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geoffrey_loh's avatar
geoffrey_loh
Occasional Contributor
13 years ago

Invoking the Run method on a browser always launches another instance

Hi, I'm trying to make it so that a browser instance is only launched if one does not already exist and am for example using something like



TestedApps.chrome.Run(1,false)



Going by the documentation at Run Method, this should launch a maximum of 1 instance of the browser and only if there isn't already 1 existing. The problem I'm having is that it keeps launching the instance of the browser regardless of whether there is an existing instance or not.
  • ArtemS's avatar
    ArtemS
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    13 years ago
    Hi Geoff,

    I'd recommend using the Browsers and BrowserInfo objects instead of the TestedApps object. These objects are designed especially for managing web-browsers.

    For example, the Browsers.Item().Run() method would launch a new browser, or would use an already running instance:

    Browsers.Item(btChrome).Run("http://smartbear.com/")




    Regards,

    Artem.