HTML tables - help

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Dear All,

I have been reading some of the documentation pages but I found the solutions a bit confusing.
I am trying to scan all the rows of an HTML table. For each row, I have to read some stuff from the first cell.
I am trying to do this in C#.

I have a table object in the repository but when I try to access the children, it says it is not a table, and yet the repository has,
in the path for the table,

.//table

Could anyone show me a code snippet to do this simple task?

Thanks!!!

[odklizec]

Hi,

As always, please post a Ranorex snapshot (NOT screenshot) of the table in question. Eventually, post an HTML code we can test. You see, it's much easier to provide a reasonable and spot-on solution with snapshot or sample app/code. Thanks.

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

I am not allowed, unfortunately.

But I am only asking for a generic code to scan all rows from an HTML table. A code snap should not be necessary.

[Vaughan.Douglas]

I am not allowed, unfortunately.

But I am only asking for a generic code to scan all rows from an HTML table. A code snap should not be necessary.

Unfortunately it may not be as easy as just posting a snippet, but I suspect you might be using the wrong adapter. So the RxPath says .//table you'll need to access it with a tableTAG adapter versus a plain table adapter. See if that doesn't get you past the not a table error.

The reason we ask for a snapshot is to avoid making assumptions that lead people down the wrong path, but I completely understand your restriction. The actual structure of the table can vary widely and what works in one case will simply not work in another. If you've got a simple straightforward table your approach of looping through the descendants should work, we just need the correct adapter. Check out table and tableTag in the API documents.

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Thanks, will see what i can do

[odklizec]

Hi,

The closest thing to generic code (related to your matter) can be found here:
https://www.ranorex.com/help/latest/cod ... TableinWeb
In this code you can find a code to loop through HTML table rows.

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Thanks! I am studying it

[Vega]

Remember that the individual items within an HTML table are not actually table tags, they are things like TR [table row], TH [table header], and TD [table data]. Using the example here:

https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.as ... able_intro

You can use a path like this to return all table rows:

/dom[@caption='Tryit Editor v3.5']/body/div[7]/div[4]//iframe[@name='iframeResult']/?/?/table/tbody/tr

The above returns 7 elements

From here, you can navigate up and down the tree using things operators like .. (navigate up to parent) and // (navigate down to children). If you want to return the first table data item (cell) from every row, you can use the below path (this filters out the TH [headers] tags):

/dom[@caption='Tryit Editor v3.5']/body/div[7]/div[4]//iframe[@name='iframeResult']/?/?/table/tbody/tr//td[1]

You can easily adjust these paths to use variables for the indexes or you can return all results and place them in a list:

IList<Ranorex.TdTag> cellList = host.local.find<Ranorex.TdTag>("/dom[@caption='Tryit Editor v3.5']/body/div[7]/div[4]//iframe[@name='iframeResult']/?/?/table/tbody/tr//td[1]");

I hope this helps!

[giuseppe.lacagnina]

Hi.
It does indeed. Thanks a lot!!!

G.