Close IE before the start

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Hi.

I have a problem. I am running HTML test cases on IE 11. I am running Ranorex Studio 5.4.4 (cannot update for the time being) and Windows 7.

At the beginning of my test cases, I would like to:

- check if there is already an instance of IE open on the website I need to test and close it
- start again IE on the website I need to test

How can I achieve this? I am not sure what elements of the page might be present at the beginning, so I would just look for the repo.client, but I do not know how to do this.

Thanks!!!

[odklizec]

Hi,

I'm using something like this in my tests (using code module placed in "Setup" section of each TC):

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try
{
	IList<Ranorex.WebDocument> webList = Host.Local.Find<Ranorex.WebDocument>("/dom[@domain='your.domain.name']");
	Report.Log(ReportLevel.Info, "Application", "Closing all IE instances.");
	foreach (Ranorex.WebDocument webdoc in webList)
	{ 
		webdoc.Close();
	}
}
catch(Exception exBrowserClose)
{
	Report.Warn("An error occured while an attempt to close browser: " + exBrowserClose.ToString());
	// try kill iexplore process           	
	try
	{				
		foreach (var procIE in Process.GetProcessesByName("iexplore"))
		{
			procIE.Kill();
			Report.Warn("Process Kill", "Process " + procIE.ToString() + " found and killed.");
		}
	}
	catch(Exception exProcKill)
	{
		Report.Warn("Process Kill failed", "Process iexplore found but Process Kill failed... " + exProcKill.Message);
	}    
}

And you need to add this at start of code module:

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using System.Diagnostics;

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Thanks! I will try it!!!

[krstcs]

The easiest way is to use your existing DOM object and check if it exists and then close it.

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if (repo.myDom.SelfInfo.Exists(10000)) repo.myDom.Self.Close(); 

You don't need the '10000' if you want to use the repo item's default timeout.


I would add " and state='complete'" to your XPath as well as this will help with timing issues.

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/dom[@domain='www.mydomain.com' and state='complete']

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

It works! Thanks everyone

[Vaughan.Douglas]

Sorry I'm late to the party, but is there any reason you can't just use the overloads in OpenBrowser?

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Host.Local.OpenBrowser(URL, browser,"", True, True, True, False, False)

The first true is the "KillExisting" parameter.

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Hi!

How does one specify IE as the browser? but it does look interesting, thanks!

[odklizec]

Hi,

to giuseppe.lacagnina:
You should replace the "browser" string with browser name (IE, chrome, firefox, etc...)

to Vaughan.Douglas:
Thanks for the info! I'm using OpenBrowser action from recording modules and there is no such option available, so it never occurred to me to even try it from code. I will give it a try and see if it works as expected so I can get rid of my slightly over-complicated code

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Thanks

[Vaughan.Douglas]

Hi!

How does one specify IE as the browser? but it does look interesting, thanks!

"browser" is the argument set in the module UI that would carry the specific browser type. I bind this to a global parameter so I can easily change the browser type.

Thanks for the info! I'm using OpenBrowser action from recording modules and there is no such option available, so it never occurred to me to even try it from code. I will give it a try and see if it works as expected so I can get rid of my slightly over-complicated code

Thanks!! I was pretty surprised that the OpenBrowser method contained overload arguments that are not available through the GUI. I strive to create all automation in recorded modules for ease of maintenance by less experienced automation folks, so it is pretty frustrating that I have to convert this method to user code each time someone wants to open a browser.

Also when I do feel the need to break into actual code, I tend to edit the solution in Visual Studio as it gives me more real time information on my code. Although SharpDevelop is coming along.

[krstcs]

Yeah, I completely forgot about OpenBrowser having the close existing option, and I use it myself...

Nice catch Vaughan!