[Webtest] input_type = file question

[Marc Guillemot]

Hi Dave,

afaik webtest <setinputfield> just supports text fields but as httpunit provides 
way to set a file input field, it would be possible to write a new test step. A 
nice challenge for a new user ;-)

Marc.

Dave Anderson wrote:
> Greetings!
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> I am a new user of the webtest tool and I have a question regarding the 
> input type field.
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> My OS is Solaris 2.8
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> My webtest build number is 365
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> The HTML section I am playing with is:
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> <input type=”file” name =”fileSource” value =”—“ size =”48” maxlength=”48”>
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> My webtest xml file looks like the following:
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> <setinputfield stepid=”Entering File Name”
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>                        name=”fileSource”
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>                        value=”/export/home/data/test_data/test.dat” />
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> <clickbutton  stepid=”Click Finish Button”
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>                       label=”Finish”
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>                       name=”operation” />
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> When I run the test here is what I receive:
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> BUILD FAILED
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> Test step clickbutton named “Click Finish Button” failed with message 
> “Illegal parameter fileSource in form [, post, 
> /task/ControlTaskingFormHandler, , , _top, , ] with message <Attempted 
> to assign to parameter ‘fileSource’ the extraneous value 
> ”/export/home/data/test_data/test.dat’.> “
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>              at 
> com.canoo.webtest.ant.TestSpecificationTask.stopBuildIfNeeded(testSpecificationTask.java:83)
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> I’ve looked through the example tests supplied and I haven’t found any 
> examples where the “file” input type is used. Has anyone successfully 
> integrated this type of  test into their environment?
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Dave
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