mechanize question

From: Charlie (cji_work_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/19/04

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    Hi forks,
    I just have a question to ask about the Mechanize Module.

    These days I am working on the automate testing for some web
    applications. The idea is to act as a general user to play with our
    web application to do any kind of possible work. I am using the
    Mechanize to create that user's activities and so far it works OK.

    The problem I have is, from time to time, for that web applications
    some features may be added or de-listed. For example, an existing
    table it coulde go from the second one to become the second one, or a
    10th link becomes 11th. Such things happen a lot during the
    development cycle.

    Since my code is hard coded such as:
    " ... $mech->form(1); ... $mech->follow_link(10); ..., "
    I have to keep modifying the code again and again, to match the
    changes.

    IT IS REALLY A PAIN !!!

    So the question I have is is there a way to solve these issue. Any
    time when I reach a new page, there is way for me to know the list of
    forms, tabs, links, tables, etc, and I can just call them by the name
    associated with ? ( if there is no name, ??? ).

    Thanks a lot for the tips.

    Charlie

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