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GeneralRe: Is there a viable alternative to JavaScript? Pin
Nelek22-Nov-19 11:23
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Marc Clifton22-Nov-19 14:06
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Kevin McFarlane25-Nov-19 2:35
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Marc Clifton25-Nov-19 2:50
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Kevin McFarlane27-Nov-19 2:28
Kevin McFarlane27-Nov-19 2:28 
Marc Clifton wrote:
Which is why I loathe and despise ExtJS - it randomizes the ID tags each time the page runs


Canopy is designed such that if you don't specify the ID but, say, the name it ties to find something clickable from the context. It doesn't always work, at which point you have to experiment with a class or xpath say.

Here I had an example where I couldn't work out an ID for the control called "care" so I just passed that and it did the right thing anyway.
url "https://localhost/dev/"
"#UsernameTextBox" << "some name"
"#PasswordTextBox" << "some password"
click "#LoginButton"
click "#ModuleShow"
click "care"

Most canopy code is not much more involved than the above. Slick piece of software.
Kevin

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News75% of developers worry about app security, but half lack dedicated security experts on their team Pin
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