Lightweight Test Automation Framework

LTAF and XPATH

Dmitriy Kozhevnikov — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:49:56 GMT

I am very interested in this framework, he made a favorable impression on me =) In future I planned to investigate some time in LTAF and will soon try to use this TOOLS in real projects. But I have some question. What about XPATH? Are there any methods for working with XPATH(like ClickXPath in Selenium)?

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Thanks,

Dmitriy

Unable to find any types marked with WebTestClass on second pass using runner

lkmckinney — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:21:43 GMT

We wrote a series of tests in a separate project and included that with the test runner site (instead of putting the tests under App_Code). Running interactively in VS 2008, we've had no problems. Running the test using the test runner (November drop), it will work the first time. Running it again after that and making no changes, we get the error "Could not find any types marked with WebTestClass attribute". Once we do this, we cannot run again using the runner or the URL itself in or out of the IDE without rebuilding.

Thanks for any ideas.

Creating a webtest in VSTS 2008

elmoWatson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:57:35 GMT

First off, I've got VSTS 2008 Developer Edition, SP1

I went to this page, and followed the instructions to create a webtest:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182539(VS.80).aspx

I followed the instructions to create a webtest:

On the Test menu, click New Test.

The Add New Test dialog box is displayed.

Select Web Test.

However, when I get there, 'WEB TEST' does not exist. All I get for options are:
Ordered Test, Unit Test and the Unit Test Wizard.

What's up here?
How can I get to the WebTest portion, to record my actions for testing?

Where is the download?

zackM — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:58 GMT

I found this on codePlex and cant download it. All the downloads have been removed. Whats up, is this a dead project?

Can we execute jquery scripts on the page using LTAF?

kirthi.royadu — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:32 GMT

Can we execute jquery scripts on the page using LTAF? How?

How to settext to HtmlTextAreaElement

david4chao — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:03:24 GMT

I have an HtmlTextAreaElement which I want to set text.

HtmlTextAreaElement _ControlOfsummary = (HtmlTextAreaElement)_ContainerOfControlOfsummary.ChildElements.Find("ControlID_Prefix_Editor_FreeTextBox_summary");

_ControlOfsummary.SetText("Test string 111111111111111");

HtmlTextAreaElement _ControlOfsummary = (HtmlTextAreaElement)_ContainerOfControlOfsummary.ChildElements.Find("summary");

_ControlOfsummary.SetText("Test string");

It is not working.

How to simulate enter keypress on a textbox?

kirthi.royadu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:47 GMT

Hi,

How do I simulate a enter keypress on the textbox.

We have a search textbox with a search button alongside it. So we have to test if the enter keypress triggers the search.

Couldn't understand how to use the HtmlEvent and HtmlKeyEvent classes to do this. Need some help on this.

Thanks!

Can I use this framework for testing Ajax-enabled web sites?

farmas — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:29:00 GMT

Q: Does it also work for testing AJAX-enabled .Net web applications?

A: Yes, this framework supports testing web sites that use Ajax, that is one of the primary reasons why this framework was created. If you look through the API there are a lot of "Wait" methods that are useful when automating XmlHttp requests. For example: HtmlPage.WaitForAsyncPostComplete, HtmlPage.WaitForScript, HtmlElement.WaitForAttributeValue, HtmlElement.WaitForInnerText, HtmlElement.WaitUntilNotFound.

- Federico

Is automating Browser settings, like disabling javascript possible through LTAF?

kirthi.royadu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:31:01 GMT

Hi,

We need to test our app's behaviour after disabling javascript in the browser.

Is this possible in LTAF? If possible, is this possible on different browsers like firefox and chrome as well instead of only IE?

Thanks!

How to settext to Asp.Net FileUpload?

david4chao — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:23:22 GMT

How to settext to Asp.Net FileUpload?

e.g. on asp.net web page, I have:

<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload_String_largeIcon" runat="server" />

HtmlInputElement _ControlOflargeIcon = (HtmlInputElement)_ContainerOfControlOflargeIcon.ChildElements.Find("FileUpload_String_largeIcon");

CommandParameters _A = new CommandParameters(WaitFor.None, PopupAction.ConfirmOK);

_ControlOflargeIcon.Click(_A);

_ControlOflargeIcon.SetText("D:\\Test\\1.jpg");

I want to set the file path:

HtmlInputElement _ControlOflargeIcon = (HtmlInputElement)_ContainerOfControlOflargeIcon.ChildElements.Find("FileUpload_String_largeIcon");

_ControlOflargeIcon.SetText("D:\\Test\\1.jpg");

It is not working.

How can i check if a Validator was raised?

akisasp — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:24:59 GMT

Hello,

problably not the first to ask this but can't find any info.

thanks

Testing non-ajax forms

fabiomilheiro — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:18:31 GMT

I have seen that LTAF is great to test Ajax forms, but can we also test non-Ajax forms with it?

