Handling Windows Dialogs Using Selenium

Hi There,

Finally here comes a project built using Java along with Native Code that can handle Windows Dialogs.

The following can be automated  using Selenium - Java, on major browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome.
  • Downloading Files
  • Uploading Files
  • Windows Authentications
  • Error Recovery scenarios
Note: Works only in Windows Environment. cannot be used with Linux or Mac OS.

This Post is organized into following parts:

Go To: Handling Windows Dialogs Using Selenium Part 1  - Contains Details regarding Registering the DLL
Go To: Handling Windows Dialogs Using Selenium Part 2  - Contains Details regarding The usage along with Examples
Go To: Handling Windows Dialogs Using Selenium Part 3  - Contains Details regarding Upcoming Releases and Features
Go To: Handling Windows Dialogs Using Selenium Part 4  - Contains Details regarding API Methods


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82 comments:

  1. Unknown6 September 2013 at 11:46

    Thank you so much for the help.Yes, I have started working on webDriver as someone has suggested the same as you did.

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    1. Automation Tester12 September 2013 at 06:56

      welcome :)

      Delete
    2. Unknown17 May 2014 at 23:39

      You have provided really required information.
      And I have done a search for almost long time and found the below site as well along with your.

      The below website has also provided a framework structure, folder representation and steps to follow to design and implement a framework

      http://seleniumeasy.com

      Delete
  2. Unknown15 October 2013 at 21:47

    Hi All,

    I am getting the below exception:[ATU Windows Handler Framework Exception] Please Register the ATU_WindowsHandler.dll with your system. Refer to http://automationtestingutilities.blogspot.in/ for instructions
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandler.(WindowHandler.java:25)
    at WinHandle.testRUN(WinHandle.java:9)
    at WinHandle.main(WinHandle.java:21)


    Frome where i can get the ATU_WindowHandle.dll file

    Regards,
    Panikera

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    1. Automation Tester15 October 2013 at 23:00

      Hi Panikera,

      I have added the download links for the dll at the bottom of page. After downloading register the dll as explained in the post. Make sure that you have .NET v4 Installed for registering the dll.

      Regards
      Automation Tester

      Delete
  3. Unknown21 October 2013 at 23:27

    Hi Automation team,

    I copied the ATU_WindowHandle.dll in local directory and i run the below command
    E:\>C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe ATU_WindowsHandler
    dll /codebase
    And i am getting below exception: Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004. All rights reserved.

    RegAsm : error RA0000 : Could not load file or assembly 'file:///E:\ATU_Windows
    andler.dll' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception
    rom HRESULT: 0x80131515)

    sujjest me on this

    Regards,
    Panikera

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    1. Automation Tester22 October 2013 at 19:38

      Hi Panikera,

      Can you recheck the command you are using to register. As per the error, it appears that the regasm utility is unable to locate the dll in E drive. Consider changing the cmg dir. Or just let me know in which drive the dll is present I would give you cmd accordingly.

      Delete
    2. Unknown8 November 2013 at 08:31

      Hi Automation Tester,

      I actually only have one drive so I put the ATU_WindowsHandler.dll into the C drive. I run CMD and change my Directory to C and then and this command:

      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm ATU_WindowsHandler.dll /codebase

      I am getting RegAsm: error RA0000: unable to locate input assembly 'ATU_WindowsHandler.dll/codebase' or one of its dependencies.

      Delete
    3. Automation Tester8 November 2013 at 20:10

      Hi Mediha Aziz,

      Just a small modification for your command.

      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm C:\ATU_WindowsHandler.dll /codebase

      This should register the DLL.

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
    4. Unknown10 February 2014 at 23:09

      Hi,

      I have tried like above but still getting the same error.
      RegAsm : error RA0000 : Unable to locate input assembly 'C:/ATU_WindowsHandler.d
      ll/codebase' or one of its dependencies.

      Delete
    5. Automation Tester11 February 2014 at 01:58

      Hi,

      Please go through the part 1 for registering the dll. Kindly follow the complete post to resolve the issue.

