WatiN

Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow process...

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Alan,

If your html code isn't dealing with the onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup,
onchange or onblur event then you could set the Value property of a
TextField. This might speed up things a little, but don't expect to much
of it.

Jeroen






=20

	> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
	> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
	> Aan: watin-users@...
	> CC:=20
	> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
	>=20
	>=20

	Hey guys,

	=20

	Part of a test I'm doing iterates through the browser textfields
and puts a random number inside the boxes which have a specific class
name.  When it's doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a second.

	=20

	How I'm doing this is basically with a for loop like...

	=20

	=20

	for(i=3D0;i<ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

	{

	  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is putting in
the box omitted for clarity

	}

	=20

	I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or is this
as fast as it goes?

	>
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

</ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

Alan - I use typeText and am not experiencing any performance issues.  I'm
automating IE 6 and .net 2.0 though.  
I often have to introduce delays because it runs too fast.  I dont think
your results are typical.
 
- Dave

  _____  

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan Wolfe
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:49 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed



Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow process.

 

  _____  

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen van
Menen
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

 

Alan,

If your html code isn't dealing with the onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup,
onchange or onblur event then you could set the Value property of a
TextField. This might speed up things a little, but don't expect to much of
it.

Jeroen






 

> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
> Van: "Alan Wolfe" 
> Aan: watin-users@...
> CC: 
> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
> 
> 

Hey guys,

 

Part of a test I'm doing iterates through the browser textfields and puts a
random number inside the boxes which have a specific class name.  When it's
doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a second.

 

How I'm doing this is basically with a for loop like.

 

 

for(i=0;i<ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

{

  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is putting in the box
omitted for clarity

}

 

I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or is this as fast as it
goes?

>
> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

</ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

I have some onchange code which fires up some ajax type code so that
might be why it's slower for me.

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Dave
Hickey
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:17 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Alan - I use typeText and am not experiencing any performance issues.
I'm automating IE 6 and .net 2.0 though. =20

I often have to introduce delays because it runs too fast.  I dont think
your results are typical.

=20

- Dave

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan
Wolfe
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:49 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow process...

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Alan,

If your html code isn't dealing with the onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup,
onchange or onblur event then you could set the Value property of a
TextField. This might speed up things a little, but don't expect to much
of it.

Jeroen






=20

	> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
	> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
	> Aan: watin-users@...
	> CC:=20
	> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
	>=20
	>=20

	Hey guys,

	=20

	Part of a test I'm doing iterates through the browser textfields
and puts a random number inside the boxes which have a specific class
name.  When it's doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a second.

	=20

	How I'm doing this is basically with a for loop like...

	=20

	=20

	for(i=3D0;i<ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

	{

	  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is putting in
the box omitted for clarity

	}

	=20

	I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or is this
as fast as it goes?

	>
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

</ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

Actually I just stumbled on what the issue is.

=20

On the page im testing there is a lot of text boxes (we're talking
probly about 750 of em) and it goes slow, but on a page that has less
(like 40) it goes lightning fast.

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Dave
Hickey
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:17 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Alan - I use typeText and am not experiencing any performance issues.
I'm automating IE 6 and .net 2.0 though. =20

I often have to introduce delays because it runs too fast.  I dont think
your results are typical.

=20

- Dave

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan
Wolfe
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:49 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow process...

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Alan,

If your html code isn't dealing with the onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup,
onchange or onblur event then you could set the Value property of a
TextField. This might speed up things a little, but don't expect to much
of it.

Jeroen






=20

	> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
	> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
	> Aan: watin-users@...
	> CC:=20
	> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
	>=20
	>=20

	Hey guys,

	=20

	Part of a test I'm doing iterates through the browser textfields
and puts a random number inside the boxes which have a specific class
name.  When it's doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a second.

	=20

	How I'm doing this is basically with a for loop like...

	=20

	=20

	for(i=3D0;i<ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

	{

	  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is putting in
the box omitted for clarity

	}

	=20

	I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or is this
as fast as it goes?

	>
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

</ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

Well, that does explain a lot. Hope for your users they are not requered to=
 fill in all 750 of them.... :-)
Jeroen

> Datum: 30/01/07 11:37 PM
> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> Aan: watin-users@...
> CC:=20
> Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed
>=20
>=20
Actually I just stumbled on what the issue is.
=20
On the page im testing there is a lot of text boxes (we=E2=80=99re talking =
probly about 750 of em) and it goes slow, but on a page that has less (like=
 40) it goes lightning fast.
=20



From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounces=
@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Dave Hickey
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:17 PM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed
=20
Alan - I use typeText and am not experiencing any performance issues.  I'm =
automating IE 6 and .net 2.0 though. =20
I often have to introduce delays because it runs too fast.  I dont think yo=
ur results are typical.
=20
- Dave
=20



From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounces=
@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Alan Wolfe
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:49 PM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed
Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow process=E2=80=A6
=20



