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jose_pita
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11 years ago
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IE11 settings so that only one Page("*") appears

Hi There,



Now with IE 11 and TC 10 I'm having issues with the Page object on IE.



I already went through all the settings SmartBear suggests but Page("about:blank") and BrowserWindow(0) keep appearing and messing up my tests (I use Sys.Browser.Page("*").... to find my objects).



I know I can change it to Sys.Browser.Page("http://*") but I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem and if there's a solution for this.



The problem seems to be that inside BrowserWindow(0) sometimes there's a copy of my page and this messes up with TC
  • tarleaa's avatar
    tarleaa
    10 years ago
    Hi, and thanks for the suggestions.



    I will try the registry suggestion, but for IE8 to IE10 works out-of-the box, without having to do anything special. Only problem is with IE11. I will try however adding the registry key, although as far as I understand from that post, changing that registry will only make sure the IE will display only 1 process. 

    But will give it a try and let you know the results.



    Thanks.

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  • tarleaa's avatar
    tarleaa
    Contributor
    10 years ago
    @R. Gratis for counting open tabs I've used smth like 


             

             //search all level 1 pages from the IE process that contain "http://" string in the URL property and store them into array


              var pagesList = Sys.Browser("iexplore").FindAllChildren("URL", "http://*", 1).toArray();


              


              //loop through the array


              for(var i = 0; i < pagesList.length; i++)


              {


                //for pages that don't contain the URL being tested


                if(aqString.Find(pagesList.URL, page.URL) != -1)


                {


                   //do things  like close or whatever ...


                }


              }



    Hope this helps

  • neha_sharma's avatar
    neha_sharma
    Contributor
    10 years ago


    In Hkey_Current_User(regedit) create a new dword for internet explorer "TabProcGrowth" and set it to 0.

    HHEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Microsoft/InternetExplorer/Main


  • jose_pita's avatar
    jose_pita
    Super Contributor
    10 years ago
    I remember doing 3 disctinct things:


    1. On Testcomplete, everytime I use the Page object, I use Page("*MyAppName") instead of Page("*")


    2. Always start IE on private browsing


    3. On IE advanced options disable the following options:




    • "Enable flip ahead with page prediction"


    • "Enable Enhanced Protected Mode


    After doing this, restart your computer and check if everything is normal. If not, use other browser :D
  • tarleaa's avatar
    tarleaa
    Contributor
    10 years ago
    Adding the "TabProcGrowth" dword key value in the registry did the trick for me...



    Andrei
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago

    Hi Jose,


     


    On my computer, I observe the following strange behavior in IE 11: the Page("about:blank") object appears after I open a new tab for the first time, and it won't hide even if there are no opened tabs. It looks like there is an issue in TestComplete. Could you please resend the issue you've faced to our Support team?


     


    Please note that TestComplete 10 doesn't officially support IE 11. This may be the cause of the issue.


     

  • jose_pita's avatar
    jose_pita
    Super Contributor
    11 years ago
    I guess it is only from TC because if you open IE manually it does not have that issue.



    I use my "workaround" and it works fine now, instead of Page("*") I use Page("http:*")...
  • tarleaa's avatar
    tarleaa
    Contributor
    10 years ago
    Hi, 



    I'm experiencing the following issue (in Win 7 / IE11 with TC 10.20): 

    1. navigate to page A. Wait for page to load.

    2. navigate to page B. Wait for page to load

    3. Open the Object Browser: both pages A and B appear in the Object Browser.

    So, if I do smth like page.FindChild() it actually searches in page A, not page B.



    Any suggestion for this ?

    I've attached a screenshot with this. 



    Thanks, 

    Andrei
  • tarleaa's avatar
    tarleaa
    Contributor
    10 years ago
    Hi, and thanks for the suggestions.



    I will try the registry suggestion, but for IE8 to IE10 works out-of-the box, without having to do anything special. Only problem is with IE11. I will try however adding the registry key, although as far as I understand from that post, changing that registry will only make sure the IE will display only 1 process. 

    But will give it a try and let you know the results.



    Thanks.
  • jose_pita's avatar
    jose_pita
    Super Contributor
    10 years ago
    Carefull with that registry thing, if you happen to have a pdf reader working "inside" your app it will not open the pdf.



    Same thing happens to me.



    Those two pages thing has something to do with some advanced options on IE, we had the same problems but now we have the settings right, go by trial and error