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whuang
Regular Contributor
6 years ago

Why TC keeps waiting until the time expire while I can see the object I am waiting for is there

Hi Guys,   I was trying to get TC to click on a link and then click on another link on the page after. So I used a WaitChild method in the script, but it keeps waiting on the page until the 30 se...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Possible code (assuming that the initial page is already opened in the browser):

    Dim page
Dim oControl

Set page = sys.Browser("*").Page("*<yourCompany>.com*")
Set oControl = page.Find("contentText", "Photo, Video & Design", 30)
If (oControl.Exists) Then
  Call oControl.Click()
Else
  Call Log.Warning("Web element with the 'Photo, Video & Design' text was not found", , , , page.PagePicture)
End If
Call page.Wait() ' waits until new page is loaded

Set oControl = page.Find("contentText", "Corel", 30)
If (oControl.Exists) Then
  Call oControl.Click()
Else
  Call Log.Warning("Web element with the 'Corel' text was not found", , , , page.PagePicture)
End If
Call page.Wait()

     

whuang's avatar
whuang
Regular Contributor

Hi AlexKaras , I am new to TC and scripting, so I am kind of learning both at the same time.Here is the log screenshoot. There was only Chrome running, I killed Edge running at the back before running the test. How can I store and reuse the search result from the second line?

Update - I end up using sys.Browser("*").Page("*") to wait for the page to load and then continue the next step. It is much faster and it doesn't wait for unnecessary time. Is it safe to say that all the properties and objects are available to access once the wait is done by using this Wait method?

AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
6 years ago

Hi,

 

Possible code (assuming that the initial page is already opened in the browser):

Dim page
Dim oControl

Set page = sys.Browser("*").Page("*<yourCompany>.com*")
Set oControl = page.Find("contentText", "Photo, Video & Design", 30)
If (oControl.Exists) Then
  Call oControl.Click()
Else
  Call Log.Warning("Web element with the 'Photo, Video & Design' text was not found", , , , page.PagePicture)
End If
Call page.Wait() ' waits until new page is loaded

Set oControl = page.Find("contentText", "Corel", 30)
If (oControl.Exists) Then
  Call oControl.Click()
Else
  Call Log.Warning("Web element with the 'Corel' text was not found", , , , page.PagePicture)
End If
Call page.Wait()

 

  • whuang's avatar
    whuang
    Regular Contributor
    6 years ago

    Thanks AlexKaras This is much easier for me to understand. I noticed that if I use page.PagePicture to take screenshot in the log, my window jumps from the top of the screen to the bottom and then jump back to the top when it is taking screenshots, is that expected?

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      6 years ago

      Hi,

       

      > if I use page.PagePicture to take screenshot [...], my window jumps [...], is that expected?

      Yes, this is expected and as designed.

       

      • whuang's avatar
        whuang
        Regular Contributor
        6 years ago

        Hi AlexKaras, after wait for the page to load, and then I perform a link click action, but for most of the time, it returned a "There was an attempt to perform an action on a zero-sized window." error. It worked for a few times with the same script. Do you have any idea why?

        Thanks