From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounces=
@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Jeroen van Menen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed
=20
> Alan,
> If your html code isn't dealing with the java-script, java-script, java-s=
cript, java-script or java-script event then you could set the Value proper=
ty of a TextField. This might speed up things a little, but don't expect to=
 much of it.
> Jeroen
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:=20
> > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
> >=20
> >=20
Hey guys,
=20
Part of a test I=E2=80=99m doing iterates through the browser textfields an=
d puts a random number inside the boxes which have a specific class name.  =
When it=E2=80=99s doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a second.
=20
How I=E2=80=99m doing this is basically with a for loop like=E2=80=A6
=20
=20
for(i=3D0;i
{
  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is putting in the box om=
itted for clarity
}
=20
I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or is this as fast as i=
t goes?
>
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]
>
> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

Hahah no of course not (:

=20

It's an online order form of a large catalog and while it is paged it's
paged at 20 models per page and each model has approximately 4 colors on
average and 10 sizes so that means 40 boxes on average per model * 20
which means about 800 boxes per page.

=20

Is there any plans in the future to use a hash table or any other more
advanced data structures to hold the objects to handle this amount of
elements? (:

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:18 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

=20

Well, that does explain a lot. Hope for your users they are not requered
to fill in all 750 of them.... :-)
Jeroen

	> Datum: 30/01/07 11:37 PM
	> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
	> Aan: watin-users@...
	> CC:=20
	> Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed
	>=20
	>=20

	Actually I just stumbled on what the issue is.

	=20

	On the page im testing there is a lot of text boxes (we're
talking probly about 750 of em) and it goes slow, but on a page that has
less (like 40) it goes lightning fast.

	=20

=09
________________________________


	From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Dave
Hickey
	> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:17 PM
	> To: watin-users@...
	> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

	=20

	Alan - I use typeText and am not experiencing any performance
issues.  I'm automating IE 6 and .net 2.0 though. =20

	I often have to introduce delays because it runs too fast.  I
dont think your results are typical.

	=20

	- Dave

	=20

=09
________________________________


	From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Alan
Wolfe
	> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:49 PM
	> To: watin-users@...
	> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

	Thanks dude.  I bet sending events into IE is just a slow
process...

	=20

=09
________________________________


	From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
	> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:23 PM
	> To: watin-users@...
	> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Question on speed

	=20

	> Alan,

	> If your html code isn't dealing with the java-script,
java-script, java-script, java-script or java-script event then you
could set the Value property of a TextField. This might speed up things
a little, but don't expect to much of it.

	> Jeroen

	>=20
	>=20
	>=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> =20

		> Datum: 30/01/07 05:45 PM
		> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
		> > Aan: watin-users@...
		> > CC:=20
		> > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Question on speed
		> >=20
		> >=20

		Hey guys,

		=20

		Part of a test I'm doing iterates through the browser
textfields and puts a random number inside the boxes which have a
specific class name.  When it's doing this, it fills out maybe 1-2 a
second.

		=20

		How I'm doing this is basically with a for loop like...

		=20

		=20

		for(i=3D0;i<ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

		{

		  ie.TextFields[i].TypeText();  //what it actually is
putting in the box omitted for clarity

		}

		=20

		I was wondering, is there a faster way to do this?  Or
is this as fast as it goes?

		>
		> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
		> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

	</ie.TextFields.Length;i++)

	>
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
	> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]

By the way, some particular reason for the tab spaces not as VS default? I
feel that just making the format a bit messy... if you don't mind to have 2
blank space and 4 blank spaces tab I am fine though...

On 1/30/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
>
> Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
> basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test but
> it has fixed the issue I had.
>
> On 1/29/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
> >
> > Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
> > time goes.
> >
> > On 1/29/07, Jeroen van Menen < J.vanMenen@...> wrote:
> >
> > >  William,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table like
> > > this:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
> > >
> > > ElementsCollection tbodies = myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname",
> > > "tbody");
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table (also from
> > > tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the length of the
> > > collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you can cast is to
> > > ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ElementsContainer tbody2 = (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even easier:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
> > >
> > > myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Jeroen
> > >   ------------------------------
> > >
> > > *Van:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> > > watin-users-bounces@...] * Namens *Jeroen van Menen
> > > *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
> > > *Aan:* watin-users@...
> > > *Onderwerp:* Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> > > tbody
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > William,
> > >
> > > Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells located in
> > > the first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any other part
> > > (header, other tbody elements) needs to be done through the HTMLElement
> > > property of the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could (indeed) modify
> > > the WatiN code to add support for TableSections.
> > >
> > > Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge site?
> > >
> > > Jeroen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   > Datum: 29/01/07 04:06 AM
> > > > Van: "William Yeung"
> > > > Aan: watin-users@...
> > > > CC:
> > > > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> > > tbody
> > > >
> > > > I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to input the new
> > > appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows inside the 2nd
> > > tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body element navigation in
> > > WatiN. How can I work around this or should I consider putting a patch?
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> > > > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]
> > >
> > >
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>

William,

=20

Thanks for the patch! I will add adding this to WatiN on my TODO list.

