Start timer for calculating the time needed to execute this step
Some errors retry the step up to 3 times – so if it is first time reset to indicate this as first attempt – in any case increment attempt count
Check if the test suite or test case has received a signal to stop execution, if yes, abort the execution
If apicapture flag is on – update the test step info to indicate the step for which apis are being captured
If in debug mode – handle debugging options
If conditional logic defined for step –
Evaluate the expression – look at section “Evaluating Conditional Logic”
If-true and expression evaluates to true then execute step else skip step
If-false and expression evaluates to false then execute step else skip step
If step has been disabled then skip step
If merge copilot is on and reached the step where user wants to add new steps – then wait for the seleniumwaittime – (typically 300s) and then exit. In the background the user can add the new steps.
Process testdata – Look at the Processing Testdata Section for details
If the step has a variable defined – assign the generated or evaluated data testdata to the variable
If any of the element locator have variables defined in them – the variable is replaced with the runtime value
For a multi run case – multi data sets – checks if we have reached end of file – as in all data sets have been processed, if yes, exits
Mask any sensitive data – write masked data to log file for non sensitive data
If wait time is setup – wait for the prescribed time
If the windowid of current step is different to the windoid of the previous step
If (Keyword → Window action → Create) – current step needs to execute on a different window than the previous step – launch a browser window and go to next step
Else Switch to new window
Check if the windowid is mapped to runtime windowid in cache
If not – get a list of all opened windows and compare their ids with windowid
Switch control to the appropriate window handle
Cache the new windowid for the duration of the execution
If the tabid of the previous step and the current step do not match
If (Keyword → Tab) – current step needs to execute on a different tab than the previous step – launch a browser window and go to next step
Else switch to new tab
Cache the tab id
Iframes – if previous and current step iframe paths do not match
If the frame id of the previous step and the current step do not match – switch to iframe of current step (iframe to default or default to iframe)
If iframe path is empty – switch to default frame
If need to jump from 1 iframe to another iframe – first switch to default frame and then switch to the second iframe (iframe → default → new frame)
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