In Web Tests, How to Validate the values on a grid ?

You can do this with a validation rule. If the value in the combo is displayed on the same page as the grid, then you could do it with one valistion rule. If the value of the combo is on the previous page, then you would need to use an extraction rule to pull out the value of the combo, store this value in the web test context, and then have a validation rule on the page with the grid which pulls the value out of the context and validates the data in the grid. You can create a rule by doing the following:

1) Create a test project
2) Add a class library project to the solution with the test project.
3) In the class library project add a reference to the Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework.dll. This can be found on the .NET tab of the Add Reference Dialog.
4) In the class in the Class Library project add a using statement for Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework
5) Have the class extend the ValidationRule class.
6) Right Click on ValidationRule and choose, Implement Abstract Class. This will create the method that you need to implement which is the Validate method.
7) One of the properties of the ValidationEventArgs class which is passed into the validate method is the Response. This object gives you access to the HTML Response. You can get the response as a string and then parse it to find the values you are looking for or you can access the tags collection and pull out the html tags you are interested in.
8) In the Validate method, set the IsValid property to indication success or failure for the rule.
9) Then add the class library project as a reference to the Test Project.
10) Find the request in your web test which you want to validate data for and right click on the request and choose add validation rule.
11) Select your rule and choose OK.
12) Play back the test to verify the rule did what you expected.
13) As you are developing the rule, it is useful to run the web test under the debugger. You can add break points in your rule and then run the web test under the debugger from the test view window. Open this window by Clicking the top level Test menu -> Windows - > Test View. Your test should appear in this window. Select your test and then right click on it and choose Debug Selection.

If you need to extract a value from one reqeust and access it in another request, following similar steps, except implement the extraction rule class. In the extraction rule, add the value you want to access to to the context. The context is available off of the WebTest property of the event args class. Anything you add to the context is available to future requests.

Here is a code example for a custom validation rule: http://blogs.msdn.com/joshch/archive/2005/11/02/488398.aspx

Hi, all.

Can someone point me to a code sample where a control value is being validated?

Any help will be really appreciated.

Thank you.

For a custom validation or extraction rule to show up in the rules dialog, there must be reference in the project containing the web test to the assembly containing the rule. Also, the rule must be declared as a public class (which is the case in the code you posted).

You rule you posted is C# and the Web tests are VB. So, you'll need a reference in the VB project to the assembly containing the rule.

Thanks,
Rick

Here's one example...

A solution contains two projects, one project is a class library project which contains a class implementing a custom validation rule (RuleProject). The custom validation rule class must be declared as public and extend ValidationRule. The other project is a test project containing a web test (WebTestProject).

To add the validation rule from RuleProject to the web test in WebTestProject, you would need to add a project refernce for RuleProject to WebTestProject (right click on the references node and choose add reference; then choose Projects tab and select RuleProject). You should now see the custom validation rule listed in the dialog when you attempt to add a validation rule to a web test request.

Note, if the custom validation rule resides in the same project as the web test, there should be no need for the project reference. The rule should appear in the dialog as long as it is declared as public.

Does this help?
Thanks,
Rick