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    <p>I have my selenium automation test scripts run in firefox, and it works well. Now I want to run the scripts in IE, it seems it failed on the step of <strong>locating an element in GUI.</strong> It seems selenium can't find the element in GUI while firefox can easily find it.</p> <pre><code>String servicenameidtext = "//table[@id='release_hostsProcesses_list']/tbody/tr[2]/td[1]/td"; Selenium.getText(servicenameidtext ); </code></pre> <p>In fact, the scripts is recorded by selenium-IDE, and I have check about the Xpath, I think there is no problem of the element. <strong>But why selenium failed on this step in IE?</strong></p> <p>Could anyone tell me the reason? And how to solve the problem when running test in IE? Thanks a lot!</p> <p><strong>I want to locate the element "alarmlm" from the GUI by</strong> </p> <p>String servicenameidtext = "//table[@id='release_hostsProcesses_list']/tbody/tr[2]/td[1]/td";</p> <pre><code>P.S: The html of the part: &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr class="form-title"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3"&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript:ChangeVisibility( 'release_hostsSoftwareInformation' ); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="img/minus.png" title="-" alt="-"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Software Information&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div id="release_hostsSoftwareInformation_internal"&gt; &lt;table id="release_hostsProcesses_list" border="0" width="100%" class="Processes_list"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr class="title-column"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Service Name&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt; Version &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Release&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Installation Date&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;alarmlm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;mpm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;MultiPlatformManagement tools&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;4.0.12&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:23:52 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;annlabclient&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Annlab Client&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Annlab Client&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5.0.13&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:23:57 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;annlabserver&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Annlab Server&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Annlab Server&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5.0.13&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:23:57 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;recoveryalarmlm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;mpm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;MultiPlatformManagement tools&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;4.0.12&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:23:52 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;recoverystatlm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;mpm&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;MultiPlatformManagement tools&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;4.0.12&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:23:52 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;mrfctrl&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;MRF Controller&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;mrfctrl - including sipproxySubsystem&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;1.4.0.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Wed 10 Nov 2010 04:24:00 AM CST&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>Thanks to all, the problem is solved. The cause is: the html in firefox and IE are not the same. Strange.</strong></p>
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