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
  4. Mike22 October 2013 at 01:41

    Hi Automation Tester,
    I am experiencing small problem with jacod.dll . I have tried setting both jacob-1.17-x64.dll & jacob-1.17-x86.dll into the windows environment variables but i am getting this error message
    "Exception in thread "main" [ATU Windows Handler Framework Exception] Please add the jacob-(version-bit-type).dll file to the System path
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandler.(WindowHandler.java:22)
    at test.main(test.java:12)" .

    I am using windows 64 bit with java 1.6 32bit ,using Eclipse Kepler and i have ATU_WindowsHandler.dll successfully registered. Any advice would be appreciated.

    Regards,
    Mike

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    1. Automation Tester22 October 2013 at 19:45

      Hi Mike,

      Could you try placing the jacob dll in the root directory of your eclipse project. This is how I have been working out so far or alternative is to set in env, since you are facing issues also you can try loading the library using System class.

      Delete
    2. Automation Tester29 October 2013 at 10:54

      You could also try the following..

      Place the jacob-(version-bit-type).dll file in your project Root Directory.
      or
      Place it in any directory and use the below code to load the DLL file.

      System.setProperty("jacob.dll.path", "D:\\jacob-1.17-M2-x86.dll");
      LibraryLoader.loadJacobLibrary();

      Regards
      AT

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    3. biswajitpanda4 December 2013 at 19:36

      It worked for me...

      I am using 64bit windows 7 with java 1.7

      Few points I noticed

      1. Need to start "cmd" as Administrator
      2. Use "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe ATU_WindowsHandler.dll"
      Notice that the path should have "Framework64" for 64 bit .Net reference where as "Framework" for 32 bit.
      3. Should use "jacob-1.17-x64.dll" for 64bit
      4. Add "jacob,jar" as well as "ATU_Selenium_Utilities_2.0.jar" to buildpath
      Rest of the steps are as instructed by the "Automation Tester" above


      @Automation Tester : Thanks for sharing such ideas

      Delete
  5. naga26 October 2013 at 12:47

    Hi ,

    Can you please tell me how to write code for fileupload in c#.I am unable to find WindowElement in c#.Please help me

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  6. Automation Tester29 October 2013 at 11:16

    Hi Nagarjuna,

    for Selenium C#, do the following.

    Download the DLL file from the Given link in the post
    Add the DLL to your project reference
    Use the Class named "WindowsHandler" that has all the required methods
    Namespace is "ATUFramework"

    Example code in C#:


    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using ATUFramework;
    using System.Windows.Automation;
    namespace SampleConsoleApp
    {
    public class Program
    {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
    WindowsHandler handler = new WindowsHandler();
    AutomationElement chromeElement = handler.FindWindowByName("Apache Tomcat/7.0.42 - Google Chrome");
    AutomationElement saveAsElement = handler.GetElementByName(chromeElement, "Authentication Required");
    //further code goes...
    }
    }
    }



    Regards
    Automation Tester

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  7. Syam..27 November 2013 at 05:53

    Hi,

    I am getting below error.

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: m_pDispatch
    at com.jacob.com.Dispatch.createInstanceNative(Native Method)
    at com.jacob.com.Dispatch.(Dispatch.java:99)
    at com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent.(ActiveXComponent.java:58)
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandlerWrapper.(WindowHandlerWrapper.java:19)
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandler.(WindowHandler.java:20)
    at test.windowshandler.WindowsHandlerTest.testRUN(WindowsHandlerTest.java:126)
    at test.windowshandler.WindowsHandlerTest.main(WindowsHandlerTest.java:48)


    Mine is windows7(64bit) machine.
    Could you please help me.

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  8. Automation Tester27 November 2013 at 21:16

    Hi Syam,

    are you using Jacob 32 bit or 64 bit dll file for your project ?

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  9. Syam..3 December 2013 at 22:23

    64 bit dll only.

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    1. Automation Tester4 December 2013 at 22:09

      Hi,

      while registering the dll.. Have you used the RegAsm.exe from 64bit folder of the .Net Framework? as shown below

      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe

      once the registration is done, then you can use it.

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
  10. AQ4 December 2013 at 00:10

    Hi,

    I am also getting the below error when registering dll. Dll is present in C drive


    C:\>C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm ATU_WindowsHandler.dll
    /codebase
    Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004. All rights reserved.

    RegAsm : error RA0000 : Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\ATU_WindowsH
    andler.dll' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception f
    rom HRESULT: 0x80131515)

    your help will be appreciated.

