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Flavia asked on 05 Dec 2011, 08:25 PM

Hi,

I'm using webAii for test automation. In the following scenarion:
1. Launch a browser and navigate to page1
2. From page1, click a button which open page2 in a new browser window (not a modal popup or a new tab)
3. With page2 opened, make a click inside page 1, so page1 is the active browser window
4. Execute a javascript method on page1 (which is not available on page2)

The test fails with "ExecuteCommand failed! InError set by the client. Client Error: System.InvalidOperationException: Javascript call 'myFunction' failed" because the active browser is the last opened - page2 (not page1 as it has the actual focus)

If between step 3 and 4 i close the active browser (but this action is against my test case), the ActiveBrowser property points to page1.

How can i set the ActiveBrowser to page1 without closing page2?

Thank you,
Flavia

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answered on 07 Dec 2011, 11:40 PM

Hello Flavia,

After page 2 is opened, try acting on page 1 with code like this:

//Set focus to page 1 and perform actions.

Manager.Browsers[0].Window.SetFocus();

Manager.Browsers[0].NavigateTo("http://www.bing.com");

Manager.Browsers[0].Find.ById<HtmlInputText>("sb_form_q").Text = "Telerik";

Manager.Browsers[0].Find.ById<HtmlInputSubmit>("sb_form_go").Click();

//Set focus to page 2, perform actions, and close.

ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus();

Find.ByAttributes<HtmlAnchor>("href=http://www.google.com").Click();

ActiveBrowser.Close();

While page 2 remains the ActiveBrowser, this code returns to and acts on the first browser instance opened through a zero-based index. The focus returns to page 2 and it's closed. Greetings,
Anthony
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answered on 09 Dec 2011, 11:49 PM

Hello Flavia,

See our group of articles on Invoking Javascript in code.

The key is to define the elements on which you'll invoke JavaScript while page 1 is still the ActiveBrowser (before opening page 2):

[TestMethod]

public void InvokeJS()

{

Manager.LaunchNewBrowser();

ActiveBrowser.NavigateTo("c:\\html\\javascript\\main.html");

//Define the element on page 1 on which to invoke JavaScript

HtmlInputText txt = Find.ByTagIndex<HtmlInputText>("input", 0);

//Click the link to open page 2

Manager.SetNewBrowserTracking(true);

Find.ById<HtmlAnchor>("bing").Click();

Manager.WaitForNewBrowserConnect("http://www.bing.com", true, 3000)

Manager.SetNewBrowserTracking(false);

//Minimize page 2

ActiveBrowser.Window.Minimize();

//Set focus to page 1 and invoke OnFocus

Manager.Browsers[0].Window.SetFocus();

txt.InvokeEvent(ScriptEventType.OnFocus);

//Set focus to page 2, perform actions, and close

ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus();

Find.ById<HtmlInputText>("sb_form_q").Text = "Telerik";

Find.ById<HtmlInputSubmit>("sb_form_go").Click();

ActiveBrowser.Close();

}

All the best,
Anthony
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answered on 26 Sep 2012, 06:42 AM

Hi Anthony,

Telerik framework is not able to recognize the new browser conenct after performing click action and handling the alert dialog.
Below is the sample.
manager.SetNewBrowserTracking(true);
manager.DialogMonitor.Start();
AlertDialog dlg = new AlertDialog(manager.ActiveBrowser, DialogButton.OK);
manager.DialogMonitor.AddDialog(dlg);
ONEEMSElements.GetInstance.ctrl_PortalLinkIncase.Click(true);

manager.WaitForNewBrowserConnect("url", true, 120000);

When i get the browser count, it always gives me 1 instead of 2 and i'm not able to get ahndle for new browser window by any other means
Can you help me?

Regards
Sowjanya

answered on 30 Jan 2014, 12:34 PM

Hi Tushar,

Telerik is entering the URL on the same window (Page2) instead of going to Page 1.

I have to agree that this is quite strange issue. Unfortunately I was not able to reproduce it on my side - everything is working as .

What happens if you try the following line:
Manager.Browsers[1].NavigateTo("http://www.bing.com");

Please provide us with a copy of your test and if it is possible grant us access to your application so we can reproduce the issue on our end and give you a solution.

Regards,
Velin Koychev
Telerik

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