Unexpected popup windows are a common reason for failed or disrupted test runs. Handling them properly without code is hard. The PopupWatcherLibrary contains a range of useful methods that automatically deal with popup windows.
To use them, simply add the individual methods to the desired recording modules and configure them as described on this page.
Prerequisites
Two prerequisites must be met for the methods to work:-
The popup window itself must be stored as a repository item.
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The popup window must contain a UI element that closes it. This UI element must also be stored as a repository item.
Note: In this example, the OK button is used. You can also use the Cancel button or the Close button in the top-right of the popup. The best button to choose depends on the popup window itself.
PopupWatcher methods
There are four different methods, each with a different purpose.
StartPopupWatcher
The main method. Waits for a popup window to appear and clicks a UI element to close the window.
You can use this method multiple times to have multiple watchers running at the same time or one after another, each watching for a different popup, for example. However, running popup watchers uses resources, so make sure to stop them when they are no longer needed. This is done with the two Stop* methods (see below).
Available arguments:
RepoItemInfo findElement / clickElement: The repository item represents the popup window itself and the repository item represents the button that should be clicked.
Returns:
Here is an example of a finished method:
StopPopupWatcher
Stops an active popup watcher that has the same values for the arguments findElement and clickElement (see StartPopupWatcher).
StopAllPopupWatchers
Stops all active popup watchers.
PauseWhileExists
Waits for a popup window to appear and pauses the test execution until it disappears. In principle the same as StartPopupWatcher, but only waits for the popup to disappear by itself and does not click anything to make it disappear.
Result
With the prerequisites met and a popup watcher active, Ranorex Studio will automatically pause test execution when encountering a popup and handle it.
In this example, Ranorex Studio clicks the OK button. Afterward, test execution resumes.
The report also shows that a popup watcher handled a popup.