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CaptainBeardsEyesBeard Polymath

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hi All, 

Sorry for another post 

I am doing my first test for chrome 

I am trying to click an element as well as retrieve a value of an element  

_WD_Option('Driver', 'chromedriver.exe')
_WD_Option('Port', 8080)
_WD_Option('DriverParams', '--log-path="' & @ScriptDir & '\chrome.log"')

$sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true }}}}'
CheckIfIEIsOpen($ApplicationWindow)

Local Enum $eFireFox = 0, _
            $eChrome, _
            $eEdge

Local Const $_TestType = $eChrome
Local Const $sElementSelector = "//input[@name='q']"

Local $sDesiredCapabilities
Local $iIndex
Local $sSession

_WD_Startup()

If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit -1
EndIf

$sSession = _WD_CreateSession($sDesiredCapabilities)

   ;/************************* Start URL**************************/
_ChromeStartup($IEURL,"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe")

Sleep(10000)


_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
;MsgBox(0, "", "check for timeout")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
$sText = _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'text')
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'click')
if @error Then
   ConsoleWrite("Can't click Matter maintenance")

   Endif

ConsoleWrite($sText)

The main bit I guess is this bit of code but I posted full code above just in case 

_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
;MsgBox(0, "", "check for timeout")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
$sText = _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'text')
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'click')
if @error Then
   ConsoleWrite("Can't click Matter maintenance")

   Endif

ConsoleWrite($sText)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Test Result    ", "Variable sElement equals " & $sText, 4)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Test Result    ", "Variable sElement equals " & $sElement, 4)

In this bit I'm trying to retrieve an element by xpath then retrieve the text 

I am also trying to click an element by xpath 

However whenever I run it the MsgBox is empty both times 

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@CaptainBeardsEyesBeard I feel like you are still trying to use the Chrome UDF along with the Webdriver UDF. Can't tell for sure because your script isn't able to run as posted (no #include lines, no navigation, etc).

Please take some time to review and understand the included demo script and it's functionality.

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Ah OK I used this command  

_WD_Navigate($sSession, $IEURL)

And it starts a CMD prompt but doesn't start a chrome window? 

Here's my full code 

this is the main file where I have my instances  

; Test includes
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Elite3eAutomation\Framework\Tests\Test1TestMainPage.au3"

;Generic functions
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\GenericFunctions\GenericFunctions.au3"

;Web driver
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WebDriver\wd_core.au3"
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WebDriver\wd_helper.au3"
;#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WebDriver\wd_demo.au3"
;Json includes
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\Json\Json.au3"
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\Json\BinaryCall.au3"

;Winhttp includes
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WinHTTP\WinHttp.au3"
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\WinHTTP\WinHttpConstants.au3"

;Chrome
#include "C:\AutomationTesting\Automation\Chrome\Chrome.au3"
;Chrome Incdlues
   ;AutoIT includes7SO00s
#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <File.au3>
#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <IE.au3>
#include <SQLite.au3>
#include <SQLite.dll.au3>
#include <array.au3>



Global $TestCount =1
$RandomClientNumber = 45

;AutoItSetOption('MouseCoordMode', 0)
AutoItSetOption('SendKeyDelay', 10)

Global $ApplicationWindow = "appwindow"
Global $IEURL = "http://weburl"

if WinActivate($ApplicationWindow) then
   WinClose($ApplicationWindow)

Else

EndIf


$TestResultstextLocation = "C:\Automation\Elite3eAutomation\Elie3eResults.txt" ; Open file - deleting any existing content
Global $TestResults = FileOpen($TestResultstextLocation, $FO_OVERWRITE)

$TestLogLocation = "C:\Automation\Elite3eAutomation\EliteLog.txt" ; Open file - deleting any existing content
Global $TestLog = FileOpen($TestLogLocation, $FO_OVERWRITE)

Sleep(4000)


   ;/******************************************************/
   ;/*****************Main Program*************************/
   ;/*******************
   ;intiialise Wd

Test1TestMainPage($IEURL)

_ChromeShutdown()
FileClose($TestResultstextLocation)
FileClose($TestLogLocation)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Testing Complete", "Testing complete. Please find the TestResults.TXT file at " & $TestResultstextLocation)

and this is the function that is called  

;/********************************************************************************************/
 ;/************************* Maximise screen***************************************************/
  ;/********************************************************************************************/
Func Test1TestMainPage($IEURL)
_WD_Option('Driver', 'chromedriver.exe')
_WD_Option('Port', 8080)
_WD_Option('DriverParams', '--log-path="' & @ScriptDir & '\chrome.log"')

$sDesiredCapabilities = '{"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true }}}}'
CheckIfIEIsOpen($ApplicationWindow)

