Handling browser warning regarding .exe file downloading

Hi Kate,

 

If you just need to download a file programmatically, you can use Python's urllib.request.urlretrieve:

import urllib.request

urllib.request.urlretrieve("http://example.com/myfile.exe", "C:\\myfile.exe")

Hi,

 

The general approach is the same as for any other window:

-- Examine the warning window in the Object Browser and determine its identification properties;

-- After the link is clicked, wait in a loop until either download starts or the warning window appears;

-- If the warning window appears, close it to proceed to file download;

-- In a loop wait until the file is downloaded (consider timeout in order not to stay in a loop forever if download fails for some reason).

 

Note: identification of the warning window (and, especially, its internal controls) may require MSAA extension to be enabled in TestComplete.

 

Note 2: usually, warning windows are different for different browsers.

 

A sample of the similar function (VBScript) to provide you with an idea:

'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sub BrowserConfirmationWindowClose
  Const cProcName = "BrowserConfirmationWindowClose"
  Dim cProcNameMsgPrefix : cProcNameMsgPrefix = cUnitNameMsgPrefix & cProcName & "(): "

  Dim browser
  Dim oWin

  Set browser = Aliases.browser
  Select Case browser.ObjectIdentifier
    Case "iexplore"
      Select Case browser.FileVersionInfo.MajorPart
        Case 7
        Case 8
        Case Else
'Aliases.browser.BrowserWindow(0).Window("Frame Notification Bar", "", 1).ToolBar("Notification").Button("Close")
          Set oWin = browser.BrowserWindow(0).WaitWindow("Frame Notification Bar", "", -1, 500)
          If (oWin.Exists) Then
            If (oWin.Visible) Then _
              Call oWin.ToolBar("Notification*").Button("Close").Click
          End If
      End Select
    Case "firefox"
    Case "chrome"
    Case "safari"
  End Select
End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sub CheckForBrowserConfirmation
  Const cProcName = "CheckForBrowserConfirmation"
  Dim cProcNameMsgPrefix : cProcNameMsgPrefix = cUnitNameMsgPrefix & cProcName & "(): "

  Dim browser
  Dim oWin, oWin2

  Set browser = Aliases.browser
  Select Case browser.ObjectIdentifier
    Case "iexplore"
      Select Case browser.FileVersionInfo.MajorPart
        Case 7
        Case 8
        Case Else
'Aliases.browser.BrowserWindow(0).Window("Frame Notification Bar", "", 1).ToolBar("Notification").Button("Open")
          Set oWin = browser.BrowserWindow(0).WaitWindow("Frame Notification Bar", "", -1, 500)
          If (oWin.Exists) Then
            If (oWin.Visible) Then _
              Call oWin.ToolBar("Notification*").WaitButton("Open", 30000).Click
          End If
      End Select
    Case "firefox"
      Set oWin = browser.WaitWindow("MozillaDialogClass", "Opening *", -1, 500)
      If (oWin.Exists) Then
        Call oWin.FindChild("ObjectIdentifier", "Open", 30).Click
      End If
    Case "chrome"
    Case "safari"
  End Select
End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------