How do you make a script run on a different machine for same browser of diff OS?

[lbrian12]

I have a simple script recorded using the standard recorder which calls IE9 initially recorded on a Windows 7 machine. We have a runtime server that the scripts will be ultimately run on. This machine is a Windows SRV 2008 machine and had the same version of IE9 on it but for this specific OS. My Script has captured the IE browser pages as "Windows Internet Explorer - Optimized for Bing and MSN". When I run the script on the Windows SVR 2008 machine the script fails because it can't find the same name for the IE9 page as originally recorded. How can I solve this issue to make the script ignore these small differences? The Windows SVR 2008 IE9 browser does not show it's page header as "Optimized for Bing and MSN".

[forumstaff]

Hi Brian,

You can use wildcards to counter situations where the window title changes every now and then. For ex - "Windows Internet Explorer - Optimized for Bing and MSN" can be entered in the window title as "Windows Internet Explorer - *"

Hope this helps.

[lbrian12]

I have not found a proper way to make this work using smart recorder. When I put in Wild cards for either properties or windows I then even fail on my local machine. I think the problem is that I just don't really know where to insert the wildcard???

I need to get this working on my local machine so I know the technique works when I move the scripts to our runtime machine.

[forumstaff]

Hi Brian,

Attached is a document containing the screen-shots which explain how to enter a wildcard character in a window title.

You need to record the actions with 'Smart Recorder', save the test and then edit the window titles in the script to include a wildcard.

Hope this helps.