Hi folks, none of my business but the font color should be defined using CSS to make the test more robust ... ;-)
Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl Gert Pauwels wrote: > John, > great! Works like a charm! > Thanks > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Webtest] Verifying texts at exact location on screen > > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:35:33 -0800 > > > > Hi Gert, > > > > You're so very close. Try the following: > > > > <verifyXPath description="Check raises an alert 2" > xpath="normalize-space(//tr[./td[1]/child::a='Wholename Retail on OFAC > list']/td[2]/fo...@color='#FF0000'])" text="Alert"/> > > > > Sorry, before I had incorrectly used "value" when it should have > been "text". > > > > Cheers, > > > > John Spann > > > > Software Engineer > > Citrix Online | 6500 Hollister Avenue | Goleta, CA 93117 > > T: +1 805 690 3489 | M: +1 805 729 0008 > > [email protected]<x-msg://29/[email protected]> > > http://www.citrixonline.com<http://www.citrixonline.com/> > > > > [cid:[email protected]] > > > > > > Access Your PC From Anywhere: www.gotomypc.com<http://www.gotomypc.com/> > > Online Meetings Made Easy: > www.gotomeeting.com<http://www.gotomeeting.com/> > > Remote Support Made Easy: www.gotoassist.com<http://www.gotoassist.com/> > > Webinars Made Easy: www.gotowebinar.com<http://www.gotowebinar.com/> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:26 AM, Gert Pauwels wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > apparently this one works: > > > > <verifyXPath description="Check raises an alert 2" > xpath="//tr[./td[1]/child::a='Wholename Retail on OFAC > list']/td[2]/fo...@color='#FF0000']"/> > > > > So it's just selecting the text value that is the tricky bit! > > > > Gert > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [Webtest] Verifying texts at exact location on screen > > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:14:57 +0100 > > > > Hi John, > > thank you for your help with this. > > I am trying out my second issue first, namely the 'Wholename on OFAC > list' issue. I have come up with this so far: > > > > <verifyXPath description="Check raises an alert 2" > xpath="//tr[./td[1]/child::a='Wholename Retail on OFAC list']"/> > > > > This actually passes the test: using the xpath I can find the > element a that matches the text specified. The second part of my test > is a bit trickier it seems. I can't seem to find the second <td> in > which there is an element <font> that has the value 'Alert'. > > > > I tried the following: > > > > <verifyXPath description="Check raises an alert 2" > xpath="//tr[./td[1]/child::a='Wholename Retail on OFAC > list']/td[2]/font=normalize-space('Alert')"/> > > > > The test comes back with an error message: > > > > xpath test: //tr[./td[1]/child::a='Wholename Retail on OFAC > list']/td[2]/font=normalize-space('Alert') evaluates to false > > > > I also tried without normalize-space, to no avail. I also move the > second part before the closing square bracket, but no success either. > > > > I will continue trying of course, but if you have any ideas, don't > hesitate! > > > > Thank you > > > > Gert > > > > P.S. I attach a sample source code. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Webtest] Verifying texts at exact location on screen > > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:42:11 -0600 > > > > What about xpath? > > > > For 1 you can use a pretty restrictive xpath to verify the location > in the dom, in your example > //tab...@id='tableCustomerData']/tr[1]/td[1].<mailto:tab...@id='tableCustomerData']/tr[1]/td[1].> > You could store that xpath and then verify the property or get fancier > with the xpath to do the verification within the xpath > > > > For 2 you could use following:sibling if your data is in a table. > //tab...@id='tableCustomerData']/tr/td[contains(.,'yourCustomerId)]/following-sibling::*<mailto:tab...@id='tableCustomerData']/tr/td[contains(.,'yourCustomerId)]/following-sibling::*> > Again you could store the xpath and verify the property or possibly > get fancy with xpath to do it for you. > > > > Hope this helps, I think xpath might be the solution you are looking > for do a google search for xpath tutorial and go through the > w3cschools tutorial if you don't know about xpath. > http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/ > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > I guess you could do all that with scriptStep and some JS scripting: > > http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/scriptStep.html > > > > I might be wrong though, I am still a newbie at this - others might > provide > > more insight. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > On Thursday 18 February 2010, Gert Pauwels wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > We have been using Canoo for quite some time now, and are always > looking to > > > extend its use. I have two issues I'd like to discuss: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1 verifying text for its exact location on the screen > > > > > > 2 verifying texts that on screen are displayed next to each other (but > > > source page contains tabs etc.) > > > > > > > > > > > > 1 Verifying text and exact location > > > > > > > > > > > > Our webpage is divided into several sections. Each section contains a > > > number of fields in any number of rows and columns. Let's look at one > > > field. If for instance Customer ID is on my screen, it will have > specific > > > location (row 0 = top row, column 0 = left most column). I can > verify that > > > the field is present alright, but I would like to find a way to > determine > > > its exact location. If my field is in row 2, column 1 then I need > to be > > > able to that in Canoo. The question is how? (I've attached a > screenshot) > > > > > > Example: > > > > > > > > > > > > first column caption: Assigned to > > > > > > first colunm value for that field: Richard Branson > > > > > > > > > > > > second column caption, row 3: Branch Name > > > > > > value for this field: Tokyo Branch > > > > > > > > > > > > How do I make Canoo know that the value Tokyo Branch is the value for > > > Branch Name, and not for the Assigned to field? > > > > > > > > > > > > 2 Verifying text next to each other > > > > > > I need to find a way to determine whether for the text on the left > hand > > > side of the screen the text on the right hand side of the screen > matches a > > > given value. Looking at the source of the webpage, I cannot find > any hooks > > > to tie myself onto for this. An example: > > > > > > > > > > > > Check on EU List (some spaces, tabs or whatever later, invisible > to the > > > user) Alert > > > > > > Check on OFAC list (some spaces, tabs or whatever later, invisible > to the > > > user) Pass > > > > > > > > > > > > When running Canoo, I need to be sure that when I verifyText > 'Alert' this > > > is for the value 'Check on EU List' and not for any other text > that may > > > appear on the same page. > > > > > > If possible, how? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your assistance > > > > > > > > > > > > Gert Pauwels > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > > > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WebTest mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest > > ________________________________ > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. 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