Solved: _WD_Startup ==> General Error: Error launching web driver!

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

Hey 

 

I'm now getting this error

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\AutomationTesting\Elite3eAutomation\Framework\TestEnv.au3"    
_WDStartup: OS: WIN_10 WIN32_NT 17134 
_WDStartup: AutoIt: 3.3.14.4
_WDStartup: WD.au3: 0.1.0.21
_WDStartup: Driver: chromedriver.exe
_WDStartup: Params: --log-path="C:\AutomationTesting\Elite3eAutomation\Framework\chrome.log"
_WDStartup: Port:   9515
_WD_Startup ==> General Error: Error launching web driver!
>Exit code: 4294967295    Time: 0.5901

In my main program I call my first test

;/******************************************************/
   ;/*****************Main Program*************************/
   ;/*******************
   ;intiialise Wd
_WD_Startup()
Test1TestMainPage($IEURL)

Then under this function that is called for my first test I have

Func Test1TestMainPage($IEURL)

CheckIfIEIsOpen($ApplicationWindow)

   ;/************************* Start URL**************************/
_ChromeStartup($IEURL,"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe")
Sleep(10000)
    $sElement = _Chrome($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//input[@id='lst-ib1']")
 _WD_ElementAction($sSession, "Welcome_c1_r0_AO_4__Process_Matter", 'click')
if WinSetState($ApplicationWindow, "", @SW_MAXIMIZE) Then

Else
   Sleep(6000)
   WinSetState($ApplicationWindow, "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
EndIf

WinActivate($ApplicationWindow)

 ;/****************************End*************************************************************/

;/****************************Test main page*********************************************/
_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']")
If @error = $_WD_ERROR_NoMatch Then
    MsgBox(0, "", "No Match")
EndIf
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'click')

the error is pretty much instant

Edited October 31, 2019 by CaptainBeardsEyesBeard

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

FYI I created a new, empty  project and included the the demo which should run a demo of it 

 

#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WebDriver\wd_demo.au3"

and I still get this 

 

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\AutomationTesting\Elite3eAutomationTest\Framework\TestEnv.au3"    
_WDStartup: OS: WIN_10 WIN32_NT 17134 
_WDStartup: AutoIt: 3.3.14.4
_WDStartup: WD.au3: 0.1.0.21
_WDStartup: Driver: chromedriver.exe
_WDStartup: Params: --log-path="C:\AutomationTesting\Elite3eAutomationTest\Framework\chrome.log"
_WDStartup: Port:   9515
_WD_Startup ==> General Error: Error launching web driver!
>Exit code: 4294967295    Time: 0.5727

So what am I doing wrong  😱

Edited October 31, 2019 by CaptainBeardsEyesBeard

[Danp2]

1 hour ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

_WD_Startup ==> General Error: Error launching web driver!

The UDF can't find the executable to launch it. Where did you place the chromedriver.exe?

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

OK I thought that might be the case so I copied the chromedriver.exe to the following locations: 

C:\Automation\Chrome (this file path is where the Chrome.au3 is located) 

C:\Automation\Json (where the json.au3 is located) 

C:\\Automation\WebDriver(where the wd)core.au3 is located) 

C:\Automation\WinHTTP (where the winhttp.au3 is located) 

But still get the error 

Edited October 31, 2019 by CaptainBeardsEyesBeard

[Danp2]

@CaptainBeardsEyesBeard Please do the following --

1. Delete all but one of those copies so that you don't get confused in the future.
2. Add the following line to your script --

   _WD_Option('Driver', '<Full path to the chromedriver executable>')

This line provides the location of the executable to the UDF and needs to be defined before the call to _WD_Startup(). For example, if you placed the executable in C:\Automation\WebDriver, then your line would look like this --

_WD_Option('Driver', 'C:\Automation\WebDriver\chromedriver.exe')

 

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

That's ace thanks man! 

now I'm getting this error in a CMDwindow. Any idea?

 

Starting ChromeDriver 77.0.3865.40 (f484704e052e0b556f8030b65b953dce96503217-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#442}) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by ChromeDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.

 

[Danp2]

That's a standard warning, not an error.  😎

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

yeah that's ace I've got that working now! 🏆

Edited October 31, 2019 by CaptainBeardsEyesBeard