[Webtest] Need help on select option from hidden selectField

[George Policello]

Interesting website.

I think if you view the generated source for the website you will find
that the "family" <SELECT...> group does not have any <OPTION> elements.
That is what would probably be expected given your question.

   <select name=3D"family" multiple=3D"multiple" size=3D"7"
    onchange=3D"changeFamilyBox('family', 'species')" id=3D"familyBox"
    class=3D"selectboxStrains">

   </select>

However, the manual page for <setSelectField...>
         http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/setSelectField.html
might be a bit ambiguous in distinguishing between setting a selection
(making a value active in a <SELECT> group) and adding a new <OPTION> to
the <SELECT> group <OPTION>s. I read the manual page to say that
<setSelectField...> is selecting an <OPTION> rather than adding a new
<OPTION> to the list.

I am not sure that Webtest has a step that will allow the types of
things usually done with=20
   object =3D document.getElementByID(...)
and then setting the new HTML using
   object.innerHTML =3D newHTMLStuff

You might have to add a new taskdef to accomplish adding an <OPTION> if
that is what is really desired. You do not get an error on the first of
the two <setSelectField...> because that <OPTION> exists and can be
selected.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com
[mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com] On Behalf Of Xiaomei Li
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:24 PM
To: Forsberg, Mike; webtest@gate4.canoo.com
Subject: RE: [Webtest] Need help on select option from hidden
selectField

For exampel, in this url:
http://www.biohealthbase.org/GSearch/influenza_surveillanceRecord_search
.do?method=3DShowCleanSearch&decorator=3Dinfluenza
I try to select Host order =3D Anseriformes; family =3D
Anatidae (Waterfowl) and run the search.  The test
script is like this:

<setSelectField name=3D"order" text=3D"Anseriformes"/>
<setSelectField name=3D"family" text=3D"Anatidae
(Waterfowl)"/>
<clickButton label=3D"Go"/>

but got error no option element found with text
"Anatidae (Waterfowl)".

thanks,
Xiaomei

--- "Forsberg, Mike" <mike.forsberg@amd.com> wrote:

> From my understanding hidden fields should be set
> via execution of some
> javascript.  For instance, how would a user set this
> value if they were
> visiting your webpage?
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> Could you give a small example of your webpage and
> what error you've
> experienced?
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> Big Mike
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> From: webtest-admin@gate4.canoo.com
> [mailto:webtest-admin@gate4.canoo.com] On Behalf Of
> Xiaomei Li
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:58 PM
> To: webtest@gate4.canoo.com
> Subject: [Webtest] Need help on select option from
> hidden selectField
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> Hi,
> The web application I am testing has some hidden
> select fields that handled by javascript.  I tried
> to
> select an option from the hidden selectfield and got
> webtest error.  Anyone knows how to handle this?
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> Thanks,
> Xiaomei
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