Adapter.Find<T>() Method on TableTag in Internet Explorer

Patrick Hollerbach · Post by **Patrick Hollerbach** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:43 am

Hi there,

I have an unexpected result when using the Adapter.Find<T>() Method on a TableTag_Element in Internet Explorer.

My testcase: I have to count all tr-elements with a specific class-attribute.

I created following usercode:

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public void findTableEntries()
{
	// Path to foooo: /dom[@caption='Table Test']//tabletag[#'foooo']
        var foooo = repo.TableTest.Foooo;
	IList<TrTag> trs = foooo.Find<TrTag>("//tr[@class='tableBody']");
	Report.Info(trs.Count.ToString());
}

This code works fine in Chrome Browser (trs.Count == 4 for attached example html file).
When using Internet Explorer, 8 elements are found.
When I search for //tr[@class='tableBody'] in Ranorex Spy, I find only the expected 4 elements.
I tried Host.Local.Find with the whole path, and it finds the expected count of TrTag-elements.

Is this a Bug in IE or in Ranorex?
I attached a sample html file.

Best regards
Patrick

odklizec · Post by **odklizec** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:13 am

Hi,

Try to change this line:

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IList<TrTag> trs = foooo.Find<TrTag>("//tr[@class='tableBody']");

to this:

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IList<TrTag> trs = foooo.Find<TrTag>(".//tr[@class='tableBody']");

At least it works for me in IE11 and Ranorex 5.4.5. What version of Ranorex do you use?

Patrick Hollerbach · Post by **Patrick Hollerbach** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:33 am

Hi odklizec,

thanks for your reply.

I'm using Ranorex 5.4.3.

I tested it with a "." at the beginning of the path an it works!
Thank you!

best Regards
Patrick

odklizec · Post by **odklizec** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:43 am

Nice to hear that. Some long time ago, I struggled with similar Find-related issue and I was told by support, that there must be used '.' in front of the searched path, which starts with '/' character.

Anyway, I'm curious why it returned '8' if you searched the TrTags without '.' in searched xpath? When I tried your code, Ranorex just stuck at search, until I stopped it manually?

Patrick Hollerbach · Post by **Patrick Hollerbach** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:13 pm

Hi,

yes, it was very slow while finding the elements with my code. I was patient and waited until Ranorex finished

Regards
Patrick

Post by **Support Team** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:04 pm

Searching an RxPath with "//" at the beginning without the initial "." means you search all elements (including all children and descendants) from the very root. So you will find all(!) TrTag elements currently available on the desktop, from all open applications.

Using the "." at the beginning tells Ranorex to search on relatively to the specified element you invoke the Find method on.

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

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