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kerriem
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4 years ago
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how to prevent launching browser with focus in address bar

New to TestComplete and trying to automate my first test of launching our WebUI application in any browser (tried in Chrome and Firefox).  I am writing the script in Python and have the following:  ...
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    ebarbera
    4 years ago

    Hello kerriem 

     

    Have you tried a Keys operation into the URL field? Maybe it requires being typed instead of a SetText operation.

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ebarbera
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4 years ago

Hello kerriem 

 

Have you tried a Keys operation into the URL field? Maybe it requires being typed instead of a SetText operation.

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kerriem
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4 years ago

Thank you ebarbera that worked!
I added:

Aliases.browser.BrowserWindow.Keys("[Enter]") and this effectively was pressing go to move focus to the username field as it would if I entered the URL manually and pressed Enter.

Many thanks!