Watin: Iterating through text boxes in a telerik gridview - c#-4.0

Question

I am currently developing a testing framework for a web data entry application that is using the Telerik ASP.Net framework and have run into a blocker. If I step through my code in debug mode the test will find the text box that I am looking for and enter some test data and then save that data to the database. The problem that I am running into is that when I let the test run on it's own the test fails saying that it couldn't fine the column that was declared. Here is my code:
/*Method to enter test data into cell*/
private TableCell EditFieldCell(string columnHeader)
{
var columnIndex = ColumnIndex(columnHeader);
if (columnIndex == -1)
throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Column {0} not found.", columnHeader));
return NewRecordRow.TableCells[columnIndex];
}
/*Method to return column index of column searching for*/
public int ColumnIndex(string columnHeader)
{
var rgTable = GridTable;
var rgCount = 0;
var rgIndex = -1;
foreach (var rgRow in rgTable.TableRows)
{
foreach (var rgElement in rgRow.Elements)
{
if (rgElement.Text != null)
{
if (rgElement.Text.Equals(columnHeader))
{
rgIndex = rgCount;
break;
}
}
rgCount++;
}
return rgIndex;
}
My thinking is that something with my nested for loops is presenting the problem because the rgIndex value that is returned when I let the program run is -1 which tells me that the code in the for loops isn't being run.
TIA,
Bill Youngman

Answer 1

Code that gets the table Column index. You need to pass the Table(verify that the table exists while debug):
public int GetColumnIndex(Table table, string headerName)
{
ElementCollection headerElements = table.TableRows[0].Elements; //First row contains the header
int counter = 0;
foreach (var header in headerElements)
{
if (header.ClassName != null && header.ClassName.Contains(headerName)) //In this case i use class name of the header you can use the text
{
return counter;
}
counter++;
}
// If not found
return -1;
}