How to find and close web browser? : Automation Tools

[MikeBuckley]

I am trying to figure this one out, and have not had any success. Please be patient with this n00b!

I want to check to see if a browser is running, and if it is, dismiss it, then restart the browser to begin testing. Now in my past life, I could do a "if Browser.Exists()... and do what I need to do from there. Now I probably am missing something very simple, but any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike Buckley

[Ciege]

Try something like this:

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HDWebForm = Host.Local.FindSingle<Ranorex.WebDocument>("/dom[@caption='" + DOMTitle + "']");

or

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HDWebForm = Host.Local.FindSingle<Ranorex.WebDocument>("/dom[@pageurl='" + DOMURL + "']");

Then you can do a:

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HDWebForm.Close();

The difference between the two is one looks for a web browser based on it's title the other looks for a web browser based on it's current URL.

[MikeBuckley]

This did the trick! Thank you very much

[Ciege]

No problem. Now go forth and test!

[Anu]

If I need to close all open browsers, irrespective of the url or domain then what can I do?

[Ciege]

Like in your other post about finding links in a frame... Instead, get an IList of all browser objects, then use a foreach to loop through each browser object and close.

[Anu]

Thank you Ciege, but to search based on a <Ilist> I need to provide a webDocument with domain information. When there is a browser open, then it works fine. I have it implemented it already.

The problem is when there is no browser open then Ranorex throws an error. "NO element found for path 'dom....' within 10s.

Appreciate your patience with this newbie. I come from QTP world, so figuring this out and C# is all new to me.

So this is what I tried.

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HDWebForm = Host.Local.FindSingle<Ranorex.WebDocument>("/dom[@caption='" + DOMTitle + "']");
HDWebForm.Close();

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WebDocument webdocument = "/dom/[domain ='" + url + "']";
Webdocument.Close();

Both throw an error that there is no such object open.

Thanks
Anu

[Ciege]

I don't get it... You say:

I need to close all open browsers

Then you say:

The problem is when there is no browser open then Ranorex throws an error

Well... If there is no open browser... then why do you need to close all open browsers? In other words, they are already closed.... Or am I missing something?

[Anu]

Yes, So when i execute my script I want my script to be smart enough to close all open browsers(irrespective of name) first and then open a new browser and work on it.

If there is any existing browser Ranorex opens a new tab and then gets confused with multiple browsers open.

Thanks for your reply.
Anu

[Ciege]

OK, first, you will want to enclose your Find in a try/catch block. That way you can catch the exception when no more browser objects are found.

Here is code that will make an IList of all WebDocuments (Browsers) that are children of the desktop:

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IList<Ranorex.WebDocument> AllDOMs = Host.Local.FindChildren<Ranorex.WebDocument>();

Now you can loop that list and close any that exist.

[Anu]

Perfect, I will try this and let you know.

Thanks
Anu
(Still a newbie)

[Ciege]

(Still a newbie)

Don't worry, we were all there once...

[Anu]

Thanks Ciege - It works like magic although both the code below do the trick. not sure which one is better than the other.

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IList<Ranorex.WebDocument> AllDoms = Host.Local.FindDescendants<Ranorex.WebDocument>();
if (AllDoms.Count >=1)
{
  foreach (WebDocument myDom in AllDoms)
  {
     myDom.Close();
  }            
}

or

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IList<Ranorex.WebDocument> AllDoms = Host.Local.FindChildren<Ranorex.WebDocument>();
if (AllDoms.Count >=1)
{
  foreach (WebDocument myDom in AllDoms)
  {
     myDom.Close();
  }            
}

[Ciege]

#2 is better for *most* instances.
FindChildren will look only for browser objects that are children of the desktop (most likely scenario). It will only search the desktops children then stop.

FindDescendants will look for any browser object that are descendants of the desktop (i.e. children of children of children... etc...). In other words it will search any and every open application that it can find, then search each possible path of each application. This can be very slow and time consuming if you happen to have any other applications open at the time if your search. I would only use this method if I knew there was a possibility that a DOM could be open within an application that I needed to close, but I cannot think of any time that would be the case.

If you want both you could write an overload for your CloseBrowser method that defaults to using FindChildren and can be switched to use FindDescendants if needed.