Wait for Xpath

I belive you'll have to write your own timing loop. Is there a reason you couldn't do something roughly like this:



var refreshMillisec = 500;

var maxWait = 10000;

var myControl; 



do {

     Delay(refreshMilliSec);

     elapsedTime += refreshMilliSec;  

     myControl = Page.FindChildByXPath("//*[@id='dvActionbtnArea']//a[node()[contains(., 'Add')]]");

   } while (!myControl.Exists && elapsedTime <= maxWait);



if ( myControl.Exists && myControl.Enabled ) myControl.Click();





 --Or this nice timing mechanism using aqDate I copied some time ago from others:

 

var now = aqDateTime.Now();

var giveUp = aqDateTime.AddSeconds(now,(maxWait/1000));



do {

     Delay(1000);

     myControl = Page.FindChildByXPath("//*[@id='dvActionbtnArea']//a[node()[contains(., 'Add')]]");

     now = aqDateTime.Now();

   } while ( !myControl.Exists && now <= giveUp);



The timing variables could be parameterized and the logic broken into a general function.

Hello, Richard

Try using the Page.Wait() method:

Page.Wait(10000);

Page.FindChildByXPath("//*[@id='dvActionbtnArea']//a[node()[contains(., 'Add')]]").Click();

Page.Wait(10000);

The Page.Wait pauses script till the page is loaded or till the timeout elapses (whichever occurs first). The drawback of this method is that it may be ineffective for pages with dynamic content.  In this case try waiting for the element as Donald suggested or as described in Waiting For Web Pages.

Brilliant thank you. I'll try both and see which one works best