Cannot access objects inside an iframed HTTPS website using chrome

Question

I'm trying to access elements inside a page that has been iframed into another page. I've tried setting the following flags for my Chrome browser:&nbsp;
--disable-hang-monitor --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-web-security --user-data-dir=&lt;profile&gt; --disable-session-crashed-bubble
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It has been working for our development envt but once we get to production the frame no longer shows the child elements. I've noticed that this happens when the framed page is over https and not http
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Over HTTPOver HTTPS
Anybody know a solution to this?
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Firefox has no issues in detecting the objects regardless of the protocol the framed page is loaded

rudolf_bothma · Answer

aw, no not really.&nbsp; I believe that there are some browsers that don't allow access to cross-access framesets.&nbsp; It is possible that chrome considers https to cause a cross-access frameset.&nbsp; If the frame content itself an http frame ? Can you see any content/html text in the object browser for the panel ?&nbsp; In other words does chrome allow TC to read the contents of the frame or doesn't it allow it in in the first place ?&nbsp; Do you get different results in other browsers ?

marsha_r · Answer

Can you use Object Spy in both environments and see what shows up for the frame?

wmtan01 · Answer

Using object spy the iframed non secure page I was able to select objects insde the frame. This is what it looked like in object browser&nbsp;
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When I used object spy in the iframed secure page, I can only select the frame and not the objects
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In the object browser:

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I wonder if there is a chrome flag to allow test complete to drilldown secured pages.

tanyayatskovska · Answer

RUDOLF_BOTHMA,&nbsp;AlexKaras, any suggestions?

wmtan01 · Answer

Even the inner text is empty when I checked it. It seems this is a limitation introduced by how Chrome handles security for iframed pages.&nbsp;
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It works fine in FFox. IE on the other hand is not an option for us as our application started using Web Components which gets converted by IE.
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I was just hoping that there was a way to make Chrome work to imrpove test coverage.

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