Select HTML List

[John]

I have the following code to select an item based on the user role I need to create.  Is there a simpler way to do this?

Thanks,

John

'Default Span
ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus
Pages.CreateNewUser.PleaseSelectSpan.ScrollToVisible(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.ScrollToVisibleType.ElementTopAtWindowTop)
Pages.CreateNewUser.PleaseSelectSpan.MouseClick


If  Data("firstname")  =  "admin"  Then
        'Click 'ProgramListItem'
    ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus
    Pages.CreateNewUser.ProgramListItem.ScrollToVisible(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.ScrollToVisibleType.ElementTopAtWindowTop)
    Pages.CreateNewUser.ProgramListItem.MouseClick
End   If

If  Data("firstname")  =  "man"  Then
    'Click 'SiteManagerListItem'
    ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus
    Pages.CreateNewUser.SiteManagerListItem.ScrollToVisible(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.ScrollToVisibleType.ElementTopAtWindowTop)
    Pages.CreateNewUser.SiteManagerListItem.MouseClick
End  If

If  Data("firstname")  =  "staff"  Then
    'Click 'StaffMemberListItem'
    ActiveBrowser.Window.SetFocus
    Pages.CreateNewUser.StaffMemberListItem.ScrollToVisible(ArtOfTest.WebAii.Core.ScrollToVisibleType.ElementTopAtWindowTop)
    Pages.CreateNewUser.StaffMemberListItem.MouseClick
End  If

<option value="">Please select</option>
<option value="1">Program administrator</option>
<option value="2">Site manager</option>
<option value="4">Staff member</option>

[Stoich]

Hello John,
     judging by the HTML for the control it's an HTML select.
Let's say it's stored in the Repository (i.e. Elements Explorer) under the following name:
Pages.CreateNewUser.[Select]
This means you'll be able to make a selection with the following piece of code:
Pages.CreateNewUser.[Select].SelectByText("userName", True)

Now you need to change the entries in the "firstname" column in your datasource. They need to resemble the exact text from the <option> elements:
Program administrator
Site manager
Staff member

Now you can make the selection with a single line of code:
Pages.CreateNewUser.[Select].SelectByText(DirectCast(Data("firstname"), [String]), [True])

All the best,
Stoich
the Telerik team

[John]

Stoich,
I get the following error now.

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Auto\QA\Telerik\EDTestProject\Edition 4.0\Create User\Create New User WebTest.tstest.vb: Line 74: (BC30456) 'Select' is not a member of 'Pages.CreateNewUserPage'.
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Auto\QA\Telerik\EDTestProject\Edition 4.0\Create User\Create New User WebTest.tstest.vb: Line 74: (BC30451) 'True' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.


any thoughts?
thanks,
John

[Stoich]

Hi John,
   Pages.CreateNewUser.[Select] was just an example which I used in order to demonstrate the basic principle behind this. Depending on your application the control which you're accessing and how it's stored in the Elements Repository will be different.

First you have to add the control to Elements Explorer:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/support/documentation/user-guide/elements-pane-overview.aspx
You can do this by using the Add To Project Elements feature:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/support/documentation/user-guide/elements-menu.aspx

Once you've done this you will be able to access the element in code. You will need to determine the exact path to access it. For instance let's say the page which contains the elements has a Title of "My First Page". Let's say the element has a Name attribute of "My Selection Box".
The statement you will use in order to access this element in code would be something like this:
Pages.MyFirstPage.MySelectionBox.

I hope I've managed to explain this concept in a clear manner. Let me know if you require additional assistance with this.

If your app is publicly available please give me an URL along with a description of the use case you want to implement and I will be happy to create a sample test for you.

Greetings,
Stoich
the Telerik team