=20

Jeroen

________________________________

Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens William Yeung
Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 17:37
Aan: watin-users@...
Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
tbody

=20

Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test
but it has fixed the issue I had.

On 1/29/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:

Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
time goes.

On 1/29/07, Jeroen van Menen < J.vanMenen@...
<mailto:J.vanMenen@...> > wrote:

=09

	William,

	=20

	Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table
like this:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	ElementsCollection tbodies =3D
myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname", "tbody");

	=20

	This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table
(also from tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the
length of the collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you
can cast is to ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.

	=20

	ElementsContainer tbody2 =3D (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];

	=20

	If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even
easier:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;

	=20

	=20

	Hope this helps.

	Jeroen=20

=09
________________________________


	Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens Jeroen van
Menen
	Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
	Aan: watin-users@...
	Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with
multiple tbody

=09

	=20

	William,

	Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells
located in the first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any
other part (header, other tbody elements) needs to be done through the
HTMLElement property of the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could
(indeed) modify the WatiN code to add support for TableSections.

	Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge
site?

	Jeroen
=09
=09
=09

		> Datum: 29/01/07 04:06 AM
		> Van: "William Yeung"=20
		> Aan: watin-users@...
		> CC:=20
		> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Retrieving table element
with multiple tbody
		>=20
		> I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to
input the new appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows
inside the 2nd tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body
element navigation in WatiN. How can I work around this or should I
consider putting a patch?=20
		>=20
		> >
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=20

WatiN started out as an in-house-proof-of-concept. So I had to/applied
our coding conventions. When WatiN went open source I never thought
about changing it (and don't feel the urge to change it either).

=20

Jeroen

________________________________

Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens William Yeung
Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 17:38
Aan: watin-users@...
Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
tbody

=20

By the way, some particular reason for the tab spaces not as VS default?
I feel that just making the format a bit messy... if you don't mind to
have 2 blank space and 4 blank spaces tab I am fine though...

On 1/30/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:

Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test
but it has fixed the issue I had.

=20

On 1/29/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:

Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
time goes.

On 1/29/07, Jeroen van Menen < J.vanMenen@...
<mailto:J.vanMenen@...> > wrote:

	William,

	=20

	Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table
like this:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	ElementsCollection tbodies =3D
myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname", "tbody");

	=20

	This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table
(also from tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the
length of the collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you
can cast is to ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.

	=20

	ElementsContainer tbody2 =3D (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];

	=20

	If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even
easier:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;

	=20

	=20

	Hope this helps.

	Jeroen=20

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	Van: watin-users-bounces@...
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Menen
	Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
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	Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with
multiple tbody

	=20

	William,

	Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells
located in the first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any
other part (header, other tbody elements) needs to be done through the
HTMLElement property of the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could
(indeed) modify the WatiN code to add support for TableSections.

	Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge
site?

	Jeroen
=09
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with multiple tbody
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		> I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to
input the new appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows
inside the 2nd tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body
element navigation in WatiN. How can I work around this or should I
consider putting a patch?=20
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Dear Jeroen,
Understand. I think its good to consider an enforcement as its growing up as
an open source project, and I would envision that would grow up further as
this would be a much needed tool.

Regards,
William

On 1/30/07, Jeroen van Menen <J.vanMenen@...> wrote:
>
>  William,
>
>
>
> WatiN started out as an in-house-proof-of-concept. So I had to/applied our
> coding conventions. When WatiN went open source I never thought about
> changing it (and don't feel the urge to change it either).
>
>
>
> Jeroen
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Van:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *Namens *William Yeung
> *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2007 17:38
> *Aan:* watin-users@...
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> tbody
>
>
>
> By the way, some particular reason for the tab spaces not as VS default? I
> feel that just making the format a bit messy... if you don't mind to have 2
> blank space and 4 blank spaces tab I am fine though...
>
> On 1/30/07, *William Yeung* <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
>
> Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
> basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test but
> it has fixed the issue I had.
>
>
>
> On 1/29/07, *William Yeung* <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
>
> Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
> time goes.
>
> On 1/29/07, *Jeroen van Menen** *< J.vanMenen@...> wrote:
>
>   William,
>
>
>
> Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table like this:
>
>
>
> Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
>
> ElementsCollection tbodies = myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname",
> "tbody");
>
>
>
> This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table (also from
> tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the length of the
> collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you can cast is to
> ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.
>
>
>
> ElementsContainer tbody2 = (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];
>
>
>
> If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even easier:
>
>
>
> Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
>
> myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;
>
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jeroen
>   ------------------------------
>
> *Van:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *Namens *Jeroen van Menen
> *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
> *Aan:* watin-users@...
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> tbody
>
>
>
> William,
>
> Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells located in the
> first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any other part (header,
> other tbody elements) needs to be done through the HTMLElement property of
> the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could (indeed) modify the WatiN
> code to add support for TableSections.
>
> Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge site?
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>   > Datum: 29/01/07 04:06 AM
> > Van: "William Yeung"
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:
> > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple tbody
> >
> > I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to input the new
> appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows inside the 2nd
> tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body element navigation in
> WatiN. How can I work around this or should I consider putting a patch?
> >
> > >
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]
>
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Dear Jeroen,
I have been playing with Castle Project too, and they have such thing in
place, you might want to have a look:
http://www.castleproject.org/community/codingstandards.html

