Unable to find dynamic dropdown items

Hi,

I am new to selenium, i got struck for a long time with finding a item in a drop down list that was bind dynamically by selecting item from another dropdown. my sample code is followed by:

selenium.Open(".../Default.aspx");
selenium.WindowMaximize();
selenium.Click("name=ddCountry");
selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddCountry_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");
str = selenium.GetText("//div[@id='ddCountry_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");
selenium.Type("name=ddCountry", strValue);
selenium.Click("name=ddCity");
selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddCity_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");
str = selenium.GetText("//div[@id='ddCity_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");
selenium.Click("id=btnRedirect");
selenium.WaitForPageToLoad("30000");

In the above code i was trying to do like after selecting an item in a country dropdown. few items were bind to city dropdown on selectionchange event fires. my problem is " selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddCity_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]"); "
when this code executes i got error like "Element //div[@id='ddCity_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1] not found". please provide a solution for this problem thanks in advance.

regards,
Venkat

Does this operation -

selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddCity_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");

cause page to load? In that case you would need to use - waitForPageToLoad("timeout")

Hi tarun k,

Thanks for your reply. i hav added waitforpagetoload command in my script now i got an error "Timed out after 5000 ms". im unable to find solution for this problem.

My sample code:

selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddItem_DropDown']/div/ul/li[" + count + "]");
selenium.WaitForPageToLoad("5000"); //Got error in this line
selenium.Type("name=ddItem", selenium.GetText("//div[@id='ddItem_DropDown']/div/ul/li[" + count + "]"));
string strItemValue = selenium.GetText("//div[@id='ddItem_DropDown']/div/ul/li[" + count + "]");
////ChildDropDown
selenium.Click("//input[@id='ddChild_Input']");
selenium.WaitForPageToLoad("5000");
selenium.Click("//div[@id='ddChild_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");
string strChild = selenium.GetText("//div[@id='ddChild_DropDown']/div/ul/li[1]");

Thanks and Regards
Venkat

can you try with waitForElementPresent method?

Use below code, this will may help you

Code:

Thread.sleep(7000);

Hi,

Thanks for all your replies. i hav tried all your solutions but nothing provide expected solution.

Thanks and Regards
Venkat

use Thread.sleep(3000); in between two drop down lists(country and city). It will stops the execution for given time and waits for the city drop down list to load

Hi,

After clicking on the dropdown

boolean blnSelect=false;
int intSec=0;
while(blnSelect==false && intSec<120)
{
try
{
if(selenium.isElementPresent("Element ID"));
blnSelect=true;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
intSec++;
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
}

Where 'Element ID' is the element you are waiting for.

Please use this it might help.
After waiting until the element present you can your further comments.