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m_essaid's avatar
m_essaid
Valued Contributor
5 years ago

QuerySelector

Hi, I'm new to this feature, I would like to identify an object to use the "SetText()" or "Key()" method on it.   Could Someone tell me what should I write in CSSSelector to identify this object ?...
  • m_essaid's avatar
    m_essaid
    5 years ago

    I finally found it :

     

    Sys.Browser().Page('*').QuerySelector('[data-bind="value: sMatricule"]').SetText('test');

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    a) Robert is correct with his note. Any reason not to use Aliases.browser.page ?

    b) Exactly as I said (without knowing your tested application details) - button click reloads the page, but your code does not wait for page to load and looks for the object. As the object does not exist yet, the search fails.

    At least, I would recommend to execute

    Aliases.browser.page.Wait()

    after the click to wait for the page to load. Depending on your tested application, additional delays might be required to wait for page scripts and relevant Ajax calls to complete.

     

m_essaid's avatar
m_essaid
Valued Contributor
5 years ago

I finally found it :

 

Sys.Browser().Page('*').QuerySelector('[data-bind="value: sMatricule"]').SetText('test');

  • m_essaid's avatar
    m_essaid
    Valued Contributor
    5 years ago

    Hi,

    I don't understand something :

    I write my script with the following code :

     

    Sys.Browser().Page('*').QuerySelector('[data-bind="value: sMatricule"]').SetText('00052');

     

    And when I close the browser, re-open it I try to replay the script it says "Undeclared identifier: SetText".

     

    Anyone has an idea ?

     

    Thanks,

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      5 years ago

      Hi,

       

      > "Undeclared identifier: SetText"

      This means that the sought for object (.QuerySelector('[data-bind="value: sMatricule"]')) was not found, .QuerySelector() returned null and thus runtime engine failed to reference the SetText identifier.

       

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        5 years ago

        What browser are you using?

         

        One thing I've noticed is that when you close a browser in windows, sometimes there's an instance of the browser that hangs out in memory.  I've seen this with Chrome and IE.  So, your code is very non-specific.  You're not specifying a particular browser or browser instance.  Nor are you designated a specific page.  So, when you close down and re-open and try and run again, if there is any residual memory instance of a web browser, you could very well be finding absolutely nothing.

         

        You should get in the habit of specifying better details in the code to indicate both browser and page you're operating against.  I've also made it a point in any web automation I do that, when starting up a test, I scan the processes in memory for any browser instances, kill them, and then re-launch the browser via code and make sure that browser instance is what I'm using in my code.

    • m_essaid's avatar
      m_essaid
      Valued Contributor
      5 years ago

      Up... any help please ? Thank you !