I tried to do that, but I cannot find the url of the second form (I need to know it in order to test if the test is successful or not)

Thank you!

Test using LTAF without altering the database

fabiomilheiro — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:27:31 GMT

When I set a test using LTAF and order a click on the submit button, it is as if I had really altered the database. How can we test the application without updating the database as with unit tests (although I realize LTAF and unit tests are really not the same thing).

Thank you!

Error with Theme

cwlaualex — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:14 GMT

I have problem with setting up my test initially. The test page seems not working probably with my default website if theme is enabled. Is there any setting that I've missed?

Hooking a RadPane?

AikiBushi — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:03:50 GMT

I am trying to hook a RadPane object.

This is rendered as a Frame but with no Frameset. I have tried to hook it unsuccessfully like this:

HtmlPage ws = launchPage.GetPopupPage(1);
HtmlPage nav = ws.GetFramePage("NavPane");

But this does not return the NavPane frameset.

What do I need to do to get this working? This seems to be the final hurdle, albeit a large one...

Get the active window?

AikiBushi — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:35:39 GMT

The application that I am automating spawns several popups, sometimes more than once at a time, and not always in the expected order. Is there a way to get the (HtmlPage) popup? This would help tremendously if possible.

Thanks

Can not hook Window.Open Popups

AikiBushi — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:49 GMT

I am writing automation for an app that uses lots of popups. Each of these poups are launched via javascript window.open(). However, I can not seem to hook them (using HtmlPage popup = parent.GetPopupPage(1))

any idea how to work around this?

Thanks.

Using LTAF to automate a page with frames.

farmas — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:12:32 GMT

(ported from CodePlex)

Hi,

I am evaluating this framework with my application and so far I am not able to use it for the reason mentioned below:

My application has UI framework consisting of frames. Also, lots of UI related common info like height, width, top level navigation links etc is part of top level frame. And this info is being reffered in child frames/pages as "top.variable" or "top.function" etc.

If I use this LTA framework, my top level frame is replaced by a frame from this LTAF frame. Clearly, the info that my app is looking for is not a part of LTA Framework and hence it ends up with lots of script errors.

Changing my app would not be feasible because of the large scope of the changes, probably entire app.

Does anyone has any idea/comment on resolving this issue with minimal changes in LTA Framework itself?

Error when trying to use LTAF on a website that is not in the same solution.

brett.a.rose — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:31:05 GMT

I get this error when I try to run the LTAF tests against a website that is not in the same solution as the tests.

How to get Html in a
tag.

farmas — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:08:08 GMT

Ported from CodePlex.

"I want to get html in a tag <p>. How to?

Please help me!"

Custom User controls

akisasp — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:49:01 GMT

Hello,

first of all congratulations for a really nice work.

Could you please give me an example how to test pages that contain custom user controls?

Thannks

Firefox Compatability

brett.a.rose — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:06:32 GMT

Hello,

I have notices that any time I try to run the tests in firefox it throws an error. I was wondering if there will be some compatibility with firefox in the future...

How can I find child elements of iFrame which is an element of the page?

FRMJiggs — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:21:46 GMT

Hi,

Can anyone help me with the way to find any child element of the iFrame control?

All I can get is the Iframe control itself but its child elements count is 0.

iFrame control is being navigated dynamically, i.e. based on user action on the page.

Thanks

Jignesh

How to create a custom logger

clarkham — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:14:49 GMT

I have a need to create an xml file with my test results so another tool can read it. Can you give an example of how a custom log writer might be plugged into the framework.

Thanks.

Quick Example of my adapter based testing approach

mcowan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:08:12 GMT

I have not found the time to create a sample project to show off the adapters, I still plan on doing it ( I was thinking that I would simply restructure the Microsoft.Web.Testing.Light.Sample project provided by the ASP.NET QA Team. That way you can see the adapters before and after, like having the tests side-by-side.

Anyway, because its taking so long, I thought I would toss up some examples of how the adapters are used here. We are making our framework open for Devs to use, so I created a FrameworkExamples Class to hold a bunch of example tests. I thought I would paste that up and see what you think.