William

On 1/30/07, Jeroen van Menen <J.vanMenen@...> wrote:
>
>  William,
>
>
>
> WatiN started out as an in-house-proof-of-concept. So I had to/applied our
> coding conventions. When WatiN went open source I never thought about
> changing it (and don't feel the urge to change it either).
>
>
>
> Jeroen
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Van:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *Namens *William Yeung
> *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2007 17:38
> *Aan:* watin-users@...
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> tbody
>
>
>
> By the way, some particular reason for the tab spaces not as VS default? I
> feel that just making the format a bit messy... if you don't mind to have 2
> blank space and 4 blank spaces tab I am fine though...
>
> On 1/30/07, *William Yeung* <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
>
> Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
> basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test but
> it has fixed the issue I had.
>
>
>
> On 1/29/07, *William Yeung* <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:
>
> Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
> time goes.
>
> On 1/29/07, *Jeroen van Menen** *< J.vanMenen@...> wrote:
>
>   William,
>
>
>
> Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table like this:
>
>
>
> Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
>
> ElementsCollection tbodies = myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname",
> "tbody");
>
>
>
> This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table (also from
> tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the length of the
> collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you can cast is to
> ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.
>
>
>
> ElementsContainer tbody2 = (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];
>
>
>
> If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even easier:
>
>
>
> Table myTable = ie.Table(findBy);
>
> myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;
>
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jeroen
>   ------------------------------
>
> *Van:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *Namens *Jeroen van Menen
> *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
> *Aan:* watin-users@...
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
> tbody
>
>
>
> William,
>
> Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells located in the
> first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any other part (header,
> other tbody elements) needs to be done through the HTMLElement property of
> the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could (indeed) modify the WatiN
> code to add support for TableSections.
>
> Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge site?
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>   > Datum: 29/01/07 04:06 AM
> > Van: "William Yeung"
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:
> > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple tbody
> >
> > I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to input the new
> appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows inside the 2nd
> tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body element navigation in
> WatiN. How can I work around this or should I consider putting a patch?
> >
> > >
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
> > [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]
>
>
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William,

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Your right about enforcing coding standards. Thanks for the link to the
castle project, it will definitely serve as an example. I agree 100%
with the their standards and do match a lot of the standards I (try to)
enforce in the WatiN code. So changing WatiN to these standards and then
copy and past or link to the page would be a good thing todo.

=20

I also like the way the castle project builds it's website using Castle
Anakia. I have to look into it too or is somebody offering some help
with these items? Would appreciate it!

=20

Jeroen

________________________________

Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens William Yeung
Verzonden: dinsdag 30 januari 2007 10:58
Aan: watin-users@...
Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
tbody

=20

Dear Jeroen,
I have been playing with Castle Project too, and they have such thing in
place, you might want to have a look:
http://www.castleproject.org/community/codingstandards.html=20

William

On 1/30/07, Jeroen van Menen <J.vanMenen@...> wrote:

William,

=20

WatiN started out as an in-house-proof-of-concept. So I had to/applied
our coding conventions. When WatiN went open source I never thought
about changing it (and don't feel the urge to change it either).

=20

Jeroen

________________________________

Van: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
watin-users-bounces@...
<mailto:watin-users-bounces@...> ] Namens William
Yeung
Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 17:38


Aan: watin-users@...
Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with multiple
tbody

=20

By the way, some particular reason for the tab spaces not as VS default?
I feel that just making the format a bit messy... if you don't mind to
have 2 blank space and 4 blank spaces tab I am fine though...

On 1/30/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:

Here is the patch. It creates TableBody and TableBodyCollection, with
basic functions I need to get it work. I don't have a well covered test
but it has fixed the issue I had.

=20

On 1/29/07, William Yeung <william.yeung.hk@...> wrote:

Looks great. But I think patching it is even better :P let me see how my
time goes.

On 1/29/07, Jeroen van Menen < J.vanMenen@...
<mailto:J.vanMenen@...> > wrote:

	William,

	=20

	Just another thought, use the Elements collection on the Table
like this:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	ElementsCollection tbodies =3D
myTable.Elements.Filter(Find.ByCustom("tagname", "tbody");

	=20

	This returns a collection with all the tbodies in the table
(also from tables nested within this table). Now you can check if the
length of the collection is two to see if your tbody is added. If so you
can cast is to ElementsContainer to get acces to the inner elements.

