v8.00 TC doesn't wait for WebObjects like 7.52 did??

Hi,



What exact code are you using?

Here is an example of how I would get to a certain page on our website:



// ----------------------------------------

// Test for SmartBear

// ----------------------------------------

procedure StartIExplorer;

begin

  gLastTab := '';

  gLastMenu := '';

  MainBrowserProcess := Sys.WaitProcess('iexplore',500);

  browserProcess := Sys.WaitProcess('iexplore',500,2);

  if browserProcess.exists then begin

    if browserProcess.WaitWindow('#32770','*',-1,500).exists then

      browserProcess.Window('#32770').Window('Button','Cancel').Click;

    MainBrowserProcess.Close;

    sleep(1500);

    TestedApps.iexplore.Run;

    MainBrowserProcess := Sys.WaitProcess('iexplore',500);

    browserProcess := Sys.WaitProcess('iexplore',500,2);

  end    

  else

    TestedApps.iexplore.Run;

end;



function FindMFObject(ObjectName: OleVariant);

begin

  iexplore := Aliases.iexplore;

  result := iexplore.pageNetcom.NetcomFrame.FindChild('Name','item(' + ObjectName + ')',60);

end;



procedure ActWebObj(ObjName: string);

var

  WebObj: OleVariant;

begin

  WebObj := FindMFObject(ObjName);

  WebObj.Keys('[Enter]');

end;



procedure NavPage(TabName, MenuName: string);

begin

  browserProcess := Sys.Process('iexplore');

  MainFrame := Aliases.iexplore.pageNetcom.NetcomFrame;

  if not (gLastTab = TabName) then begin

    ActWebObj(TabName);

    gLastTab := TabName;

  end;

  MainPageFrame := MainFrame.page.Frame;

  if not (gLastMenu = MenuName) then begin

    if not (MenuName = '') then begin

      ActWebObj(MenuName);

      gLastMenu := MenuName;

    end;

  end;

end;





procedure OpenWebPageTest;

begin

  StartIExplorer;

  NavPage(pgConfigDev,pgAppControl);

end;

// ----------------------------------------------------------



Basically what I do, is open my Browser to the web page we want, then I activate first the Menu item (in the banner). Then the left panel is loaded (this can take a second or two sometimes), and while that is loading TC7 would wait with the next part of the NavPage procedure until it was loaded. Then it would find and activate the Tab item from the Left Panel. Then the Main frame would load, and again it would wait with further execution (now past the NavPage procedure).



v8.00 doesn't wait. It just continues the script, and as it can't find my objects, then the test fails, and I am not sure why it doesn't wait like v7 does.

Hi,



First of all, I recommend that you check the auto-wait timeout value in your project's properties (maybe, it is just too low). Second, use the WaitAliasChild method to obtain the object which you need to wait for.

Hey Jared



I compared the Autowait values in both v8 and v7, and they are the same, so I still don't understand how v7 waits for my frame to load properly, while v8 doesn't.



As for your second suggestion, I guess I would have to use either WaitAliasChild, WaitNamedChild or WaitChild depending on whether it is mapped or not?? ... that would mean that any function or procedure I have, has to test on WaitChild.exists to be usable in v8??



Damn ... that is going to require a lot of rewriting of all my basic code to work.

Hi Anders,



Generally, using Wait methods is a good practice. If you don't want to modify your code, tell us whether you can reproduce the same behavior with other web sites. If yes, can you send us a project demonstrating this (with logs)? You can attach it to the reply to the message you submitted regarding the same problem.

Also, if we could access your page, this would help us investigate this problem more quickly.

Well after a busy period where I have not had time to look at this, I have decided to try and get my scripts to v8.00



I am still having issues with this of course.



Now what we have decided is that we somehow need to wait for the frame to finish loading, but I am unsure what to look for. Now I can make code for each time I need to wait, and then make it wait for a specific object for that page, but I would rather make a general function that works no matter which page I open, and no matter which objects are available on that page.



At the bottom of the ie8 browser there is the usual load progress bar, that shows when the page is ready. Is this information stored in any of the properties of the frame object, or is it in the process or somewhere else??



Does anyone have any "Best Practices" when testing in a browser?? ... some things to remember or good ideas??



There are a few IE properties that might work: 'ReadyState' and 'Busy'. Can these be used to determine if the frame is done loading??



Any help is greatly appreciated

Hi Anders,





You can find several examples in the "Waiting For Page" help topic. I recommend that you try applying one of the solutions listed there.





Does this help?