If there is intrest, I can zip up my test project so you can see the code (won't compile for you and uses some proprietary APIs that I can't distribute) .. but if there is intrest you can walk the code to see how its organized. Anyway .. here is several test methods.

using Microsoft.Web.Testing.Light;
using UITestWeb.Library.Framework;
using UITestWeb.Library.Tests.ConsumerWeb.Adapters;
using UITestWeb.Library.Tests.ConsumerWeb.Adapters.Assets;

namespace UITestWeb.Library.Tests.ConsumerWeb
{
    /// &lt;summary&gt;
    /// Contains a series of ConsumerWeb based automation examples that show off various
    /// features of the testing framework.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The StartPage for this test class is the default Home Page
    /// </remarks>
    [WebTestClass]
    public class FrameworkExamples : ConsumerWebTest
    {
        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// The <see cref="HomeAdapter"/> representing the startup page for the tests in
        /// this class.
        /// </summary>
        public new HomeAdapter StartPageAdapter
        {
            //TODO Remove this clumsy logic when we get the new TestSetup functionality 
            get
            {
                return (HomeAdapter)base.StartPageAdapter;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Contructor

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor
        /// </summary>
        public FrameworkExamples()
            : base(new HomeAdapter()) { }
        
        #endregion

        #region Tests

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows how each specific AssetType Adapter exposes a list of common ContentId's
        /// that you can access easily from inside your tests.
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_LoadCommonHealthConditionAssets()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            //         Notice you can use the Enum Class CommonHealthConditionContentIds
            //         and get a readable list of Common HealthCondtions to pick from.
            var healthConditionAdapter = new HealthConditionAdapter(CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Asthma);

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            healthConditionAdapter.NavigateTo();

            //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(healthConditionAdapter.IsLoadedWithNoErrors());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows how you can load an any asset if you know its ContentId
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_LoadAnyAssetByContentId()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            //         Notice you can use the base AssetAdapter and directly
            //         pass a ContentId as a string.
            var assetAdapter = new AssetAdapter("1064006");

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            assetAdapter.NavigateTo();

            //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(assetAdapter.IsLoadedWithNoErrors());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows examples of how to interface with the SeeAlso UI Element.
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_InteractWithSeeAlsoUIElement()
        {
            TestSetup();

            var type2DiabetesAdapter = new HealthConditionAdapter(CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Type2Diabetes);
            type2DiabetesAdapter.NavigateTo();

            // You can get the main title of the SeeAlso container
            var seeAlsoTitle = type2DiabetesAdapter.SeeAlso.ContainerTitle;
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(seeAlsoTitle,"SeeAlso Title was NullOrEmpty");
            Assert.IsTrue(seeAlsoTitle == "See also", "SeeAlso Title was not the expected string.");

            // You can count how many items are in the SeeAlso container.
            var seeAlsoCount = type2DiabetesAdapter.SeeAlso.Count;
            Assert.IsTrue(seeAlsoCount > 0, "SeeAlso Count was not greater than 0");

            // You can test an item by its index position
            var itemByIndex = type2DiabetesAdapter.SeeAlso.ClickableContentItems[0];
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(itemByIndex.Title, "The Items Title was NullOrEmpty");

            // You can test an item by using its TargetContentId as the key.
            // RiskFactorsForDiabetes = ContentId: 3744001
            var itemByKey = type2DiabetesAdapter.SeeAlso.ClickableContentItems["3744001"];
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(itemByKey.Title, "The Items Title was NullOrEmpty");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows example of how to loop the SeeAlso UI Element and validate each items is valid.
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_ValidateAllSeeAlsoItems()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            var type2DiabetesAdapter = new HealthConditionAdapter(CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Type2Diabetes);

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            //         This test loops through all the items in the See Also UI Element. Each
            //         item is clicked and we verify the correct asset loaded.
            type2DiabetesAdapter.NavigateTo();
            foreach (var relatedItem in type2DiabetesAdapter.SeeAlso.ClickableContentItems)
            {
                type2DiabetesAdapter.NavigateTo();
                relatedItem.Link.Click(WaitFor.Postback);

                //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
                //        Notice how you can create quick temp Adapters to validate navigation
                //        tests by using the relatedItems TargetContentId. This is a very common
                //        test pattern.
                Assert.IsTrue((new AssetAdapter(relatedItem.TargetContentId).IsLoadedWithNoErrors()));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows how you can access the Main Content of an asset.
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_CheckForStringInContentArea()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            //         Notice you can use the Enum Class CommonHealthConditionContentIds
            //         and get a readable list of Common HealthCondtions to pick from.
            var healthConditionAdapter = new HealthConditionAdapter(CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Type2Diabetes);

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            healthConditionAdapter.NavigateTo();
            var rawContentHtml = healthConditionAdapter.MainContent.ContainerElement.GetInnerHtml();
            const string searchText = "diabetes";

            //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
            //        Asserts always display thier parameters in the log when they
            //        fail. Because the content for an asset can get quite long
            //        it sometimes makes sense to do a 'pre-test' before the assert.
            var containsText = rawContentHtml.Contains(searchText);
            Assert.IsTrue(containsText, "Expected Content to contain the word :" + searchText);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows examples of how to interact with the list of items in a TOC
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_InteractWithTocItems()
        {
            TestSetup();

            var tocAdapter = new TocAdapter(CommonTocContentIds.DiabetesHealthCenter);
            tocAdapter.NavigateTo();

            // You can get the main title for this TOC Page
            var title = tocAdapter.Title;
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(title, "Title was NullOrEmpty");

