Hi John,
can you open an htmlunit issue for this?
Marc.
PS: still evaluating or can I add Air NZ to my perhaps-one-day-ready
WebTest users page? ;-)
John and Pip wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have an app I'm trying to test where the logon page uses an image map.
> ClickElement seems to get the right action which calls a javascript
> routine "checkValidation()" which then basically does
> document.forms[0].command.value="LOGON_ACTION";
> document.forms[0].submit();
>
> The result of this in IE6 is 1) an annoying little popup information
> window is opened, while 2) in the main window but with the same URL the
> content is changed to the user's home page.
>
> However, webtest dies with a ""javascript urls can only be used to load
> content into frames and iframes" error which is coming from HTMLUnit
> WebClient.
>
> Why and what can I do to get around this?
>
> My script just does: <clickElement description="Go"
> xpath="//map/area[1]"/>
>
> And the relevant part of the debug output is:
>
> [clickElement] INFO
> (com.canoo.webtest.steps.request.AbstractTargetAction ) - -> gotoTarget
> by clickElement with xpath: //map/area[1]
> [clickElement] DEBUG (com.canoo.webtest.steps.request.ClickElement) -
> Looking for element with xpath "//map/area[1]"
> [clickElement] DEBUG (com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebClient ) - Get
> page for window named '', using
> WebRequestSettings[<url="javascript:checkValidation();",
> SubmitMethod[name=get],
> EncodingType[name=application/x-www-form-urlencoded], [], {}, null>]
> [clickElement] DEBUG ( com.canoo.webtest.steps.Step) - Step failed at
> C:\WebTest\doc\ifly\test.xml:17: with exception
> [clickElement] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: javascript urls can
> only be used to load content into frames and iframes
> [clickElement] at
> com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebClient.makeWebResponseForJavaScriptUrl(WebClient.java:1297)
>
> I searched in nabble and found a discussion about the same issue over a
> year ago, where Marc said it was an issue that should be fixed. The
> poster said they had raised a defect but didn't give a reference and
> searching jira I can't find it. It seems the issue still exists and is a
> real showstopper for me, as no workaround was suggested and I can't get
> the code changed in the web application being tested.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> regards,
> John Lockhart
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