	=20

	ElementsContainer tbody2 =3D (ElementsContainer)tbodies[1];

	=20

	If your added tbody has a known id, finding it would be even
easier:

	=20

	Table myTable =3D ie.Table(findBy);

	myTable.Elements("secondtbodyid").WaitUntilExists;

	=20

	=20

	Hope this helps.

	Jeroen=20

=09
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	Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens Jeroen van
Menen
	Verzonden: maandag 29 januari 2007 9:51
	Aan: watin-users@...
	Onderwerp: Re: [Watin-users] Retrieving table element with
multiple tbody

	=20

	William,

	Your conclusion is right, WatiN only returns rows and cells
located in the first TBody section. So accessing the elements in any
other part (header, other tbody elements) needs to be done through the
HTMLElement property of the Table the get the added TBody. Or, you could
(indeed) modify the WatiN code to add support for TableSections.

	Could you report this as a feature request in the SourceForge
site?

	Jeroen
=09
=09

		> Datum: 29/01/07 04:06 AM
		> Van: "William Yeung"=20
		> Aan: watin-users@...
		> CC:=20
		> Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Retrieving table element
with multiple tbody
		>=20
		> I am using a tbody as the anchor for my AJAX update to
input the new appended element. I found I am not able to locate the rows
inside the 2nd tbody (the one I appended) as there are no table body
element navigation in WatiN. How can I work around this or should I
consider putting a patch?=20
		>=20
		> >
		> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.3 Kb) ]
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Venu,

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Use ie.ActiveElement. This returns the Element with the focus.

=20

Jeroen

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Van: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] Namens Venugopal
Shenoy
Verzonden: dinsdag 30 januari 2007 10:25
Aan: watin-users@...
Onderwerp: [Watin-users] Function to Verify the focus

=20

Hi

=20

             Is there a function in WatiN to verify where the focus
exists ?

=20

             I have a test where in I need to test, upon launching the
URL, whether the focus is on the "Username" Textbox.    Also after using
the ie.PressTab() function, I need to verify whether the focus exists in
the intended controls, as per the tab order specified in the UI
requirements.

=20

=20

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Thanks & Regards
VENU

VENUGOPAL S SHENOY
E Mail: shenoy_venugopal@...

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8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time
with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.

If you dont have too much datagrid or the id prefix is distinguishable, use
regex parameter will do.

On 1/30/07, Alan Wolfe <awolfe@...> wrote:
>
>  Right, I was just mistakenly assuming everyone here was programming thei=
r
> pages in asp.net since WatiN itself is a .net lib but that was an
> incorrect assumption.
>
>
>
> Gotta love MS=85unfortunately there's no way to give an ID to the link us=
ing
> a datagrid.
>
>
>
> Thanks anyways
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *On Behalf Of *Jeroen van Mene=
n
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:22 AM
> *To:* watin-users@...
> *Subject:* Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
>
>
>
> Alan,
>
> WatiN isn't aware of any technique that is used to create a webpage (asp,
> ruby on rails, Lotus Notes webpages, plain old html created in frontpage =
or
> notepad). It looks at the html that is send to and renderd by the webbrow=
ser
> (Internet Explorer) by exploring the DOM object model of a webpage. The w=
ay
> the html is created for a datagrid by the asp.net framework (in your
> situation) is indeed specific to asp. But again the result is a html page
> send to the browser. You can explore this html by using the IE Developer
> Toolbar from Microsoft
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3De59c3964-672d-=
4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=3Den.
> The getting started article on the Watin website (
> http://watin.sourceforge.net/gettingstarted.html) shows how you can use i=
t
> to explorer and automate your webpage.
>
> If you send in (a part of) the html I will show you how to automate your
> datagrid.
>
> Hope this info helps to beter understand how WatiN works,
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Datum: 27/01/07 12:33 AM
> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:
> > Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> >
> >
>
> Sorry I forgot to mention this is an asp.net datagrid with a hyperlink
> column inside.  MS overcomplicates things=85I guess this is an asp.net is=
sue
> so I'll ask that on the appropriate forums.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the info regarding when to fail a test.  I wasn't sure if ther=
e
> was some kind of standard best practice or something.
>
>
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:
> watin-users-bounces@...] *On Behalf Of *Jeroen van Mene=
n
> > *Sent:* Friday, January 26, 2007 3:29 PM
> > *To:* watin-users@...
> > *Subject:* Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
>
>
>
> > Hi Alan,
>
> > To be able to answer your question regarding the datagrid, could you
> supply a bit of HTML?
>
> > Regarding your question about when to fail a test. Most of the times yo=
u
> know what you expect when you hit a button. When it redirects you to a ne=
w
> page you might want to check ie.Url or you can check some page title or
> maybe there is some result on the next page you need to check.
>
> Jeroen
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> > Datum: 26/01/07 10:14 PM
> > > Van: "Alan Wolfe"
> > > Aan: watin-users@...
> > > CC:
> > > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> > >
> > >
>
> Hey guys,
>
>
>
> I'm a noob here and I had a couple questions.
>
>
>
> If I have a datagrid in an aspx file that has a hyperlink column and I
> want WatiN to click on one of those hyperlink columns speicifically, how =
can
> I do that?
>
>
>
> I don't seem to be able to give the hyperlinkcolumn an ID for each one
> otherwise I could just do that.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know?
>
>
>
> Also I was wondering what is a good way to know a test has failed or not?
> Do people just generally check for certain elements on the page after a
> button has been clicked etc or is there a way that makes more sense?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alan
>
> >
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> >
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Hmm do you mean you can make WatiN click a link that doesn't have an ID?

