public void GenerateElemIDFile()
{
// First we build the list of FindParam objects we want serialized
// and add them to a FindParamCollection object.
HtmlFindExpression param1 = new HtmlFindExpression("TagIndex=table:0");
HtmlFindExpression param2 = new HtmlFindExpression("TextContent=~test1", "class=mystyle");
HtmlFindExpression param3 = new HtmlFindExpression("id=input1");
// Now add each FindParam defined above to the FindParamCollection
// and give it a key that you can use to access it with later on.
FindExpressionCollection <HtmlFindExpression> paramCol = new FindExpressionCollection <HtmlFindExpression>();
paramCol.Add("DataTable", param1);
paramCol.Add("TargetDataCell", param2);
paramCol.Add("InputTextBox", param3);
// Now you can serialize this list to a string or a file
// you can store with the test code.
paramCol.Save("C:\\AppParams.xml");
// Or you can serialize to a string to be stored
// in your choice of storage medium.
//
//Dim serializedParams As String = paramCol.ToXml()
}
public void UsingLoadFromFile()
{
// Given we already have a datasource of FindExpression's stored on a different medium,
// we can deserialize the data back into a FindExpressionCollection object and then
// select one of these FindExpression's to locate a specific element on the page
// like this:
FindExpressionCollection <HtmlFindExpression> exprColl = FindExpressionCollection <HtmlFindExpression> .LoadFromFile(Path.Combine(TestContext.TestDir, @"..\..\SupportFiles\FindElementsFromFile.xml"));
Assert.IsTrue(exprColl.Count == 2);
Assert.IsTrue(this.Find.ByExpression(exprColl["MainTable1"]).ElementType == ElementType.Table);
Assert.IsTrue(this.Find.ByExpression(exprColl["ProgramsTable"]).ElementType == ElementType.Table);
}
