HtmlTableCell Find by Search String

[John]

I have the following code that searches a table that can be indexed by pages.  What I do not know what is the return value of myTable.Find.ByContent when the search string is not matched.  Also what’s a slick way to do an index search in the pages till the string is found.  I want to mimic what a user would do in index.

Thanks,

John

Dim MySearchString as String
MySearchString = "Start All over III"



' Copy the table into a local variable to make it easier to work with
Dim myTable As HtmlTable = Pages.JointCommissionResources9.CphTracerPageRadMyOrgTracesTable
' Locate the row we want using text content (Enter the String to search by
Dim row As HtmlTableRow = myTable.Find.ByContent(Of HtmlTableCell)(MySearchString).Parent(Of HtmlTableRow)()

' Locate the delete icon (which is going to be just an anchor tag) located in the third column of the current row
'Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(5).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("uniquename=UrgbtnEditResponse")
'uniquename="UrgbtnNewResponse"
Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(5).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("uniquename=UrgbtnNewResponse")
'Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(4).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("value=Print/Preview")
' Now that we've found it, click the delete icon
link.Click()

HtmlTableCell Find By Search String

Dim MySearchString As String
Dim PageNumber As Integer


MySearchString = "this is a new tracer"
Log.WriteLine("Value: " & MySearchString)
Log.WriteLine("Pages: " & GetExtractedValue("x2StrongTag").ToString())



' Copy the table into a local variable to make it easier to work with
Dim myTable As HtmlTable = Pages.JointCommissionResources9.CphTracerPageRadMyOrgTracesTable
Log.WriteLine("Table when Nothing found: " & myTable.ToString)

' Locate the row we want using text content (Enter the String to search by
'Dim row As HtmlTableRow = myTable.Find.ByContent(Of HtmlTableCell)("Article B01").Parent(Of HtmlTableRow)()



Dim row As HtmlTableRow = myTable.Find.ByContent(Of HtmlTableCell)(MySearchString).Parent(Of HtmlTableRow)()

' Locate the delete icon (which is going to be just an anchor tag) located in the third column of the current row
'Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(5).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("uniquename=UrgbtnEditResponse")
'uniquename="UrgbtnNewResponse"
Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(5).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("uniquename=UrgbtnNewResponse")
'Dim link As HtmlAnchor = row.Cells(4).Find.ByExpression(Of HtmlAnchor)("value=Print/Preview")
' Now that we've found it, click the delete icon
link.Click()

[Anthony]

Hello John,

That will return a null reference exception if the search string isn't matched. See our code sample article on HTML Table Searching & Paging for an example on how to accomplish this against a Telerik demo site.

Regards,
Anthony
the Telerik team