Hi All, Here is a how to for people that are just starting with selenium and want to get up and running quickly with Internet Explorer. Feel free to modify this howto in any way you see fit and use it any way you want. It is mostly just a very simple compilation of what has already been discussed in posts in one way or another.
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Testing remote sites with Selenium and Internet Explorer - A quick HOW TO for dummies by Vernon Viles. Most of the information for this how to was drawn from posts by Jason R. Huggins and has simply been compiled into a guide to get you up and running quickly. What to expect by following these steps: By following this how to you will be able to test remote websites from a windows computer using the Internet Explorer(IE) web browser and the test files that you create. This is very easy to set up and overcomes the problem of not being able to test remote sites due to the built in javascript security features of web browsers. It does not require you to change any settings of your browser. This how to only applies to testing with the Internet Explorer browser and may not work on future versions of IE. It has been tested to work with IE 6 and should also work with previous versions. Steps: 1. Download the latest release of selenium. This doesn't need to be a special development version, just the normal zip file available from the selenium website. At time of writing this file was located here: URL: http://selenium.thoughtworks.com/download.html Filename: selenium-0.6.0.zip 2. Unzip the file to a place on the hard disk of the same windows computer from which you wish to do testing from (this doesn't have to be the same computer that hosts the website you wish to test). For the purposes of this how to the zip file will be extracted to the C: drive resulting in the folder C:\selenium being created. 3. Make a copy of the file named C:\selenium\TestRunner.hta and name it MyTestRunner.hta (or any other appropriate name, but make sure it has the extension .hta) An hta file is simply an html file, but the extension ".hta" means that when navigated to, IE will not apply the same strict security measures. This file defines the layout of your testing gui and is what you point your browser to in order to start testing. 4. Open your newly created MyTestRunner.hta file and edit the "src" attribute of the line: <iframe name="testSuiteFrame" id="testSuiteFrame" src="./tests/TestSuite.html"> so that it reads: <iframe name="testSuiteFrame" id="testSuiteFrame" src="./tests/MyTestSuite.html"> (again you can choose a different name to MyTestSuite if you wish) 5. Go to "C:\selenium\tests" and make a copy of the file named TestSuite.html and name it MyTestSuite.html (or whatever name you chose in step 4). 6. Open up the file MyTestSuite.html that you just created. This file contains a table of the tests that are part of this suite. Because you want to perform your own tests, edit this table to contain the names of the tests you would like to perform and the links to where those tests can be found. For this example we will remove all entries in the table (EXCEPT the first title row) and create the row: <tr><td><a href="./Test1.html">Test1</a></td></tr> so the table should now look like this: ... <tbody> <tr><td><b>Test Suite</b></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="./Test1.html">Test1</a></td></tr> </tbody> ... 7. You are now ready to create your first test. The easiest way to start is to simply make a copy of the file named GoogleTestSearch.html and call it Test1.html. This file represents a single test that goes to the google website and performs a search. Later you can come back and modify this test to go to the web site you wish to test and perform your own tests. Please refer to the Selenium homepage for a reference of the commands that you can use. 8. Open up Internet Explorer and type the following into the address bar: C:\selenium\MyTestRunner.hta This should open up a window with your test suite on the left, your test in the middle and controls on the right. The lower frame holds what the browser is navigating as the tests are performed. Click "All" or "Selected" and the test will begin running. Thats it! You've now performed your first test. Please note that this test may pass or fail, you should see rows in the test table being highlighted as the test is being performed and some or all rows being coloured green for passes and some or all rows being coloured pink for fails. If you do not see the test being performed and it seems to get "stuck" on a row then something has gone wrong with your set up.
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