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_getText issue

rj412rj412 Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
Basically I'm creating and assigning a new variable by grabbing the links ID with _getText

/*
*/
_popup($popupWindow)._assertExists(_link("1"));
//var $DocHeadline = _popup($popupWindow)._getText(_link("1"));
//var $DocHeadline = _getText(_link("1"));
var $DocHeadline = "This is the 'link and headline' name compare test" ;
_popup($popupWindow)._click(_link("1"));

_popup($popupWindow)._assertExists(_heading3(0));
_popup($popupWindow)._assertEqual($DocHeadline, _getText(_heading3(0)));

/*
*/

(Think news.google.com ; before clicking on the link, get its ID, then click it and make sure that it opened the correct page by checking its heading)

Eventually what I really want to achieve is to a compare of:
_getText(_link("1")) is equal to _getText(_heading3(0))
both are captured with _getText BUT at different times (since _heading3(0) is only available after _link("1") has been clicked to load the doc on that page).

And if I manually hard-code $DocHeadline (line 4 of code above) - the test works.
So it has to be the _getText(_link) syntax or bug. Please help.

Comments

  • rj412rj412 Members
    anybody?
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi Rj412

    Use:

    var $DocHeadline;
    _popup($popupWindow)._set($DocHeadline, _getText(_link("1"));

    We are verifying why your construct did not work.

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • rj412rj412 Members
    I believe the problem is with _getText and _popup combination.

    //The following works if I run _getText on the parent page
    _debug(_getText(_link("1")));

    //But when run with a child page, it no longer works
    var popupWindow = "/Page 1/";
    //_debug(_popup($popupWindow)._getText(_link("1")));

    //Also tried the _set as per your instructions...
    var $DocHeadline;
    _debug(_popup($popupWindow)._set($DocHeadline, _getText(_link("1"))));

    None of this seem to work.
    Please help.
    Thanks.
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi,

    _popup() is a prefix to tell Sahi that whatever follows needs to be executed on a popup.

    _debug(_popup($popupWindow)._getText(_link("1")));
    should be
    _popup($popupWindow)._debug(_getText(_link("1")));


    Why do we have both _debug and _set in the same line? _set does not return any value. It just sets $DocHeadline with _getText(_link("1"))

    The following code should work:
    var $DocHeadline;
_popup($popupWindow)._set($DocHeadline, _getText(_link("1")));
_debug($DocHeadline);

    Regards,
    Narayan
  • rj412rj412 Members
    I think both of my issue with _getText and _exists are related and both times failed when used with _popup
    Let me explain why:
    With hard-coded popup Window Title is used- both of these operation work.
    But once popup window is reference with /.* -xxxxx- .*/ - the same operations no longer work: getting [Exception][object Object]


    //when _exists works with _popup
    _popup("Test Page - This is only a Test - user1 (Sample/User/Text)")._exists(_div("This user has already been taken"));
    //when it does not work with a reference popup
    var $popupWindow = "/.*This is only a Test.*/" ;
    _popup($popupWindow)._exists(_div("This user has already been taken"));
    //when it does not work with a reference popup
    var $popupWindow = "/.*This is only a Test.*/" ;
    var $condn = false;
    _popup($popupWindow)._set($condn, _exists(_div("This user has already been taken")));
    _debug($condn) ;

    //when _getText works with _popup
    _popup("Test Page - This is only a Test - user1 (Sample/User/Text)")._getText(_div("This user has already been taken"));
    //when it does not work with a reference popup
    _popup($popupWindow)._getText(_div("This user has already been taken"));
    //when it does not work with a reference popup
    var $popupWindow = "/.*This is only a Test.*/" ;
    var $ReadText ;
    _popup($popupWindow)._set($ReadText, _getText(_div("This user has already been taken")));
    _debug($ReadText) ;
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