Object Reference Exception in WebTestingAutomationSample

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Object Reference Exception in WebTestingAutomationSample

Post by sgniile » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:21 pm

I am getting an exception running the WebTestingAutomationSample in the Ranorex Studio.


I have also tried running the code within Visual Studio 2008 ( after copying and converting to a VS2008 project) and I get the same exception at the same point.

It fails on running the ToString() method of the InnerHtml property of the WebElement.

If I debug in VS2008 I am able to call the ToString() method without an exception.

If I remove the ToString() method from the InnderHTML property and run the sample, I no longer get the exception, but the InnerHTML property doesn't return anything to the logger, even though it is supposed to return a string.

Can you help?

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Post by Support Team » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:57 pm

You are right, the InnerHtml property should not be null in the example. Indeed, when I run the example on my computer, the property is not null.

Do you always experience this problem, i.e. in every test run?
What version of Internet Explorer do you have?

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Post by sgniile » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:08 pm

I experience this problem on every test run.

I am running IE7.

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Post by Support Team » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:24 am

Perhaps this is some timing issue. Could you please insert the following line

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System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
for testing purposes?
Insert the code right before these two lines:

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WebElement ajaxOutput = exampleDoc.FindDiv("ajax_out");
Logger.Info("Ajax content read successfully: " + ajaxOutput.InnerHtml.ToString());
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Post by sgniile » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:02 pm

It works when I add the thread sleep as per your instructions.

I then tried reducing the sleep time and found that
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(140);
works

but
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(135);
fails

I also tried changing the wait value in the line just prior but that did not work, see below.

// Wait for loading ajax content...
exampleDoc.WaitForDocumentLoaded(5000);//<<<<< this didn't work

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Post by Support Team » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:57 pm

It seems that when using Ajax updates, the WaitForDocumentLoaded()
method does not work correctly (it returns immediately). We will try to address the issue.
Please use the check for InnerHtml == null / sleep as a workaround instead.

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