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marinb
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7 years ago
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Browser exists, yet it does not. How is that possible?

To properly kill any process before starting my tests, I've added this bit of code (part of a bigger loop):   browser = Sys.WaitProcess(eachBrowser, 1000); if (browser.exists) { logMessage.debu...
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marinb
Contributor
7 years ago

That code looks a bit neater than ours. I will try it that way as well.

I stopped using waitBrowser because waitBrowser does not recognize iexplore processes running without an actual page interface. Too many times, this code:

browser = waitBrowser(browserName, 1000);
if (!browser.Exists) { 
    Log.Message ('Browser does not exist, I am going to start it...');
    Browsers.Item(browserName).Run(url)
}

lead to log:

Browser exists, I am going to start it

Browser already running!

 

 

said 'there is no browser running, I am going to start one...'

and then 'Browser already running' when doing

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

Actually, in our case, WaitBrowser finds the IE processes just fine.  Give it a shot and see if it works for you.

 

Something else to consider doing is making sure all browsers are closed at the start of a tst case as well before running the browser...  close everything, then run.

 

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    marinb
    Contributor
    7 years ago

    Yeah, the startBrowser(x) function first closes all browsers of type x, unless you specify you do not want to. Nothing more annoying than connecting to a test agent and finding 34 browsers opened.