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BigDuy01's avatar
BigDuy01
New Contributor
9 years ago

search for text (span) on webpage

I'm trying to search for    <span class="error-server-side" >   I tried using    obj = page["NativeWebObject"]["Find"]("contentText", "*error-server*");   but it never finds it.     I tried...
  • baxatob's avatar
    baxatob
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    First of all "error-server-side" is not the value of the contentText property, it's a name of the class.

     

    If you want to find this element, use:

    page.Find("className", "*error-server*", 10); /* 10 - is the value of the depth 
                                                     for searching the element 
                                                     in the object's tree */

     

    More about the Find() method >>

  • joseph_michaud's avatar
    joseph_michaud
    9 years ago

    Works for me.  Try experimenting only with Find() and strip out everything else.

     

    function Test2()
{
  var browser;
  var page;
  var obj;
  Browsers["Item"](btFirefox)["Navigate"]("https://community.smartbear.com/nwkab66374/attachments/nwkab66374/Functional_Web_Testing/28191/1/test.html");
  browser = Sys["Browser"]();
  page = browser["Page"]("https://community.smartbear.com/nwkab66374/attachments/nwkab66374/Functional_Web_Testing/28191/1/test.html");
  obj = page["Find"]("className", "*error-server*", 10);
  Log["Message"](obj["Exists"]);
}
baxatob's avatar
baxatob
Community Hero
9 years ago

Hi,

 

First of all "error-server-side" is not the value of the contentText property, it's a name of the class.

 

If you want to find this element, use:

page.Find("className", "*error-server*", 10); /* 10 - is the value of the depth 
                                                 for searching the element 
                                                 in the object's tree */

 

More about the Find() method >>

  • BigDuy01's avatar
    BigDuy01
    New Contributor
    9 years ago

    I tried and it's still didn't work.  Please see that attachments.  1 is of the html page i'm trying to get it to find and the other one is the code.

     

    Thanks for helping!!!

    • joseph_michaud's avatar
      joseph_michaud
      Moderator
      9 years ago

      Works for me.  Try experimenting only with Find() and strip out everything else.

       

      function Test2()
{
  var browser;
  var page;
  var obj;
  Browsers["Item"](btFirefox)["Navigate"]("https://community.smartbear.com/nwkab66374/attachments/nwkab66374/Functional_Web_Testing/28191/1/test.html");
  browser = Sys["Browser"]();
  page = browser["Page"]("https://community.smartbear.com/nwkab66374/attachments/nwkab66374/Functional_Web_Testing/28191/1/test.html");
  obj = page["Find"]("className", "*error-server*", 10);
  Log["Message"](obj["Exists"]);
}