How can I, in TestComplete, open a clean browser session? Meaning no cache, no history, no profile signed in, just a clean blank slate. I would think this would be a very common scenario but I cannot figure out how to do this...
Champion Level 3To launch a clean Chrome using JavaScript,
function LaunchChrome()
{
var URL = "https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp";
Browsers.Item("chrome").RunOptions = "--user-data-dir=C:\\Temp\\User1";
Browsers.Item("chrome").Run(URL);
}Note, this will create a new profile called User1, and you need to install SmartBear Test Extension within this user profile.
You can also try with the following options,
--aggressive-cache-discard
--disable-cache
--disable-application-cache
--incognitoBut you still need to install the SmartBear Test Extension, for TestComplete to actually work!
This is a functionality of the Chromium browser.
Cool this seems to work for me. Need to find an Edge equivalent and I haven't tried with the bottom run options yet.
Regarding the extension, it seems like TC automatically installed it so I don't need to worry about that
Champion Level 1rraghvani example is overwriting RunOptions each time. To set multiple options, you need to concatenate them into a single string.
That example should do it for Edge
Browsers.Item("edge").RunOptions = "--aggressive-cache-discard --disable-cache --disable-application-cache --incognito";
Champion Level 1Have you reviewed command line options? The solution will be different for each browser such as specifying an empty profile folder in Chrome...
--user-data-dir="/path/to/empty/folder"
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/controls/web/general/browserinfo/runoptions.html
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Champion Level 1That is a very common simple scenario, yet an involved topic based on what you are trying to avoid or accomplish, and there are two aspects to consider.
Usually with well developed web applications, session and cache are well managed by the application. The first thing testers will do when expecting an odd situation example after I log out I can continue with the session, is to run the Chrome browser in "Incognito" mode or the Edge browser in "InPrivate" mode. This can also be accomplished by running the browser with a command line option.
Launch Browser in Incognito/Private Mode | SmartBear Community
Sometimes a reboot solves the issue and that is due to a browser bad state process. When you close the browser all instances of the process would close and sometimes they stay behind and starting browser revert back to the same state. You will need to check and terminate processes. Edge by design does not close the processes.
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/window-and-process/terminate-method-process-object.html