Lily, you just need for instance a <clickElement htmlId="..."/> and if the server generates an Excel file and sends it to the client, it should be available as current response on which you can use the Excel steps.
@Ahmed: WebTest has built-in supports for Excel files (using POI). See http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/syntaxExcel.html Cheers, Marc. -- Web: http://www.efficient-webtesting.com Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com Meng, Lily wrote: > Hi Marc, > > I believe the excel sheet is created on the fly. I talked to the developer, > and all he could do now is to add an id for the image that I click, which > generates the excel sheet. > In that case how should I invoke it and verify the cell value? > > > ~Lily > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Guillemot > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Webtest] invoke excel file > > Hi, > >> Does anyone know how I could invoke a excel sheet file which doesn't >> seem to have an URL? I can click on the icon or the text next to the >> icon via UI to see an exported excel sheet file; > > ??? > unless you're in IE with js code using MS Excel ActiveX to create a > sheet on the fly, you Excel sheet will surely have an url. > >> I have the name of the exported excel file, but upon doing <invoke url=" >> "> it returns http error, >> >> on the result page it shows the UI error page with msg "*Error:* The >> page you requested could not be found." > > then it is not the right url. > >> What's a good way to invoke an excel page and verify the cell value? How >> could I find the correct URL? > > how do you get the correct url with your "normal" browser? > > Cheers, > Marc. > -- > Web: http://www.efficient-webtesting.com > Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com > > > _______________________________________________ > WebTest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest > _______________________________________________ > WebTest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest > _______________________________________________ WebTest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest
