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Problem with InternetExplorer 9 app.focus

Asked by Joost

I'm trying to keep one instance of the browser open. With firefox, this works perfectly, but Internet Explorer 9 just opens new windows, and I can't check how many windows are open.

[log] App.focus InternetExplorer(0) #0
[error] App.focus failed: InternetExplorer not found

       app = App(name)
        if not app.window(): # no window found - browser is not open / Does not work with IE
            print "## Opening new browser window ##"
            app.open(browserExecutable)
            wait(3)

            # maximize the screen
            type(Key.UP, KEY_WIN)
        app.focus() # this does not work with IE

So app.focus() throws errors, and app.window() returns nothing, even when there is a window open. Is this a known issue?

I'm using windows 7, 64 bit professional.

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Bekir Dogru (bekirdogru) said : 		#1

is
self.app.open(self.browserExecutable)
working?

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Joost (joostvanpinxten) said : 		#2

I've encapsulated the code above in a class, so that is better re-usable. I didn't modify it properly for this question.

So, to answer your question: Yes, it does. As it opens another IE window, I know it works. (i just use 'c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe')

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Bekir Dogru (bekirdogru) said : 		#3

I am asking just in case: in your error code it is written InternetExplorer not Internet Explorer, you may forget to write that space between Internet and Explorer words, this may cause the problem?

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Joost (joostvanpinxten) said : 		#4

Thank you, very observing. This was the fix that I was looking for

I was using this name under the the assumption that it would register it internally. But it seems that the name must _always_ be found in the window title?

It says in the documentation:

"...create an App instance and use the instance methods afterwards (e.g. myApp = App("application-identifier") and then later on myApp.open())..."

And I read this as: you can choose your own application-identifier. But it seems that the application-identifier must be a term in one of the window's titles? This may be cleared up in the documentation, to avoid confusion.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#5

The App class's internal implementation is system dependent and same goes for the behavior.

On Windows, it is best to use
App.open(path_to_executable) # which is a class method (Java static).

and then define an App object based on the window title (or significant parts of it to group windows)
browser = App("Internet Explorer") # just as Bekir suggested

So in your case, your coding could be: (not sure about indentation)

name = "Internet Explorer" # somewhere, somehow before usage
browserExecutable = 'c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe'
        app = App(name)
        if not app.window(): # no window found - browser is not open
            print "## Opening new browser window ##"
            App.open(browserExecutable) # use static class method
            wait(3)
            # while not app.window(): wait(1) # would be more general
            # maximize the screen
            type(Key.UP, KEY_WIN)
        else: app.focus() # only needed if already open