Re: [Http-webtest-general] button with input TYPE="button"

[Duncan C. <dca...@bc...>]

On 2003-02-14 Eral TRMB wrote:
>Hi, here is a form with two buttons I am trying to test with HTTP-WebTest 
>v2.00:
>
><form METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 
>NAME="theForm">
><table align=center width=100% >
><tr>
>  <th ALIGN="right">TheForm Header</th>
>  <td><input TYPE="text" NAME="Thingname" VALUE="Good_name" SIZE=12 
>MAXLENGTH=12></td>
></tr>
><tr>
>  <td ALIGN="right"><input TYPE="submit" NAME="okay" VALUE="Set Name"></td>
>  <td><input TYPE="button" NAME="cancel" VALUE="Cancel" 
>ONCLICK="document.location='../otherscript.cgi';"></td>
></tr>
></table>
></form>
>
>
>I would like to test the cancel button with click_button after submitting a 
>bad name:
>
>plugins = ( "::Click" )
>
>test_name = Cancel bad system name
>  url = mainscript.cgi    # Returns the above form
>  click_button = Cancel
>  params = ( Thingname => Bad_name )
>  text_require = ( Some text returned by otherscript.cgi )
>end_test
>
>Well, this test always fail because the answer I receive is as if I had 
>clicked on the "Set Name" button.
>
>Would there be a way to test the Cancel button? Is there anything I am doing 
>wrong?

click_button applies only to 'submit' buttons on forms, not to other sorts of
buttons.
Maybe you could put that button in its own form as it has a separate 
navigation purpose to the submit button.

>PS: It took me quite some time to figure out how to specify two plugins in 
>the same script. It seems that plugins( "::Plug1" "::Plug2" ) works, but it 
>would be nice to put it somewhere in the Cookbook.
>
That's how all list parameters are specified.

Regards,
Duncan Cameron