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JeanL's avatar
JeanL
Contributor
13 years ago

SPAN tag without text

How can I reach SPAN tag which has no text in it:



HTML:



<DIV id="main_panel">

    <SPAN class="someclass"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="status_error"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="someotherclass"></SPAN>

</DIV>



<DIV id="main_panel_2">

    <SPAN class="someclass"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="status_error"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="someotherclass"></SPAN>

</DIV>



<DIV id="main_panel_3">

    <SPAN class="someclass"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="status_error"></SPAN>

    <SPAN class="someotherclass"></SPAN>

</DIV>



I would like to get the SPAN object which is inside the DIV "main_panel" and which class is "status_error". Class of the SPAN can also be "status_ok", and that's what i would like to check, which one it is. I have tried this:



Set object = page.Panel("main_panel")



propArray = Array("tagName", "className")

valuesArray = Array("SPAN", "status_*")



Set temp = page.FindChild(propArray, valuesArray, 100)



If StrComp(temp.className, "status_error", 1) = 0 Then ...



FindChild returns nothing. I guess it's because the SPAN doesn't have any text in it, am I right? I can't use firstchild, lastchild etc. properties because the number of child elements of the DIV and the place of the SPAN object I need  varies.



So how can I check is the class of the SPAN "status_error" or "status_ok"?

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  • YMinaev's avatar
    YMinaev
    Staff
    13 years ago
    Hi,



    Here's how you can do this:



    Set object = page.Panel("main_panel") 

    arr = Split(object.innerHTML, "status_")

    result = Split(arr1(1), ">")

    Log.Message result(0)





    Refer to the 'Split Function' MSDN article for more information about the function.
  • JeanL's avatar
    JeanL
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    Ok, this looks bit like MacGyver solution ;)



    I could also just use InStr method to compare innerHTML property of the object  to "status_error" or "status_ok", but i was looking for some "cleaner" way to do this.



    So there's no way to get the SPAN object I want with any find methods?
  • AlexanderM's avatar
    AlexanderM
    Staff
    13 years ago
    Hi Jean, 



    Here's how you can retrieve the value of the 'class' attribute using TC 8.50 and its new functionality to get web pages' elements using XPath:




    arr = page.EvaluateXPath("//DIV[@id='main_panel']/SPAN[starts-with(@class, 'status_')]/@class")
     

    Log.Message arr(0).NodeValue
     



    See the Page.EvaluateXPath help topic for more information.