[Webtest] Using setcheckbox

[Dierk Koenig]

Hi Richard,

thanx for the bug report.

> 1. One cannot use a dynamic property for the value.
> 
> 	For example: I have a web app which dynamically generates ID's for
> 	elements of the system.  I can select several of these using
> 	checkboxes within a table.  I know the checkbox (with its assocated
> 	ID) is in the td cell immediately following the td cell containing
> 	the element name.  I can use a (rather ugly) regexp to get the ID
> 	from the checkbox HTML, but I can't then use this dynamic property
> 	to set the checkbox to 'checked'.

Do you get no value at all, 'on' or '#{mypropertyname}' ?

Tipp on ugly Regex: they are easier to read when composed from
ant properties like ${StartCell}bla${EndCell}.
Storing dynamic properties from an XPath expression is under way...

> 2. One cannot set additional checkboxes if some are already set.
> 
> 	For example: Some elements are already selected when I arrive on the
> 	page with the form, and I want to select additional elements.  Every
> 	time I submit the form, only the values I explicitly set on that
> 	visit to the form are remembered.

Does this concern only checkboxes of the same "name" or all checkboxes?
 
> 3. One cannot explicitly uncheck previously selected boxes.
> 
> 	For example: Same as above, but I want to deselect checkboxes.
> 	Using 'setcheckbox' with value="xxx" checked="false" deselects
> 	everything.

This seems to be a second symptom of the same root cause.

> Are these real problems, or am I missing something obvious?  Have any of
> these been fixed in more recent builds (I looked and couldn't find any
> suggestion they have been)?

Nothing like this was addressed in the recent builds.

Property expansion failure for setcheckbox would definitely be a bug.
I just checked and recognized that the  automatic test for this
is missing. - Hm - How could this possibly happen?
Looks like duplication to me...

For the checkbox behaviour I'm not sure whether this is a HttpUnit
issue. It would help to have a look at your html.

cheers
Mittie