The Development tools in IE11 no longer seem to let you run as IE 8.
Please do not tell me I don't need to do this as this is for SharePoint and I have no control over how it acts.
I am trying to add in a user and you have to run as IE8 or it errors out.
I hit F12 to bring up the development tools.
I change Document Mode to 8.
And I change User Agent String to Internet Explorer 8.
Then I go to my SharePoint site and try to add myself in with the people picker.
And I get a yellow screen with an xml schema error in the people picker popup dialog.
All this worked in IE 10 running as IE8 before windows update updated me to IE 11.
Use Developer Tools to change IE Compatibility mode version
Navigate to the site for which you want to change IE Compatibility mode version
Display Internet Explorer Developer Tools:
Press F12.
OR
Press Alt, then follow the menu path Tools > Developer Tools.
In Developer Tools panel
Change Browser mode to the desired version
Change Document mode to the desired version
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I've been working for few months with QTP (UFT One 15.0.2), and today it has stopped recording (when I do the actions no lines are written in the script and no objects are added to the objects repository) and recognizing objects with the spy feature.
I am using the WEB add-in, and as I've been working for months with Mozilla Firefox I have checked that the WebExtension.xpi is well added to the browser.
I've tried to open mozilla before and after UFT One, I've also restarted my computer, I've checked the size of the screen browser is 100% and that in the Record and Run Settings the option " Record and run on any open browser" is checked for Web.
This situation usually occurs because the company's IT department has changed the related policy, causing the UFT Firefox extension to fail to run normally.
You can check if the HP.UFT.Firefox.NativeMessagingHost running in Windows task manager after openning Firefox while the extension is enabled, and check if the Micro Focus UFT Agent content script loaded in Firefox debugger's Sources tab(note: you need to check the "Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes" in Web Developer Tools' Setting firstly).
If one of these things does not exist, you should check the policy change with your IT: did they block the related thing running?
If they all exist, you can open a CPE case to UFT One support. They will help you to do the further investigation.
I have checked that I had the same problem with chrome browser, so not an Extension problem.
Finally I have decided to uninstall and reinstall UFT One, but while uninstalling an error appeared and UFT persisted on the system.
After two trys I have launched UFT One and it has started working again.
I am not sure how long it will work.
I have an issue with spy Browser mode in Firefox.
I have designed a new RPA process on Dev machine where I have spy in Browser mode (in firefox) web page.
On my Dev machine the Browser mode is working good and the process runs very good.
The issue is on production machine where the modeler don't see the elements which have been spied on dev machine.
Actions so far done.
We have set all settings regarding Firefox to the same like on dev machine using the BP guide,
We have installed the same Firefox extension on prod like on dev machine.
We have set the same internet options.
Non of the actions have helped us to be able to spy elements in Firefox on prod machine.
My questions to the experts community:)
What else could have impact on the BP - Browser mode which is stopping BP to see elements?
What virtual machine settings need to be set/or what to check?
We have BP Version 6:
Application Manager 6.4.2.10610
.Net Framework 4.7
Firefox version 72.0.2
Blue Prism Browser Extension version 6.4.2.10610vycoxormiz (updated 30. Jan. 2020)
Thank you for your help!
I found the solution.
During investigation I came on this link
[https://superuser.com/questions/719875/google-chrome-always-says-google-chrome-was-not-shut-down-properly][1]
In the location "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
I have changed the "exit_type": "normal" to "exit_type": "standard" and immediate the
Browser mode on production machine was working and we could run the process.
It seems that the chrome when it wasn't shut down properly has impact on Blue Prism.
Adding update.
I have noticed that each time Chrome opens it changes in the Preferences file the status to Normal.
I have fixed the issue in that way, that I have added additional logic to my solution:
1. I have copied the Preferences file to a different location and changed in the file the status to Standard.
2. I have added additional logic to my process where bot copy the file from the new location and replace the file in the Chrome location each time he runs.
Hope this will help others with similar issue.
Regards!
Selenium leaves control after clicking to file explorer Browse button in MS Edge. This works fine in Chrome and Firefox but absolutely blocking to run next step in the code. I tried code via all possible ways and below code works to click to Browse button but after this step selenium leaves control because file explorer window opens. Is this Selenium or MS Edge driver issue?
Steps:
1. Open ajax web application through MS Edge (works)
2. Click to browse button through web driver core or java script method (works)
3. Selenium gone, leaves control till we close file explorer button (doesn't work) - this works fine in GC and FF.
4 (Blocked). Send key to type file name or implement AutoIt script (works)
5 (Blocked). Click to open button via AutoIt script (works)
6 (Blocked). File attached fine (works)
Working code:
driver.findElement(By.id("browseID")).click();
AND
WebElement we = null;
((JavascriptExecutor)ClientSessionFactory.session().webDriver()).executeScript("document.getElementsByName('browseName')[0].click()", we);
Environment:
Selenium version - Latest 3.6.0
Browser - MS Edge
MS Edge Driver - Latest Release 15063
Application type - Ajax web
This is actually blocking attachment functionality and it would be great if selenium will fix this. So far i just see Autoit is the solution as a 3rd party software but it is very tedious to add separate scripts for every browse buttons in the application, any code by selenium blocks due to OS dialog appearance.
