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dbaechtel
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12 years ago

Why do I get "The Browser is already running." ?

I have made a series of Keyword Tests. Each test Closes the Browser at the end of the test. Each Keyword Test runs without error individually.

I have added the Keyword Tests to my Test Project and when I try and run the Test Project, on the start of the 2nd test I get the error "The Browser is already running." and "Cannot obtain the window with the window class 'IEFrame', window caption '*' and index 0." and the test stops.

I have verified that indeed the Browser was closed at the end of the 1st test and before the 2nd test is started. Also no other browsers are running.

Why am I getting this error and how do I get around it so that all tests will run in succession?

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  • Ryan_Moran's avatar
    Ryan_Moran
    Valued Contributor
    12 years ago
    Example of a "safer" method of closing all browsers. This is an alternative to terminating the process and you could replace .close() with .terminate() if desired.



    //JScript


     closeBrowser('iexplore');


     closeBrowser('chrome');


     closeBrowser('firefox');



    function closeBrowser(browsername){

     var myBrowsers = (new VBArray(Sys.FindAll('Name','*' + browsername + '*',1,true))).toArray();


     var closedBrowsers = 0;


     for (var c = 0;c < myBrowsers.length;c++){


      if (myBrowsers[0].Exists){


       myBrowsers[0].close();


       closedBrowsers++;


       BuiltIn.Delay(1000,'Waiting for browser to close...');


       }


      }


     if (closedBrowsers){


      closeBrowser(browsername);


      }


     }