Object Lock error in HP ALM (QC)

If you get an Object Lock error in QC ("Object locked by 'username' ") here are the steps to solve it:

1. Go to Site Administration.
2. Search for the corresponding Project.
3. Find the LOCKS table.
4. Execute following script:
DELETE FROM LOCKS WHERE LK_USER = 'username'

How to execute Compound class names using WebDriver

If you have a Compound class and you want to do something like this:
IWebElement elem = Browser.Driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("name1 name2 name 3"));

you will get an error like:
"Compound class names are not supported. Consider searching for one class name and filtering the results."

The solution:
Use CssSelector, and put "." in front of each name, like this:
IWebElement elem = Browser.Driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".name1.name2.name 3"));

Remove utorrent toolbar from Chrome

If you have this annoying problem here is how to fix it:

1. Go to C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\ and remove CRE and Conduit directories.
2. Start -> regedit -> search for '\AppData\Local\CRE' and remove any related Extensions.

For Chrome Devtools

Here are some useful tips for Chrome Devtools.
I got this from one of my coleagues. Thanks Calin :)

http://anti-code.com/devtools-cheatsheet/

Have fun!

Selenium Server Setup

Steps to Setup Selenium Server:

1. Download and Install Java if not available.
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

2. Download Selenium Server.
http://seleniumhq.org/download/


3. Open Command Prompt in Selenium Server location and run the following command:
java -jar "selenium-server-standalone-2.25.0.jar"



4. In VisualStudio:

IWebDriver driver = 
new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub"),
                    DesiredCapabilities.Firefox());              

Get XPath using Firefox Firebug

If you need XPath here are 3 simple steps to get it.

1. Open desired page in Firefox (that has Firebug AddOn).

2. Right-click on page element and select Inspect Element with Firebug:


3. Right-click on inspected element and select Copy XPath:

Selenium Webdriver Basics

Some basic Selenium WebDriver stuff:

1. Click a RadioButton:
var radioButton = driver.FindElements(By.Name("colorname"))[0];
radioButton.Click();

2. Get a RadioButton value:

var radioButtons = driver.FindElements(By.Name("colorname"));
foreach (var radioButton in radioButtons)
{
  if (radioButton.Selected)
    Console.WriteLine(radioButton.GetAttribute("value"));
}

3. Check Checkbox:
var checkBox = driver.FindElement(By.Id("checkboxId"));
checkBox.Click();

4. Select from dropdown list:
var select = driver.FindElement(By.Id("elementId"));
var option = select.FindElemets(By.TagName("optionTagName"))[0];
option.Click();

5. Get text row from table:
var table = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("table"));
var row = table.FindElements(By.TagName("td"))[0];
Console.WriteLine(row.Text);

6. Get element using XPath:
var element = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id="gbqfq"]"));


7. Implicit waiting:
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));


8. Explicit waiting:
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
var element = wait.Until(d=>
              {
                   return driver.FindElements(By.ClassName("class"))[0];
               });
element.Click();