[ptt-users] DHTML seems to break testgen4web

[Olivier Dony]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:36 AM, Geoff Hill wrote:
> Hi again list
Hi,

> Evaluating TestMaker5 I have come across another issue for my testing.
>
> I am trying to build some test scripts using testgen4web (ie  
> Recording).
>
> The app I am testing makes extensive use of dynamic menus - when a  
> header tab is rolled over a javascript is run which users innerHtml  
> to create the next level of menus.
>
> What testgen4web seems to do is record the click on the ultimate  
> submenus item, but not the mouseovers of the higher levels.
>
> When the test is replayed, no onMouseOver is generated, so the  
> submenu DOM objects DON'T EVEN EXIST when the script is replayed  
> (neither in FireFox nor in TestMaker)
>
> Does this sound like something I am doing wrong, or is it just a  
> limitation of the tools?

I believe this is a current limitation of the tools indeed, and I do  
not see any way to add a custom 'test step' in TG4W to perform the  
"mouse over" required.

However the HTMLUnit library that is used to execute the TG4W tests  
in testmaker *does* support simulating mouseOvers on arbitratry DOM  
elements.
Therefore it might be possible to workaround this issue, at least for  
the execution of the test withing TestMaker, by manually modifying  
the jython script resulting from the TG4W import.
(Note that I have not tried this, and you may need to modify the  
testmaker class that actually invokes HTMLUnit, as I do not think you  
can directly access it from the jython script)

And while playing your scenario in TG4W you could add 'delay steps'  
during which you would manually move the mouse over the required  
element... but that is really suboptimal, I know.


HTH,


PS: the selenium-ide plugin is also being studied as an alternative  
way of recording test scenarios, and it *does* support mouse-over  
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