    Thanks

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    1. Automation Tester4 December 2013 at 04:23

      Hi,

      Use the below command.


      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm C:\ATU_WindowsHandler.dll /codebase

      This should register the DLL.

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
    2. AQ4 December 2013 at 05:10

      I have already tried that by seeing your one of the reply.
      Tried again but no success again.

      Delete
    3. Automation Tester4 December 2013 at 08:26

      Hi,

      Follow this steps
      1) open cmd and type "cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319" and hit enter, this will change the directory in cmd

      2) now type "RegAsm.exe C:\ATU_WindowsHandler.dll /codebase" and hit enter

      this will register the dll

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
    4. AQ4 December 2013 at 21:37

      It seems some other problem.
      Same error again.

      Delete
  11. Syam..4 December 2013 at 03:42

    Hi Abdul Qadir,

    Open the command prompt as a administrator and than try to execute the command than you won't get the error.

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    1. AQ4 December 2013 at 03:53

      Hi Syam,

      Still facing same error.

      Delete
    2. Automation Tester4 December 2013 at 22:50

      The above command should work

      Another way doing this is
      1. Copy ATU_WindowsHandler.dll to .net framework directory
      2. Execute from cmd "RegAsm ATU_WindowsHandler.dll /codebase"

      Delete
    3. AQ5 December 2013 at 22:55

      All commands that you have provided are syntactically correct. But I dont know why it's not working for me.
      Anyways thanks for the help.

      Delete
    4. Automation Tester6 December 2013 at 09:26

      Hi Abdul,

      The command you are using for registering is correct. The issue is related to security concerns.

      to resolve this try this approach: after downloading the ATU WindowsHandler dll zip file.

      >right click on the zip file
      >click on properties
      >and then click on the "Unblock" button.
      >then click on "Apply" button
      >Click ok
      >extract the zip file
      > register using the command

      Hope this works for you :)

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
    5. AQ8 December 2013 at 21:12

      Thanks a lot. It solved the problem.
      Looking forward to many more utilities.

      Delete
    6. Automation Tester9 December 2013 at 00:34

      That is great :)

      Delete
  12. Anonymous4 January 2014 at 02:49

    Please make the DLL as downloadable.

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  13. Anonymous4 January 2014 at 03:04

    Hi,
    please provide access to DLL

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    1. Automation Tester4 January 2014 at 08:02

      Hi,

      The download links are perfectly working. once you click the link you will be redirected to google drive, from this page, under file menu you have download option.

      Regards
      AT

      Delete
  14. Anti Magi Ray7 January 2014 at 22:41

    Hey i am working on testing automation of an app Using java. i am having issues regarding the atu library. help me out.

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  15. Unknown9 January 2014 at 08:51

    Hi, I am trying to download the window handler dll from Google Drive, but get the following error:

    "Sorry, the owner hasn't given you permission to download this file.

    Only the owner and editors can download this file. If you'd like to download it, please contact the owner."

    Please contact me regarding this issue!

    Thanks, Nathan

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  16. Anonymous13 March 2014 at 12:18

    When running Selenium exception shows - Please register the ATU_WindowsHandler.dll even when registered the dll succussfully. Please help

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    1. Automation Tester13 March 2014 at 20:42

      Are you working on a 64bit OS?

      Delete
    2. Anonymous14 March 2014 at 07:24

      Hi AT,

      Yes it is 64 bit OS. Using jacob-1.17-x64 in the system porperty and added the jacob.exe to the build path. Using ATU_WindowsHandler.dll to register and added ATU_Selenium_Utilities_2.0 to the build path.
      But when i run the Selenium test shows that ATU_WindowsHandler.dll is not registered even though in administrator cmd window it shows successfully registered. Please help me.
      Sorry for posting it twice.

      Delete
    3. Automation Tester14 March 2014 at 21:10

      Hi,

      Wat about the java version and architecture?

      Delete
    4. biswajitpanda15 March 2014 at 21:29

      Hi All,

      Use jdk 1.6. It works perfect.

      The current version of Jacob library has got some problems with jdk 1.7 .

      Delete
  17. ASJ10 May 2014 at 10:42

    Hi AT,

    How can we handle this on linux environment.Thanls in advance!!