            // You can count how many items are in the Toc container.
            var count = tocAdapter.TocContainer.Count;
            Assert.IsTrue(count > 0, "TOC Count was not greater than 0");

            // You can test an item by its index position
            var itemByIndex = tocAdapter.TocContainer.ClickableContentItems[0];
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(itemByIndex.Title, "The Items Title was NullOrEmpty");

            // You can test an item by using its TargetContentId as the key.
            var itemByKey = tocAdapter.TocContainer.ClickableContentItems[CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Type2Diabetes];
            Assert.StringIsNotNullOrEmpty(itemByKey.Title, "The Items Title was NullOrEmpty");

            // You can click an item and validate it loaded the correct page.
            var clickableContentItem = tocAdapter.TocContainer.ClickableContentItems[0];
            clickableContentItem.Link.Click(WaitFor.Postback);
            Assert.IsTrue((new AssetAdapter(clickableContentItem.TargetContentId)).IsLoadedWithNoErrors());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows examples of how to interact the GlobalNav Buttons
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_InteractWithGlobalNav()
        {
            TestSetup();

            var type2DiabetesAdapter = new HealthConditionAdapter(CommonHealthConditionContentIds.Type2Diabetes);
            type2DiabetesAdapter.NavigateTo();

            // Note: All the GlobalNav UI Elements are located in the base ConsumerWebAdapter
            // This means you have access to them from all derived adapters.
            
            // Open the ShoppingList from any adapter.
            type2DiabetesAdapter.ShoppingListControl.Click(WaitFor.Postback);
            Assert.IsTrue(new ShoppingListAdapter().IsLoadedWithNoErrors());

            // Click Home Button from Any Adapter
            type2DiabetesAdapter.HomeButton.Click();
            Assert.IsTrue(new HomeAdapter().IsLoadedWithNoErrors());

            type2DiabetesAdapter.NavigateTo();

            // Click a TopNavButton By Index
            var topNavButtonByIndex = type2DiabetesAdapter.TopNavButtons.ClickableContentItems[0];
            topNavButtonByIndex.Link.Click(WaitFor.Postback);
            Assert.IsTrue((new AssetAdapter(topNavButtonByIndex.TargetContentId)).IsLoadedWithNoErrors());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows example of how to loop through all the TopNav Buttons and
        /// verify each one opens the correct contet.
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_ValidateAllGlobalTopNavButtons()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            //         Do not need an additional Adapter.

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            //         This test loops through all the NavButtons in both the TopNav and TopNavFlyOut
            //         containters for the current Entity/Product/Department combination loaded. Each
            //         item is clicked and we verify the correct asset loaded.
            foreach (var navButton in StartPageAdapter.TopNavButtons.ClickableContentItems)
            {
                StartPageAdapter.NavigateTo();
                navButton.Link.Click(WaitFor.Postback);

                //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
                //        Notice how you can create quick temp Adapters to validate navigation
                //        tests by using the TargetContentId. This is a very common test pattern.
                Assert.IsTrue((new AssetAdapter(navButton.TargetContentId).IsLoadedWithNoErrors()));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows example 
        /// </summary>
        [WebTestMethod]
        [WebTestTag(WebTestCategoryTag.Example)]
        public void Example_SimulateUpcScanning()
        {
            // Step 1: Setup the Test
            TestSetup();

            // Step 2: Create the PageAdapters you will use during the test.
            //         No Additional Adapter Needed

            // Step 3: Perform your test
            //         Note: TestUPC: 2222222222 -> ContentId:10002725
            //         Note: TestUPC: 048107085421 -> ContentId:10002724
            StartPageAdapter.SimulateScan("048107085421");

            //Step 4: Validate your results using an Assert
            Assert.IsTrue((new AssetAdapter("10002724").IsLoadedWithNoErrors()));
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

Lightweight Test Automation Framework

LTAF and XPATH

Unable to find any types marked with WebTestClass on second pass using runner

Creating a webtest in VSTS 2008

Where is the download?

Can we execute jquery scripts on the page using LTAF?

How to settext to HtmlTextAreaElement

How to simulate enter keypress on a textbox?

Can I use this framework for testing Ajax-enabled web sites?

Is automating Browser settings, like disabling javascript possible through LTAF?

How to settext to Asp.Net FileUpload?

How can i check if a Validator was raised?

Testing non-ajax forms

Test using LTAF without altering the database

Error with Theme

Hooking a RadPane?

Get the active window?

Can not hook Window.Open Popups

Using LTAF to automate a page with frames.

Error when trying to use LTAF on a website that is not in the same solution.

How to get Html in a tag.

Custom User controls

Firefox Compatability

How can I find child elements of iFrame which is an element of the page?

How to create a custom logger

Quick Example of my adapter based testing approach

How to get Html in a
tag.