I encountered the same problem. One solution can be to manipulate the "browse" window using an Auto-It script (for example). Right before click on the "browse" button, execute the Auto-It script and set a "sleep" command in the beginning to wait for 1-2 seconds. Now you can click on "browse" button. Works fine for me.
Same issue. To fix it i pimped the AutoIt script using WinWaitActive() as a first directive to wait til window is active.
I run the script in a parallel process (subprocess.Popen in python) just before opening the file upload
I need to test a Web application on different versions of IE (IE9, IE8 & IE7).
I found that IE9 provides the compatibility view for IE8 & IE7 so I had installed IE9 in my test system.
There is one header META tag "X-UA-Compatible" by which you can set the compatibility view But in my case we don't have access to the source files.
If some how from selenium or by any other way if we can dynamically set the "X-UA-Compatible" tag then It can resolve my problem. Please let me know if there is any good way to Test the WebApp in different version of IE (7,8 & 9) from Single windows machine/instance.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Please do share your experience with this.
Thanks.
For testing your web application on different version of IE you can use online test tools, IETester, IECollection, Microsoft TestDrive
or in IE 8 & 9 press F12 and select IE version from Browser Mode menu
You speak about compatibility mode. Not sure if you know this but if you dont, press F12 in IE 9 to open developer tools. From there, you can set rendering version. This is the way I test on different IE versions.
From the official source:
4 ways tp test...
Another solution, you can try is spoon.net/, which is online simulator for browsers. You can select different browsers & versions there. You could also find other similar online simulator.
Microsoft provide virtual machines for different versions of IE at http://modern.ie . So, on a single machine it is possible to have multiple test versions of IE by running your tests in a virtual machine.
Update Nov 2014: There is now a way to achieve this.
Spoon has a Selenium grid that runs all versions of IE (Chrome and Firefox too) on the same Windows dev machine.
It uses the Spoon virtual machine to achieve this, by virtualizing a selenium setup including all browser nodes.
Its 100% compatible with your existing selenium tests. You don't need to launch the nodes beforehard, they launch on demand when test code requires a specific browser/version via capabilities.
Disclaimer: I work at Spoon and helped build this.
Anyone that has installed the new IE9 know if I can keep IE8 installed? I do a lot of web testing and don't want to update to IE9 if I loose IE8.
best way is to install a Virtual Machine
Per Microsoft:
If you are running Windows Vista or
Windows 7 on your computer, you can
install the Internet Explorer 9 Beta
to replace your existing version of
Internet Explorer. After you install
Internet Explorer 9, you can uninstall
it to restore the previously installed
version of Internet Explorer.
So no, it will overwrite IE8 (at least the Beta will. I suppose this is not guaranteed to be the same for the release version).
I use Virtual PC with images of the browsers I need to test, but also and more lately, IETester, http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. It allows you to run multiple versions of IE side by side.
If you want to be able to play with the new features of IE9 without installing the entire browser (which will replace IE8) you can install the Platform Preview. The PP is stand-alone, includes the latest features and bug fixes and has been getting updated roughly every 8 weeks. You can get the latest Platform Preview at:
www.ietestdrive.com
FYI: the production IE 9 does not accurately reproduce IE 8. I've got a CSS issue I'm chasing down now because IE 9's IE 8 mode isn't the same as real IE 8.
If you are concerned with testing how your site looks in IE8/7, you can use the Developer Tools (press F12) to switch the Browser modes and Document modes so that IE9 interacts with the web server as a different user agent, and renders the HTML document according to the version rules.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-sg/ie/ff468705(en-us).aspx#_New_Dev_Tools
IE9 beta is released as a Windows update, so after installing it and playing around, you can remove it from Programs and Features -> Installed Updates, which will recover IE8.
hit f12 on ie9, it will pop up the debug console. In the menu there is a browser mode option where you can set the browser to display as ie8 and a bunch of other versions too.
Also, if you're mouse focus is on the console and you hit ctrl+r, it will clear your browser cache... This is a feature that all the other browser debuggers lack.. ability to quickly clear cache.... I'm rambling now.
The best way to see your site on old versions of IE is that:
If you have IE9+, open your current version of InternetExplorer, press F12, click on "Browser Mode" tab, then choose the version you want.
see screenshot here:
Works better than IE-tester, and easier than using virtual machine.