General
Limitations :
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If two minor versions of
Mozilla Firefox are installed on the same computer, and the earlier version was
installed after the later version, UFT may not recognize which is the latest version.
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UFT does not support anonymous
content elements in non-XUL frames. (For example, the buttons in the Mozilla
Firefox SSL exception page.)
Recording :
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Recording on Mozilla Firefox
pages is only possible when the page is fully loaded.
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When recording steps in
Mozilla Firefox, additional steps may be recorded.
Workaround: Manually remove
the extraneous steps after the recording session ends.
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When recording on some
Mozilla Firefox versions, if you perform a search on google.com by entering the
search string and then pressing Enter, the Submit operation is not recorded.
Subsequently, when you run the test, UFT enters the search string but does not perform the
search.
Workaround: Do one of the
following:
- When recording the
search operation, click the search button instead of pressing Enter.
- Manually add the Submit
(or Click) step to the test or component.
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The If Handler option in the
Web Event Recording Configuration Dialog box works
on Mozilla Firefox browsers only if the handler is assigned
as an attribute (for example, <A onclick = "some code"/>) and not if it is assigned as a property (for example, aObj.onclick = function() {some code})
Test Objects,
Methods, Properties, and Checkpoints :
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UFT does not support accessing
browser dialog boxes (such as alert, confirmation, or prompt) directly in
Mozilla Firefox.
Workarounds for Firefox only:
o Use the HandleDialog or GetDialogText
methods described in the Web section of the HP UFT Object Model Reference for GUI Testing.
o If the Browser("xxx").Dialog("xxx").Page("xxx")
object is recognized, either use a recovery scenario with the HandleDialog
method, or a Browser("xxx").Dialog("xxx").Page("xxx").Type
step to handle the pop-up dialog box. For example, use an Enter key to click
the default button and close the dialog box.
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The Object Spy and
Checkpoint Properties dialog boxes do not retrieve the current value of edit
boxes in Mozilla Firefox dialog boxes.
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The Object Spy and Navigate
and Learn dialog boxes do not retrieve the current value of tabmodal dialogs in
Mozilla Firefox.
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The Type
property of the WebButton test object has a different default value in Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. In Microsoft Internet Explorer the
default value is Button, but in Mozilla Firefox the default value is Submit.
Workaround: Do not use the Type
property in the description of a WebButton test
object.
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When using Mozilla Firefox,
the innertext, outertext, innerhtml and outerhtml property values may differ
from other browsers. Therefore, using these values in parameters or running
checkpoints that use these property values may cause the steps to fail.
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The following test objects,
methods, and other Web-specific functionalities are not supported in Firefox:
o ViewLink test object
o WebXML test object (and,
accordingly, XML checkpoints and output value steps)
o Browser.Object
method
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Text area checkpoints are
not supported on Mozilla Firefox.
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If you drag a tab to create
a separate window in Firefox, UFT
stops recognizing, recording, or running any web objects in the new window.
Web 2.0 Support :
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Due to synchronization
issues, if you navigate to a new Web page in Firefox while recording, then UFT may not record certain
operations on certain ASP.NET Ajax or jQuery UI objects in the page. Similarly,
when running steps that navigate to a new page, UFT may fail to perform certain
steps on certain ASP.NET Ajax or jQuery UI objects.
Workaround: If the problem occurs while recording, refresh the Web
page and record the step again. If the problem occurs while running, insert a Wait() statement before the problematic step.