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    1. Automation Tester11 May 2014 at 22:43

      Hi Aman,

      This release is targeted to supported only in Windows Environment.

      #AT

      Delete
  18. Unknown13 May 2014 at 09:29

    Hi AT,

    I have an issue with IE browser. When i open dialog in the browser and try to execute the code. It's is working perfectly. But when i integrate the same code to the framework. It's not happening. Is the any wait we need to introduce in between opening the dialog and entering file path? i am using c# and here is the code enter file path.

    try
    {
    FileLogger.LogFileInfo(browserTitle);
    WindowsHandler handler = new WindowsHandler();

    AutomationElement runWindowElement = handler.FindWindowByName(browserTitle);

    AutomationElement textBoxElement = handler.GetElementByNameAndClassName(runWindowElement, "File name:", "Edit");

    handler.ClearText(textBoxElement);

    handler.SendTextUsingUIAutomation(textBoxElement, filePath);

    AutomationElement openButton = handler.GetElementByNameAndClassName(runWindowElement, "Open", "Button");
    handler.InvokeElement(openButton);
    try
    {
    handler.ClickAt(openButton);
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {

    }

    return true;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
    return false;
    }

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    1. Automation Tester13 May 2014 at 21:39

      Hi Sandeep,

      The scenario which you are facing is explained below.

      When a native dialog say upload dialog appears, the webdriver does not proceed to next step unless the dialog is closed, which means the next step for entering upload action does not execute.

      However you can still overcome this challenge by implementing threads - A java implementation is given in the blog, you can implement in C# in similar fashion.

      #AT

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  19. Unknown13 May 2014 at 10:58

    Please find the below link for selenium automation examples and tutorials.

    http://seleniumeasy.com/selenium-tutorials/selenium-automation-framework-example

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  20. Unknown9 June 2014 at 06:02

    Hi AT,

    I still get the following error even after trying all the solutions you provided above

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: m_pDispatch
    at com.jacob.com.Dispatch.createInstanceNative(Native Method)
    at com.jacob.com.Dispatch.(Dispatch.java:101)
    at com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent.(ActiveXComponent.java:58)
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandlerWrapper.(WindowHandlerWrapper.java:22)
    at atu.utils.windows.handler.WindowHandler.(WindowHandler.java:19)
    at com.automation.methods.AUT.testUploadFileFirefox(AUT.java:27)
    at com.automation.methods.AUT.main(AUT.java:15)

    Please help

    Regards,
    Vinay

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    1. Unknown9 June 2014 at 06:34

      Hi AT,

      After looking at the post http://craftingjava.blogspot.in/2012/08/javalangnosuchfielderror_9430.html it worked fine. I replaced jacob-1.14.3.jar file with jacob.jar file.

      Thanks,
      Vinay

      Delete
    2. Unknown9 June 2014 at 06:49

      Hi AT,

      This is excellent work, this has increased my scope of testing.
      Great Job!!!..

      Regards,
      Vinay

      Delete
    3. Automation Tester10 June 2014 at 03:25

      Delighted, Thank you !!

      #AT

      Delete
    4. Surendra17 May 2015 at 04:38

      Can u please send me the dependencies to ATU jar files for maven POM.xml

      Delete
  21. Anonymous3 July 2014 at 01:37

    Hi,

    Excellent job!

    Can we have a version which works on Linux also?

    Thanks,

    Rakesh

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    1. Automation Tester3 July 2014 at 22:35

      We appreciate your response. Currently we do not have one that works on linux, we shall post it if it can be possible !

      #AT

      Delete
    2. Unknown31 October 2014 at 12:54

      I did a version in JS which is working fuly inside the browsers, so its working onWin/Mac/Linux with IE/FF/Safari/Chrome/Phantomjs...
      See https://github.com/rac2030/SeleniumDownloadHelper

      Delete
  22. Anonymous18 March 2015 at 03:54

    How to put the ATU jars as a dependency in Maven projects.

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    1. Surendra17 May 2015 at 04:36

      did u get any info regarding ATU jars dependency in Maven projects.if you plaese share me other wise tellme is there any alternate solution for that one

      Delete
  23. Surendra17 May 2015 at 04:34

    Can u please send me the dependencies to ATU jar files for maven POM.xml

    ReplyDelete
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