=20

The link itself in the rendered HTML looks like this:

=20

<a href=3D"customerOrders_list.aspx?id=3D14566" =
target=3D"_self">View</a>

=20

There are a lot of other links in the table that have "View" as their
text.

=20

One thing though is that this link is in a table row which a couple
<td>'s earlier than this view link has some text unique to the row I'm
looking for that is "DC APAC                  ".

=20

Is there a way to click the link with any of that information?

=20

________________________________

From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of William
Yeung
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:47 AM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed

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If you dont have too much datagrid or the id prefix is distinguishable,
use regex parameter will do.

On 1/30/07, Alan Wolfe < awolfe@... <mailto:awolfe@...>
> wrote:

Right, I was just mistakenly assuming everyone here was programming
their pages in asp.net since WatiN itself is a .net lib but that was an
incorrect assumption.

=20

Gotta love MS...unfortunately there's no way to give an ID to the link
using a datagrid.

=20

Thanks anyways

=20

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From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:22 AM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed

=20

Alan,

WatiN isn't aware of any technique that is used to create a webpage
(asp, ruby on rails, Lotus Notes webpages, plain old html created in
frontpage or notepad). It looks at the html that is send to and renderd
by the webbrowser (Internet Explorer) by exploring the DOM object model
of a webpage. The way the html is created for a datagrid by the asp.net
framework (in your situation) is indeed specific to asp. But again the
result is a html page send to the browser. You can explore this html by
using the IE Developer Toolbar from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3De59c3964-672d-=
4
511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=3Den. The getting started article on =
the
Watin website (http://watin.sourceforge.net/gettingstarted.html ) shows
how you can use it to explorer and automate your webpage.

If you send in (a part of) the html I will show you how to automate your
datagrid.

Hope this info helps to beter understand how WatiN works,

Jeroen






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	> Datum: 27/01/07 12:33 AM
	> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
	> Aan: watin-users@...
	> CC:=20
	> Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
	>=20
	>=20

	Sorry I forgot to mention this is an asp.net datagrid with a
hyperlink column inside.  MS overcomplicates things...I guess this is an
asp.net issue so I'll ask that on the appropriate forums.

	=20

	Thanks for the info regarding when to fail a test.  I wasn't
sure if there was some kind of standard best practice or something.

	=20

	Thanks a bunch!

	=20

=09
________________________________


	From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
	> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:29 PM
	> To: watin-users@...
	> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed

	=20

	> Hi Alan,

	> To be able to answer your question regarding the datagrid,
could you supply a bit of HTML?

	> Regarding your question about when to fail a test. Most of the
times you know what you expect when you hit a button. When it redirects
you to a new page you might want to check ie.Url or you can check some
page title or maybe there is some result on the next page you need to
check.

	Jeroen
	>=20
	>=20
	>=20
	>=20

		> Datum: 26/01/07 10:14 PM
		> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
		> > Aan: watin-users@...
		> > CC:=20
		> > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
		> >=20
		> >=20

		Hey guys,

		=20

		I'm a noob here and I had a couple questions.

		=20

		If I have a datagrid in an aspx file that has a
hyperlink column and I want WatiN to click on one of those hyperlink
columns speicifically, how can I do that?

		=20

		I don't seem to be able to give the hyperlinkcolumn an
ID for each one otherwise I could just do that.

		=20

		Does anyone know?

		=20

		Also I was wondering what is a good way to know a test
has failed or not?  Do people just generally check for certain elements
on the page after a button has been clicked etc or is there a way that
makes more sense?

		=20

		Thanks!

		Alan

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Alan,

The HTML is help full and your explaination about having a cell in a row yo=
u can identify will also help. So I have two suggestions:

<a href=3D"customerOrders_list.aspx?id=3D14566" target=3D"_self">View</a>

1. I assume your datagrid shows orders. Each order having their own orderid=
. Is that the id which I see in the HTML, in this case 14566 and "do you kn=
ow" the orderid by forhand/when doing the test. If so, you could use this:

ie.Link(Find.ByUrl(new Regex("14566"))).Click();

2. Using the know text "DC APAC" in a tablecell in the same tablerow. For t=
his example I assume the following (a bit simplified) tablerow layout. =20

<TR><TD>DC APAC</TD><TD>some other tablecell</TD><TD><A>the link to click o=
n</A></TD><TR>

// First I'm going to find the tablecell with the know text. Then I cast it=
s parent (property) to ElementsContainer, assuming it returns the tablerow.
ElementsContainer tablerow =3D (ElementsContainer)ie.Table("yourtableid").T=
ableCell(Find.ByText("DC APAC")).Parent;

// I know that the third tablecell in that tablerow contains the (one) link=
 I want to click on so:
tablerow.TableCells[2].Links[0].Click();

That's it. Hope this gets you going.

