Re: [Webtest] Is "javascript urls can only be used to load content into frames and iframes" still not fixed? - John and Pip - com.canoo.lists.webtest

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John and Pip	21 Mar 2007 17:17
Marc Guillemot	26 Mar 2007 03:01
John and Pip	26 Mar 2007 04:14

Subject:	Re: [Webtest] Is "javascript urls can only be used to load content into frames and iframes" still not fixed?
From:	John and Pip (pipa...@gmail.com)
Date:	03/26/2007 04:14:46 AM
List:	com.canoo.lists.webtest

Hi Marc,

The testing is going well at Air NZ, but I've just been caught in an unexpected restructuring of the responsibilities within the organisation. Thought I might be gone but I've been picked up by the group that have taken over responsibility for the booking engine I'm mostly focussed on testing. They are more of an agile dev group so it should bode well for the automation, and once I get signed up and seated with them I'll run it past my boss, but I imagine he wouldn't object.

I'll open an issue tomorrow. Thanks.

cheers, John

On 3/26/07, Marc Guillemot <mgui...@yahoo.fr> wrote:

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