How to use RegEx in Find Logic?

[Madhu]

Hello Support,

How to use Regular Expressions (RegEx) in building a Find logic?
If you could have any tutorial/videos, it will really helpful.

Thanks,
Madhu.

[Anthony]

Hello Madhu,

Check out the detailed step-by-step guide on Test Studio. A simple search on "RegEx" will take you to the chapter on regular expression:
http://www.telerik.com/documents/automated-testing-tools/WebUITestStudioQAEditionStepByStep.pdf

Test Studio uses regular expressions the same way they're used in the .NET Framework. What this means is that you can look at any .NET RegEx tutorials. Here is an example I found useful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308252  

In this tutorial you can see an example:
Regex emailregex = new Regex("(?<user>[^@]+)@(?<host>.+)"); 
which is a regular expression object used to describe an e-mail pattern. For instance:
[e-mail]

If you wanted to verify an e-mail link using Test Studio you can use the same regular expression in your regex verification: (?<user>[^@]+)@(?<host>.+)

I hope this answers your question; please don't hesitate to contact us again if you need more help.

Regards,
Anthony
the Telerik team

[Rohit]

How to find an element using expression.

My Scenario is :-
In My application there is link generated at Run time. It is a hyperlink which contain(IA:Auto1234567890 | rohit malhotra | 4000 rs)
I want to find this hyperlink with only this string "Auto1234567890" instead of  (IA:Auto1234567890 | rohit malhotra | 4000 rs) exact same. 

i used the code snippet below:-

Manger.ActiveBrowser.Imagehyperlink.Find.ByTextContent("Auto1234567890").Highlight();
Manger.ActiveBrowser.Imagehyperlink.Find.ByTextContent("~Auto1234567890").Highlight(); (contains)
Manger.ActiveBrowser.Imagehyperlink.Find.ByTextContent("%{Auto1234567890}%").Highlight(); (using wild cards)

All are fails Element not found :( :( :( :( :( 

but it fail  :( :( :( :( :(  


Please help me how can i find the element which contains string only "Auto1234567890" instead of  (IA:Auto1234567890 | rohit malhotra | 4000 rs) exact same.

 

[Anthony]

Hello Rohit,

Use the following code to locate a link based on a partial match of its text content:

HtmlAnchor a = Find.ByExpression<HtmlAnchor>("textcontent=~Auto1234567890");
Assert.IsNotNull(a);
a.Click();

Find more information here.

Kind regards,
Anthony
the Telerik team

[Rohit]

Hi Anthony,

we are using silverlight application please tell me solution regarding the same.

[Anthony]

Hello,

Use the following code to locate a Silverlight element based on a partial match of its text content: 

SilverlightApp app = ActiveBrowser.SilverlightApps()[0];
FrameworkElement fe = app.Find.ByTextContent("~Auto1234567890");
fe.User.Click();

See here for more information. 

Regards,
Anthony
the Telerik team