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aceataldot
New Contributor
5 years ago

Using .ClickItem() to set dropdown takes too long, but .value doesn't fire onChange in the browser.

Hello, I've been beating my head against the wall on this one for some time now.  I'm trying to use TestComplete to create an set of automated tests that will run nightly to see if anyone "broke the ...
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  • aceataldot's avatar
    aceataldot
    5 years ago

    From SmartBear support we got an answer that seems to be good enough.

     

    In short, we switched from Chrome to Firefox for the browser for these test scripts.  Using Click Item in Firefox is nearly as fast as the setting the .Value directly and the JSON is automatically triggered.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

I would go with what you're doing with setting the value directly.  But then, you should be able to see on your object in the object browser of TestComplete the OnChange event method that you SHOULD be able to call directly.  At least, that's how I've done it in the past.  YMMV.

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    aceataldot
    New Contributor
    5 years ago

    Sounds good.

     

    However, I apparently don't have the right syntax when I'm calling it.

    I've tried both the full path: (APP_URL is replaced the actual URL in the script.)     Sys.Browser("chrome").Page(APP_URL).Panel(1).Panel("BodyContainer").Panel("page_content").Panel("rightColumn").Panel("scrollable_area").Form(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Select("RegionId").OnChange()

    Or, the alias

    fieldHandle.OnChange()

    Aliases.browser.page16438.form.selectBureauRegion.OnChange()

     

    But, when I call it, I get the error message:

    TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

     

    So, do I need be specific to the Javascript by using iether region.change or updateOffices() or something else?

     

       region.change(function () {
            area.val("");
            updateOffices();
        });

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        aceataldot
        New Contributor
        5 years ago

        Based on your response, I did try something along those lines.  Since my scripts were correclty setting the drop down values, I left that alone.  What I tried to do was call the function that the OnChange() event calls.

        I tried this: 

        # Enter required fields & Save
        Aliases.browser.page16438.form.selectBureauRegion.value = bureauRegionId;
        curPage = Sys.Browser("*").Page("*")
        curPage.contentDocument.Script.updateOffices()

         

        It attempts to call the function direclty, but what I get is this:

         

        I also tried it via eval as below:

        # Enter required fields & Save
        Aliases.browser.page16438.form.selectBureauRegion.value = bureauRegionId;
        curPage = Sys.Browser("*").Page("*")
        evalStr = "rootPath=\"" + ProjectSuite.Variables.ServerUrl + "/\"; updateOffices()"
        # curPage.contentDocument.Script.eval(evalStr)

         

        When I run this, the call to updateOffices() is apparently skipped.  I did enough debugging to determine that this is correct.  Occasionally, it will blow up instead.

         

        In both cases, it does not appear to find the JavaScript function.  Now, updateOffices() is defined is a .js file that the page loads as part of its operation.

         

        Do I need to do something more for it to find the function?