That is correct. When using the app in Firefox (browsing pages, completing
and submitting forms etc), it fails. So WebTest is catching the errors
correctly. However, the app functions OK in IE. So i guess i have to stick
to simulating IE.

Thanks
-Rhee

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Marc Guillemot <mguille...@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the question is: do you get JS errors using the "real" Firefox on this
> app. According to this JS code, I guess that it is the case. If you get
> JS errors using Firefox, it is very good that WebTest gets the same
> errors when simulating Firefox.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc.
> --
> Web: http://www.efficient-webtesting.com
> Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com
>
> Rhee wrote:
> > Thanks for the response Marc. You are correct, the issue is w/
> > ActiveXObject failing in Firefox. The offending JavaScript function:
> >
> > <script language="JavaScript">
> >
> > function alarmCheck() {
> >             xmlHTTP = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
> >             xmlHTTP.onReadyStateChange = handleResponse;
> >             xmlHTTP.open("GET",
> >
> "../Mach/lib/com/alarmCheck.cfc?method=alarmCheck&userID=xx&perspectiveID=xx&offSet=0");
> >             xmlHTTP.send(null);
> >             setTimeout("alarmCheck()", 300000); //300000 = 5 mins; 60000
> > = 1 min
> >
> > </script>
> >
> > I checked the page with HTML validator plugin and i can see the
> > offending code ( all over the app). Some pages in the app fail in
> > Firefox but it works fine in IE 6. Does this mean i will be limited to
> > only IE6 :) ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Rhee
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Marc Guillemot <mguille...@yahoo.fr
> > <mailto:mguille...@yahoo.fr>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     if you get this error simulating Firefox, then it is normal as
> Firefox
> >     doesn't support ActiveXObject.
> >     It may have to different causes:
> >     - your app is badly written and tries to create an ActiveXObject when
> >     the browser is Firefox
> >     - or, HtmlUnit badly simulates Firefox at some point what leads the
> JS
> >     code to handle it like IE what is wrong
> >
> >     You need to investigate more to understand the problem ;-(
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >     Marc.
> >     --
> >     Web: http://www.efficient-webtesting.com
> >     Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com
> >
> >     Rhee wrote:
> >     > Marc, thanks for the response;
> >     >
> >     > I get this error when simulating firefox. If i comment out the line
> >     > below in config ( assuming IE is default), the the test passes
> >     (expected
> >     > multi framed page in Results is correct) but the resulting page is
> >     a 404
> >     > page and I'm not sure why because the application is available.
> >     >
> >     > <!-- header name="User-Agent" value="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
> >     Windows NT
> >     > 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011913 Firefox/3.0.6 (.NET CLR
> >     > 3.5.30729)" />   -->
> >     >
> >     > IE Version 6.0.2900.xpsp2
> >     > Firefox version 3.06
> >     >
> >     > Is there anything I'm missing?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks again.
> >     > -Rhee
> >     >
> >     > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Marc Guillemot
> >     <mguille...@yahoo.fr <mailto:mguille...@yahoo.fr>
> >     > <mailto:mguille...@yahoo.fr <mailto:mguille...@yahoo.fr>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hi,
> >     >
> >     >     which browser do you simulate? If you simulate IE6 (which is
> the
> >     >     default) or IE7, this is strange as ActiveXObject is
> >     definitely defined.
> >     >
> >     >     Cheers,
> >     >     Marc.
> >     >     --
> >     >     Web: http://www.efficient-webtesting.com
> >     >     Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com
> >     >
> >     >     Rhee wrote:
> >     >     > Hi All
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I am validating a cold fusion login page w/ Java script. When
> i
> >     >     execute
> >     >     > the script below, i get an error.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > .
> >     >     > <setInputField name="txtLogin" value="userid" />
> >     >     > <setInputField name="txtPassword" value="pwd" />
> >     >     > <clickButton label ="Login" />
> >     >     > .
> >     >     >
> >     >     > *JavaScript error loading page http://xx.xx.xx.xx
> >     >     > /recruiters/skin_mainheader.cfm: ReferenceError:
> "ActiveXObject"
> >     >     is not
> >     >     > defined. (script in http://xx.xx.xx.xx
> >     /recruiters/skin_mainheader.cfm
> >     >     > from (207, 32) to (244, 11)#219)*
> >     >     >
> >     >     > The Resulting page in the error page is the correct expected
> >     page but
> >     >     > test fails w/ error. Any suggestions? I am unable to move
> past
> >     >     this error.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > If i add
> >     >     >
> >     >     > * <enableJavaScript description="Enable Disable javascript to
> >     >     avoid java
> >     >     > script errors"
> >     >     >             enable="false"/>*
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Then i get error :
> >     >     >
> >     >     > "No suitable form found having field named "txtLogin""
> >     >     >
> >     >     > In this case Webtest should see the form
> >     >     >
> >     >     > *<td .*..
> >     >     >   <table ..
> >     >     >     <form onsubmit="return _CF_checklogin(this)"
> >     target="_parent"
> >     >     > method="post" action="/recruiters/dologin.cfm" name="login"/>
> >     >     >  <tbody>
> >     >     >  </tbody>
> >     >     > </table>
> >     >     > *</td>*
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Thanks
> >     >     > - Rhee
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >
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