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The snippet may | |
| have multiple lines, but only the result of the last line will be returned. | |
| <p>Note that, by default, the snippet will run in the context of the "selenium" | |
| object itself, so <span id="cbc_1" x-lang="CSharp" codeLanguage="CSharp"><div class="highlight-title"><span class="highlight-copycode" onkeypress="javascript:CopyColorizedCodeCheckKey(this.parentNode, event);" tabindex="0" onmouseover="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onmouseout="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onclick="javascript:CopyColorizedCode(this.parentNode);"><img style="margin-right: 5px;" src="../icons/CopyCode.gif" />Copy</span>C#</div><div class="code"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="highlight-keyword">this</span></pre></div></span> will refer to the Selenium object. Use <span id="cbc_2" x-lang="CSharp" codeLanguage="CSharp"><div class="highlight-title"><span class="highlight-copycode" onkeypress="javascript:CopyColorizedCodeCheckKey(this.parentNode, event);" tabindex="0" onmouseover="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onmouseout="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onclick="javascript:CopyColorizedCode(this.parentNode);"><img style="margin-right: 5px;" src="../icons/CopyCode.gif" />Copy</span>C#</div><div class="code"><pre xml:space="preserve">window</pre></div></span> to | |
| refer to the window of your application, e.g. <span id="cbc_3" x-lang="CSharp" codeLanguage="CSharp"><div class="highlight-title"><span class="highlight-copycode" onkeypress="javascript:CopyColorizedCodeCheckKey(this.parentNode, event);" tabindex="0" onmouseover="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onmouseout="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onclick="javascript:CopyColorizedCode(this.parentNode);"><img style="margin-right: 5px;" src="../icons/CopyCode.gif" />Copy</span>C#</div><div class="code"><pre xml:space="preserve">window.document.getElementById(<span class="highlight-literal">'foo'</span>)</pre></div></span></p><p>If you need to use | |
| a locator to refer to a single element in your application page, you can | |
| use <span id="cbc_4" x-lang="CSharp" codeLanguage="CSharp"><div class="highlight-title"><span class="highlight-copycode" onkeypress="javascript:CopyColorizedCodeCheckKey(this.parentNode, event);" tabindex="0" onmouseover="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onmouseout="CopyCodeChangeIcon(this)" onclick="javascript:CopyColorizedCode(this.parentNode);"><img style="margin-right: 5px;" src="../icons/CopyCode.gif" />Copy</span>C#</div><div class="code"><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="highlight-keyword">this</span>.browserbot.findElement(<span class="highlight-literal">"id=foo"</span>)</pre></div></span> where "id=foo" is your locator.</p></div><p /><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_Selenium.htm">Selenium</a><br /><b>Assembly:</b> <span sdata="assembly">ThoughtWorks.Selenium.Core</span> (in ThoughtWorks.Selenium.Core.dll) Version: 2.21.0.0 (2.21.0.0)<h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(syntaxToggle)" style="cursor:default;" onkeypress="ExpandCollapse_CheckKey(syntaxToggle, event)" tabindex="0"><img id="syntaxToggle" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />Syntax</span></h1><div id="syntaxSection" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style=""><div id="syntaxCodeBlocks" class="code"><span codeLanguage="CSharp"><table><tr><th>C#</th></tr><tr><td><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">public</span> <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">string</a> <span class="identifier">GetEval</span>( | |
| <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">string</a> <span class="parameter">script</span> | |
| )</pre></td></tr></table></span><span codeLanguage="VisualBasicDeclaration"><table><tr><th>Visual Basic</th></tr><tr><td><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">Public</span> <span class="keyword">Function</span> <span class="identifier">GetEval</span> ( _ | |
| <span class="parameter">script</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">String</a> _ | |
| ) <span class="keyword">As</span> <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">String</a></pre></td></tr></table></span><span codeLanguage="ManagedCPlusPlus"><table><tr><th>Visual C++</th></tr><tr><td><pre xml:space="preserve"><span class="keyword">public</span>: | |
| <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">String</a>^ <span class="identifier">GetEval</span>( | |
| <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">String</a>^ <span class="parameter">script</span> | |
| ) <span class="keyword">sealed</span></pre></td></tr></table></span></div><div id="parameters"><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl paramName="script"><dt><span class="parameter">script</span></dt><dd>Type: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span class="languageSpecificText"><span class="cs">.</span><span class="vb">.</span><span class="cpp">::</span><span class="nu">.</span><span class="fs">.</span></span>String</a><br />the JavaScript snippet to run</dd></dl></div><h4 class="subHeading">Return Value</h4>the results of evaluating the snippet<h4 class="subHeading">Implements</h4><a href="M_Selenium_ISelenium_GetEval.htm">ISelenium<span class="languageSpecificText"><span class="cs">.</span><span class="vb">.</span><span class="cpp">::</span><span class="nu">.</span><span class="fs">.</span></span>GetEval(String)</a><br /></div><h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(seeAlsoToggle)" style="cursor:default;" onkeypress="ExpandCollapse_CheckKey(seeAlsoToggle, event)" tabindex="0"><img id="seeAlsoToggle" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />See Also</span></h1><div id="seeAlsoSection" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style=""><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_Selenium_DefaultSelenium.htm">DefaultSelenium Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_Selenium.htm">Selenium Namespace</a></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="footerLine"><img width="100%" height="3px" src="../icons/footer.gif" alt="Footer image" title="Footer image" /></div><A NAME="feedback"></A><span id="fb" class="feedbackcss"></span><p />Send comments on this topic to | |
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