IE 6 WebAii Problems.

[Alistair]

Hi Guys,

I am currently running IE6, with the latest WebAii, and when I set the browser to InternetExplorer I get the following:

SetUp : System.ApplicationException : Exception thrown attempting to launch Internet Explorer. Please make sure Internet Explorer is properly installed and you are able to launch it.
  ----> System.TimeoutException : Wait for condition has timed out
at ArtOfTest.WebAii.BrowserSpecialized.InternetExplorer.InternetExplorerActions.LaunchNewBrowserInstance(Int32 timeout, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle, String pipename)
at ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.Manager.LaunchNewBrowser(BrowserType browserToLaunch, Boolean waitForBrowserToConnect, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle, String arguments)
at ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.Manager.LaunchNewBrowser(BrowserType browserToLaunch)
at WebAiiTestClass.TestBase.TestBaseSetUp() in TestBase.cs: line 21
--TimeoutException
at ArtOfTest.Common.WaitSync.CheckResult(WaitSync wait, String extraExceptionInfo)
at ArtOfTest.Common.WaitSync.For(Predicate`1 predicate, T target, Boolean invertCondition, Int32 timeout)
at ArtOfTest.Common.WaitSync.For(Predicate`1 predicate, T target, Int32 timeout)
at ArtOfTest.Common.Win32.WindowManager.Attach(ref IntPtr handle, Boolean findTabWindow, Boolean loadClr, ref IntPtr hookId)
at ArtOfTest.WebAii.BrowserSpecialized.InternetExplorer.InternetExplorerActions.LaunchNewBrowserInstance(Int32 timeout, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle, String pipename)

The browswer opens but sits on about:blank.

Note that I am only using the WebAii, and not the testing suite.

The same test works fine in Firefox, and I do not have access to chrome to test it.

I have all the settings set according to:

http://www.artoftest.com/support/webaii/topicsindex.aspx?topic=configureie6

But still no help.

Unfortunately upgrading to IE7+ is not an option. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also just incase it helps:

namespace WebAiiTestClass
{
    [TestFixture]
    public abstract class TestBase : BaseTest
    {
        protected internal SilverlightApp App { get; private set; }

        [SetUp]
        public void TestBaseSetUp()
        {
            var settings = GetSettings();
            settings.EnableSilverlight = true;
            settings.LogLocation = @"C:\Documents and Settings\alicross\My Documents\Dev\UI\Testing\WebAiiTestClass";

            Initialize(settings, NUnit.Core.TestContext.Out.WriteLine);
            Manager.LaunchNewBrowser(BrowserType.InternetExplorer);
            ActiveBrowser.NavigateTo("http://localhost:4882/TestPage.aspx");
            App = ActiveBrowser.SilverlightApps()[0];
        }

        [TearDown]
        public void TestBaseTearDown()
        {
            CleanUp();
        }

        [TestFixtureTearDown]
        public void TestBaseFixtureTearDown()
        {
            ShutDown();
        }
    }
}

Thanks for your help guys

[Daniel Djambov]

Hello Alistair,

I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused by the fact we do not support IE6 anymore.

I can confirm that this problem exists with IE6 and WebAii framework. Upon upgrading IE to 7.0+ however, all NUnit tests created with our framework run correctly with IE.

What I can offer you, if this works for your use case, is to setup another environment (virtual or physical machine), which has IE7+ and run your generated NUnit tests on it.

Hope this helps,

Best wishes,
Daniel Djambov
the Telerik team

[Alistair]

Hi Daniel,

Unfortunately I need to test in IE 6, is there a way I can obtain a previous version of WebAii that works with IE6?

It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Alistair

[Daniel Djambov]

Hello Alistair,

We have created for you a special case and uploaded an old version of WebAiiFramework 2010.2.830, which you can download directly from this link:

www.telerik.com\download\TestStudio\Telerik.WebAii.Framework.2010.2.830.msi

It should work in your case for executing tests with IE6 - I have tested it with sample unit test and NUnit 2.5.7 and it worked fine under IE6.

Please tell let us know if it works for your case or if you need further assistance.

All the best,
Daniel Djambov
the Telerik team