HTML Parser Issue

[Patrick]

When assigning the following table to HTMLTABLE, it is unable to parse the rows.  Therefore the row count is 0 and i am unable to validate the contents.  According to the debugger, it is finding the table, just not parsing the rows.

any help would be appreciated.

Code:

//Find The main Grid
HtmlDiv GridDiv = ActiveBrowser.Find.ById<HtmlDiv>("globalSearchGrid");
//Find The Content
HtmlDiv Content = GridDiv.Find.ByAttributes<HtmlDiv>("class=k-grid-content");
HtmlTable ContenthtmlTable = Content.Find.ByTagIndex<HtmlTable>("table", 0);

Debugger Output:

ContenthtmlTable    {HtmlTable:<table style="height: auto;" id="globalSearchGrid-grid-table" class="k-focusable" cellSpacing="0">}

HTML:

<table id="globalSearchGrid-grid-table" cellspacing="0" style="height: auto;" class=

"k-focusable">

  <colgroup>

    <col />

    <col />

    <col />

    <col />

    <col />

  </colgroup>

 

  <tbody>

    <tr>

      <td class=""><input type="checkbox" /></td>

 

      <td><span>Test Matter</span></td>

 

      <td><span>5000000092</span></td>

 

      <td><span>2007-03-22T00:00:00</span></td>

 

      <td><span>Open</span></td>

    </tr>

 

    <tr>

      <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>

 

      <td class=""><span>ITP Budget Matter 2</span></td>

 

      <td><span>5000000023</span></td>

 

      <td><span>2006-04-11T00:00:00</span></td>

 

      <td><span>Open</span></td>

    </tr>

 

    <tr>

      <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>

 

      <td><span>test123123123</span></td>

 

      <td><span>5000000098</span></td>

 

      <td><span>2007-08-20T00:00:00</span></td>

 

      <td><span>Open</span></td>

    </tr>

  </tbody>

</table>

[Patrick]

Update:

If i use 

HtmlTable ContenthtmlTable = Content.Find.ById<HtmlTable>("globalSearchGrid-grid-table");

Rather then  

HtmlTable ContenthtmlTable = Content.Find.ByTagIndex<HtmlTable>("table", 0);

it will work.  However i cannot use any of the attributes.
i need it to work with the first instance of "table".

[Anthony]

Hello Patrick,

I am unable to replicate the behavior you describe. In other words, the following code:

HtmlDiv gridDiv = Find.ById<HtmlDiv>("globalSearchGrid");
HtmlDiv content = gridDiv.Find.ByAttributes<HtmlDiv>("class=k-grid-content");

HtmlTable table = content.Find.ByTagIndex<HtmlTable>("table", 0);
Log.WriteLine("Rows Count: " + table.Rows.Count.ToString());

foreach (HtmlTableRow row in table.AllRows)
{
    foreach (HtmlTableCell cell in row.Cells)
    {
        Log.WriteLine(cell.InnerText);
    }
}

...works for me against this HTML:

<div id="globalSearchGrid">
  <div class="k-grid-content">

<table id="globalSearchGrid-grid-table" cellspacing="0" style="height: auto;" class="k-focusable">
  <colgroup>
    <col/>
    <col/>
    <col/>
    <col/>
    <col/>
  </colgroup>

  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td class=""><input type="checkbox"/></td>
      <td><span>Test Matter</span></td>
      <td><span>5000000092</span></td
      <td><span>2007-03-22T00:00:00</span></td>
      <td><span>Open</span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input type="checkbox"/></td>
      <td class=""><span>ITP Budget Matter 2</span></td>
      <td><span>5000000023</span></td>
      <td><span>2006-04-11T00:00:00</span></td>
      <td><span>Open</span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input type="checkbox"/></td>
      <td><span>test123123123</span></td>
      <td><span>5000000098</span></td>
      <td><span>2007-08-20T00:00:00</span></td>
      <td><span>Open</span></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

  </div>
</div>

And here's the log output:

'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: Rows Count: 3
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG:
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: Test Matter
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 5000000092
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 2007-03-22T00:00:00
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: Open
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG:
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: ITP Budget Matter 2
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 5000000023
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 2006-04-11T00:00:00
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: Open
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG:
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: test123123123
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 5000000098
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: 2007-08-20T00:00:00
'5/31/2012 4:58:46 PM' - LOG: Open

What are we doing differently?

All the best,
Anthony
the Telerik team

[Patrick]

interesting. 
I'm running on 2012.1.411.0, is your version different?

[Anthony]

Hello Patrick,

Yes, I'm using the latest official service pack: version 2012.1.528. Consider upgrading and testing this code again.

Kind regards,
Anthony
the Telerik team

[Patrick]

The combination of upgrading and adding Ajax waits fixed my Issue.

It was most likely that it was an Ajax issue the whole time. I imagine that the "FindByID" is a slower process then "ByTagIndex", therefore allowing more time for the ajax table to load. Ether way it now works, 

Thanks for all your help!.