Combo boxes in IE6 : Automation API

[anzacthecat]

I have been using Ranorex to test on IE7 and 8 and have had no problem selecting items from combo boxes. However I am now using the same code to look at IE6 and it won't work:

selectItem(SelectTag selectName, string itemToSelect)
{
selectName.Focus();
selectName.Click();
ListItem listItem = "/container[@caption='selectbox']/listitem[@text='" + itemToSelect + "']";
listItem.Select();
listItem.Click();
}

[Support Team]

Hi,

in IE6 the structure of the selectbox differs to the one of IE7 and IE8.
So in IE6 the structure looks like: Container->List->ListItem
And in IE7/8 it looks like: Container->ListItem

To make your code work for both IE6 and IE7/8 you have to change your path to following:
ListItem listItem = "/container[@caption='selectbox']//listitem[@text='" + itemToSelect + "']";

Kind regards,
Tobias
Support Team

[anzacthecat]

Thanks for this - problem solved.