Jeroen

BTW. Since this question has been asked severall times before, I think addi=
ng ParentTableRow and ParentTable properties to TableCell will help. I'll a=
dd a feature request for this.



> Datum: 29/01/07 05:56 PM
> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> Aan: watin-users@...
> CC:=20
> Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
>=20
>=20
Hmm do you mean you can make WatiN click a link that doesn=E2=80=99t have a=
n ID?
=20
The link itself in the rendered HTML looks like this:
=20
View
=20
There are a lot of other links in the table that have =E2=80=9CView=E2=80=
=9D as their text.
=20
One thing though is that this link is in a table row which a couple =E2=80=
=99s earlier than this view link has some text unique to the row I=E2=80=99=
m looking for that is =E2=80=9CDC APAC                  =E2=80=9C.
=20
Is there a way to click the link with any of that information?
=20



From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounces=
@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of William Yeung
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:47 AM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
=20
If you dont have too much datagrid or the id prefix is distinguishable, use=
 regex parameter will do.
On 1/30/07, Alan Wolfe < awolfe@...> wrote:
> Right, I was just mistakenly assuming everyone here was programming their=
 pages in asp.net since WatiN itself is a .net lib but that was an incorrec=
t assumption.
> =20
> Gotta love MS=E2=80=A6unfortunately there's no way to give an ID to the l=
ink using a datagrid.
> =20
> Thanks anyways
> =20



> From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounc=
es@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen van Menen
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:22 AM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> =20
> Alan,
> WatiN isn't aware of any technique that is used to create a webpage (asp,=
 ruby on rails, Lotus Notes webpages, plain old html created in frontpage o=
r notepad). It looks at the html that is send to and renderd by the webbrow=
ser (Internet Explorer) by exploring the DOM object model of a webpage. The=
 way the html is created for a datagrid by the asp.net framework (in your s=
ituation) is indeed specific to asp. But again the result is a html page se=
nd to the browser. You can explore this html by using the IE Developer Tool=
bar from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=
=3De59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=3Den. The getting start=
ed article on the Watin website (http://watin.sourceforge.net/gettingstarte=
d.html ) shows how you can use it to explorer and automate your webpage.
> If you send in (a part of) the html I will show you how to automate your =
datagrid.
> Hope this info helps to beter understand how WatiN works,
> Jeroen
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
> > Datum: 27/01/07 12:33 AM
> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:=20
> > Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> >=20
> >=20
> Sorry I forgot to mention this is an asp.net datagrid with a hyperlink co=
lumn inside.  MS overcomplicates things=E2=80=A6I guess this is an asp.net =
issue so I'll ask that on the appropriate forums.
> =20
> Thanks for the info regarding when to fail a test.  I wasn't sure if ther=
e was some kind of standard best practice or something.
> =20
> Thanks a bunch!
> =20



> From: watin-users-bounces@... [mailto:watin-users-bounc=
es@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen van Menen
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:29 PM
> > To: watin-users@...
> > Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> =20
> > Hi Alan,
> > To be able to answer your question regarding the datagrid, could you su=
pply a bit of HTML?
> > Regarding your question about when to fail a test. Most of the times yo=
u know what you expect when you hit a button. When it redirects you to a ne=
w page you might want to check ie.Url or you can check some page title or m=
aybe there is some result on the next page you need to check.
Jeroen
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Datum: 26/01/07 10:14 PM
> > > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> > > Aan: watin-users@...
> > > CC:=20
> > > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> > >=20
> > >=20
> Hey guys,
> =20
> I'm a noob here and I had a couple questions.
> =20
> If I have a datagrid in an aspx file that has a hyperlink column and I wa=
nt WatiN to click on one of those hyperlink columns speicifically, how can =
I do that?
> =20
> I don't seem to be able to give the hyperlinkcolumn an ID for each one ot=
herwise I could just do that.
> =20
> Does anyone know?
> =20
> Also I was wondering what is a good way to know a test has failed or not?=
  Do people just generally check for certain elements on the page after a b=
utton has been clicked etc or is there a way that makes more sense?
> =20
> Thanks!
> Alan
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Thank you Jeroen that makes a lot of sense.

I really like the API, it's very powerful and intuitive.

