to work. Could you please check if this works for you?

    _navigateTo("http://www.google.co.in/";);
    _setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi to");
    _click(_cell("sahi tool"));

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • ClaritasClaritas Members
    Dear Narayan,
    Of course I check every reply, because I don't want to give up!:)
    I tried it with Firefox and Chrome, and it was fine.
    After that I checked it with IE.

    The fully detailed description:
    1. In the Playback window...
    _navigateTo("..."); // sorry I can't post links, so I replaced it with dots ...
    _click(_cell("sahi tool"));
    --Stopped Playback: FAILURE--

    2. In the Logs...
    Test Total Steps Failures Errors Success Rate Time Taken (ms)
    real.sah 3 0 1 66% 15917

    Starting script
    _navigateTo("..."); at 2011.12.16. 9:20:55 // can't post links
    _setValue(_textbox("q"), "sahi to"); at 2011.12.16. 9:20:56
    _click(_cell("sahi tool"));
    Error: The parameter passed to _click was not found on the browser at 2011.12.16. 9:21:07
    Stopping script

    3. What I can see...
    * It navigated to the Google fine.
    * It could type the good value
    * I couldn't see the autocompleter list, so Sahi couldn't choose from it.

    I remember for that in FF or Chrome there was a bit waiting, and after that the autocompleter list appeared.
    If you want, I can create a video, but I think I wrote down everything. :$
    (In IE I've already visited the SSL manager.)
  • ClaritasClaritas Members
    I tried it more time, because ... I hoped there will be different result, and it became different. The strange is that once it was good ... so I became excited. But after that when I started the test again, the IE crashed. If I try again that test atm, the IE crashes every time. So I went to different site (ingatlannet.hu)

    The Code...
    _setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg");
    _click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));

    The Controllel...
    _setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg");
    _click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));
    --Stopped Playback: FAILURE--

    The Logs...
    Test Total Steps Failures Errors Success Rate Time Taken (ms)
    iefix.sah 2 0 1 50% 13326

    Starting script
    _setValue(_textbox("telepules"), "Szeg"); at 2011.12.16. 9:54:00
    _click(_listItem("Szeged[1]"));
    Error: The parameter passed to _click was not found on the browser at 2011.12.16. 9:54:11
    Stopping script
  • ClaritasClaritas Members
    I tried out with IE6,7 and 9 too. In IE9 everything is fine, but with previous versions the test gets failed.
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi Claritas,

    The reason Sahi did not work on your application for IE versions < 9 was because your application uses a javascript library called MooTools which overwrites the native fireEvent function of the browser in an incompatible way. In order to fix this problem, do the following:

    Open sahi/htdocs/spr/concat.js

    1) Search for

    el.fireEvent("on" + type, evt);

    and replace it with

    el.fireEvent(this.getEventTypeName(type), evt);

    2) Search for

    target.fireEvent("on" + evType, evt);

    and replace it with

    target.fireEvent(this.getEventTypeName(evType), evt);

    3) At the end of concat.js, add

    Sahi.prototype.getEventTypeName = function (type) {
    return ((typeof MooTools) == "object") ? type : ("on" + type);
    }

    4) Restart Sahi, clear browser cache, and test again.

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • ClaritasClaritas Members
    Dear Narayan,

    Thanks a lot for the reply, everything works fine everywhere!
    I'm sure in that I can rewrite all the tests to Sahi. :)

    Best wishes,
    Claritas
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