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han
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14 years ago

Calling Scripts Located on a Web Page From TestComplete Scripts for firefox

Has anyone been successful in "Calling Scripts Located on a Web Page From TestComplete Scripts" for firefox.



According to http://smartbear.com/support/viewarticle/11451/ it should be possible to call javascripts on a webpage by using:

Page(page_URL).contentDocument.Script.routine_name( [Parameter1, Parameter2, ...] )



- We are using tree model and we get it to work for IE.

11 Replies

  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    14 years ago
    What version of FireFox are you using and what version of TestComplete?  TC 8.60 supports FF through version 6...  
  • han's avatar
    han
    Contributor
    14 years ago

    Hi again this could be a more general issue - getting some simular problems with IE as well.



    Some times the:

    //IE

    Page(page_URL).Application.document.Script.routine_name( [Parameter1, Parameter2, ...] )


    //FF

    Page(page_URL).contentDocument.Script.routine_name( [Parameter1, Parameter2, ...] )



    Script can't be found?!



    When checking the Object Browser the is no properties for:

    Page(page_URL).Application.document

    Page(page_URL).contentDocument



    Instead there is a Fields (tab).





    Demo:

    Sys.Process("iexplore").Page("http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx") has:

    Properties - Application ("Windows Internet Explorer") that has

    Properties - Document ("(Object)") that has

    Properties - Script ("(Object)")



    Sys.Process("iexplore").Page("http://smartbear.com/") has:

    Properties - Application ("Windows Internet Explorer") that has

    Properties - Document ("[object Document]") that has

    Fields - NO Scripts

  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    14 years ago
    Scripts can only be called from the page if the page itself contains tags as indicated in that help topic, like so:



    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

    function MyFunc(AString, AnInteger)

    {

      . . .

    }

    </SCRIPT>




    or



    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" src="../ScriptFolder/MyScriptFile.js">

    </SCRIPT>




    If the page does not contain "Script" tags like this, there will be no "Script" object on the document.
  • han's avatar
    han
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    Of course I understand there has to be a Javascript function to be able to call it from inside the TC script.

    Let me do another "demo":



    Create a html page like:


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
        function displayDate() {
            document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
        }
     
    </script>
    </head>
     
    <body>
        <p id="demo">Test Area</p>
        <button type="button" onclick="displayDate()">Display Date</button>
    </body>
    </html> 





    The page works in both IE (9) and FF (6) using the html button.

    But in TC I can just call the script in FF!?


    function Test(){
      //IE
      var pageIE = Sys.Process("iexplore").Page("*demo.htm");
      pageIE.Application.Document.Script.displayDate();   
      
      //FF
      var pageFF = Sys.Process("firefox").Page("*demo.htm");
      pageFF.contentDocument.Script.displayDate();
    }



    Checking the object browser:

    Page(page_URL).contentDocument.Script - shows for FF

    Page(page_URL).Application.document.Script - Isn't showing for IE and the document has only "Fields" and no "Properties"



    What makes TC not recognize the Script?

    Why is TC showing fields instead of properties?

    (I sometimes get the opposite behavior (IE working and FF not working) on other html pages)



    Best regards Håkan

  • han's avatar
    han
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    Hi again,



    My thoughts now are that TestComplete can't handle html documents that are opened in Document Mode: IE9

    Setting the Document mode to IE7 or IE8 makes it possible to access the javascripts.

  • ArtemS's avatar
    ArtemS
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    14 years ago
    Hello Håkan



    Thank you for sharing this information. We'll investigate whether the issue can be gracefully handled or, at least, update the respective help topic with your workaround.
  • han's avatar
    han
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    OK - besides that TC can't call javascript in IE an documents that are opened in Document Mode: IE9

     

    We still having problem with calling javascripts in FF.

    I think TC aren't able to take a function as a parameter.

    This is crucial for us since we are using an ajax framework with callback functions.



    We are getting:

    Microsoft JScript runtime error

    Invalid procedure call or argument



    When calling a function like:

    var pageFF = Sys.Process("firefox").Page("*");

    Script = pageFF.contentDocument.Script

    Item = Script.JSFunction("param1", function() {});



    The same function call works in IE