ContainsText(stringToValidate);

[SD]

Hi there,

Is there an equivalent to ContainsText() in order to verify whether a button exists or not ? 

In the past I've been using an Xpath expression like //input[@value="Button caption name"]

and based on the return value which was true/false I could determine the existence of the button on the page. 

Ta, 

SD. 

[Missing User]

Hi SD,

I' not sure of a method that will return a boolean as you mentioned in the framework. Typically, when a page element is not found by a find method, null is returned by the method.

You can try using the Wait.ForExists() as in:

Find.ByExpression<HtmlButton>("Xpath=//input[@value=\"Button caption name\"]").Wait.ForExists();

Sincerely,
Nelson Sin
the Telerik team

[SD]

Ta for that...
For some reason it slips my mind find.xx returns NULL..;-)
If anyone interested that's an option for a test function that validates if a button exists on  a page...

public bool IsButtonExist(string buttonGUIName)
    {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
        buffer.Append("//input[@value=\"")
              .Append(buttonGUIName)
              .Append("\"]");

        if (Manager.ActiveBrowser.Find.ByXPath(buffer.ToString()) == null)
        {
            return false;
        }
        else
            return true;
    }