Automate Browser Refresh Using Simulate User/Typing?

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  1. Richard
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    Posted 06 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    I'd like to insert a step into my tests to refresh the browser before navigating to the target web page.  I thought I could easily do this by using the Simulate User or Simulate Typing functions, but I'm having difficulty doing so.  Anyone have any direction for me?
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  3. Anthony
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    Posted 06 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Hello Richard,

    There are two ways to do a browser refresh and not rely on keystrokes:

    1. During recording, if you click on the Refresh button, Test Studio will record a Browser Refresh test step. 

    2. If you prefer to implement a coded step, this line will do the same thing:

    ActiveBrowser.Refresh();

     
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  5. Richard
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    Posted 09 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Anthony, 

    Thanks for the info.  I'm going to reward you with another question ;-)... how about refreshing the browser cache (where I would typically use Ctrl + F5)? 
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    Anthony
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    Posted 09 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Hello Richard,

    See below for the three cache types you can clear. You can also Clear Cookies in a non-coded step.

    ActiveBrowser.ClearCache(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.BrowserCacheType.Cookies);
    ActiveBrowser.ClearCache(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.BrowserCacheType.History);
    ActiveBrowser.ClearCache(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.BrowserCacheType.TempFilesCache);


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  9. Richard
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    Posted 15 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Thanks, Anthony!  The Browser Refresh and Clear Cache steps in code work great!   
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