-----Original Message-----
From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:22 PM
To: watin-users@...
Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed

Alan,

The HTML is help full and your explaination about having a cell in a row
you can identify will also help. So I have two suggestions:

<a href=3D"customerOrders_list.aspx?id=3D14566" =
target=3D"_self">View</a>

1. I assume your datagrid shows orders. Each order having their own
orderid. Is that the id which I see in the HTML, in this case 14566 and
"do you know" the orderid by forhand/when doing the test. If so, you
could use this:

ie.Link(Find.ByUrl(new Regex("14566"))).Click();

2. Using the know text "DC APAC" in a tablecell in the same tablerow.
For this example I assume the following (a bit simplified) tablerow
layout. =20

<TR><TD>DC APAC</TD><TD>some other tablecell</TD><TD><A>the link to
click on</A></TD><TR>

// First I'm going to find the tablecell with the know text. Then I cast
its parent (property) to ElementsContainer, assuming it returns the
tablerow.
ElementsContainer tablerow =3D
(ElementsContainer)ie.Table("yourtableid").TableCell(Find.ByText("DC
APAC")).Parent;

// I know that the third tablecell in that tablerow contains the (one)
link I want to click on so:
tablerow.TableCells[2].Links[0].Click();

That's it. Hope this gets you going.

Jeroen

BTW. Since this question has been asked severall times before, I think
adding ParentTableRow and ParentTable properties to TableCell will help.
I'll add a feature request for this.



> Datum: 29/01/07 05:56 PM
> Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> Aan: watin-users@...
> CC:=20
> Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
>=20
>=20
Hmm do you mean you can make WatiN click a link that doesn't have an ID?
=20
The link itself in the rendered HTML looks like this:
=20
View
=20
There are a lot of other links in the table that have "View" as their
text.
=20
One thing though is that this link is in a table row which a couple 's
earlier than this view link has some text unique to the row I'm looking
for that is "DC APAC                  ".
=20
Is there a way to click the link with any of that information?
=20



From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of William
Yeung
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:47 AM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
=20
If you dont have too much datagrid or the id prefix is distinguishable,
use regex parameter will do.
On 1/30/07, Alan Wolfe < awolfe@...> wrote:
> Right, I was just mistakenly assuming everyone here was programming
their pages in asp.net since WatiN itself is a .net lib but that was an
incorrect assumption.
> =20
> Gotta love MS...unfortunately there's no way to give an ID to the link
using a datagrid.
> =20
> Thanks anyways
> =20



> From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:22 AM
> To: watin-users@...
> Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> =20
> Alan,
> WatiN isn't aware of any technique that is used to create a webpage
(asp, ruby on rails, Lotus Notes webpages, plain old html created in
frontpage or notepad). It looks at the html that is send to and renderd
by the webbrowser (Internet Explorer) by exploring the DOM object model
of a webpage. The way the html is created for a datagrid by the asp.net
framework (in your situation) is indeed specific to asp. But again the
result is a html page send to the browser. You can explore this html by
using the IE Developer Toolbar from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3De59c3964-672d-=
4
511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=3Den. The getting started article on =
the
Watin website (http://watin.sourceforge.net/gettingstarted.html ) shows
how you can use it to explorer and automate your webpage.
> If you send in (a part of) the html I will show you how to automate
your datagrid.
> Hope this info helps to beter understand how WatiN works,
> Jeroen
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
> > Datum: 27/01/07 12:33 AM
> > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> > Aan: watin-users@...
> > CC:=20
> > Onderwerp : Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> >=20
> >=20
> Sorry I forgot to mention this is an asp.net datagrid with a hyperlink
column inside.  MS overcomplicates things...I guess this is an asp.net
issue so I'll ask that on the appropriate forums.
> =20
> Thanks for the info regarding when to fail a test.  I wasn't sure if
there was some kind of standard best practice or something.
> =20
> Thanks a bunch!
> =20



> From: watin-users-bounces@...
[mailto:watin-users-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jeroen
van Menen
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:29 PM
> > To: watin-users@...
> > Subject: Re: [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> =20
> > Hi Alan,
> > To be able to answer your question regarding the datagrid, could you
supply a bit of HTML?
> > Regarding your question about when to fail a test. Most of the times
you know what you expect when you hit a button. When it redirects you to
a new page you might want to check ie.Url or you can check some page
title or maybe there is some result on the next page you need to check.
Jeroen
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Datum: 26/01/07 10:14 PM
> > > Van: "Alan Wolfe"=20
> > > Aan: watin-users@...
> > > CC:=20
> > > Onderwerp : [Watin-users] Not sure how to proceed
> > >=20
> > >=20
> Hey guys,
> =20
> I'm a noob here and I had a couple questions.
> =20
> If I have a datagrid in an aspx file that has a hyperlink column and I
want WatiN to click on one of those hyperlink columns speicifically, how
can I do that?
> =20
> I don't seem to be able to give the hyperlinkcolumn an ID for each one
otherwise I could just do that.
> =20
> Does anyone know?
> =20
> Also I was wondering what is a good way to know a test has failed or
not?  Do people just generally check for certain elements on the page
after a button has been clicked etc or is there a way that makes more
sense?
> =20
> Thanks!
> Alan
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