Local Enum $eFireFox = 0, _
            $eChrome, _
            $eEdge

Local Const $_TestType = $eChrome
Local Const $sElementSelector = "//input[@name='q']"

Local $sDesiredCapabilities
Local $iIndex
Local $sSession

_WD_Startup()

If @error <> $_WD_ERROR_Success Then
    Exit -1
EndIf

$sSession = _WD_CreateSession($sDesiredCapabilities)

   ;/************************* Start URL**************************/
_WD_Navigate($sSession, $IEURL)
_WD_NewTab($sSession, True, -1, 'http://bing.com', 'width=200,height=200')
WinActivate($ApplicationWindow)

Sleep(10000)


_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
;MsgBox(0, "", "check for timeout")
$sElement = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, "//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a")
$sText = _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'text')
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $sElement, 'click')
if @error Then
   ConsoleWrite("Can't click Matter maintenance")

   Endif

ConsoleWrite($sText)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Test Result    ", "Variable sElement equals " & $sText, 4)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Test Result    ", "Variable sElement equals " & $sElement, 4)
if WinSetState($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')

;Check the following IDs and ensure they contain the correct word eg. 'Search'
;CheckAField_In_InternetExplorer_On_Inner_Text($contentID, "Anvil Proforma Generation", "Ensure Anvil Header field is showing correctly")





EndFunc

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

 

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Several issues I can see --

  • You shouldn't be #including a bunch of those scripts (json, binarycall, winhttp, etc) because this isn't necessary.
  • You shouldn't be #including the Chrome.au3 UDF in conjunction with the Webdriver UDF. Same goes for using the _Chrome* commands
  • Port 8080 isn't the default port number for chromedriver.exe, so this is wrong unless you've taken additional steps to launch chromedriver with instructions to use the non-standard port number

Again, I would implore you to take some time and run the demo script, dissect it's functionality so that you have a thorough understanding of the UDF functions. You can't expect us to continually correct these simple issues because you won't take the time to learn the basics on your own. 👌😉

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Ok... let's stick with the demo script so that we are working with a known codebase. Please answer the following --

  • Have you made any changes, such as modifying the SetupChrome function so that it can find the chromedriver.exe console app?
  • Is your Chrome.exe installed in the standard location?
1 hour ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

Right but the demo doesn't even run beyond creating a black CMD screen. 

I'm assuming this is the instance of chromedriver.exe that is being launched, which is expected behavior. Please confirm.

Also, please post the complete results from the Scite output panel so that we can get a better idea on what is occurring.

 

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Yeah my chrome.exe is just under

C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

and not made any changes. 

 

So my scite output is below but I never see a chrome window open 

  

>"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:   8080
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session; $sData={"capabilities": {"alwaysMatch": {"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true }}}}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_CreateSession: 0
_WD_CreateSession ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//url; $sData={"url":"http://testserver/testDB/web/ui/dashboard"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_Navigate: 0
_WD_Navigate ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//url; $sData={"url":"http://testserver/testDB/web/ui/dashboard"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_Navigate: 0
_WD_Navigate ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//window/handles
__WD_Get: StatusCode=0; $iResult = 5; $sResponseText=0...
__WD_Get ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_Window: 0...
_WD_Window ==> Webdriver Exception: HTTP status = 0
_WD_Attach ==> General Error
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
_WD_WaitElement ==> Timeout
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//*[@id='Welcome_c1_r0']/div[2]/perfect-scrollbar/div/div[1]/e3e-dashboard-process-panel/e3e-dashboard-link-farm/ul/li[5]/div/e3e-dashboard-link/div/a"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element//text
__WD_Get: StatusCode=0; $iResult = 5; $sResponseText=0...
__WD_Get ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_ElementAction: 0...
_WD_ElementAction ==> Send / Recv error
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element//click; $sData={"id":""}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_ElementAction: 0...
_WD_ElementAction ==> Send / Recv error
Can't click Matter maintenance__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
_WD_WaitElement ==> Timeout
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element; $sData={"using":"xpath","value":"//rect[@class='highcharts-button-box']"}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_FindElement: 0
_WD_FindElement ==> Send / Recv error: HTTP status = 0
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:8080/session//element//click; $sData={"id":""}
__WD_Post: StatusCode=0; ResponseText=0
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error
_WD_ElementAction: 0...
_WD_ElementAction ==> Send / Recv error
>Exit code: 0    Time: 61.57

 

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3 hours ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

_WDStartup: Port:   8080

 

On 10/31/2019 at 10:53 AM, Danp2 said:

Port 8080 isn't the default port number for chromedriver.exe, so this is wrong unless you've taken additional steps to launch chromedriver with instructions to use the non-standard port number 

 

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