java - Unable to run Selenium WebDriver tests with Internet Explorer Driver

Question

I encountered an error like below in the console tab during run my selenium tests using Java.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.ie.driver system property; for more information, see http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver. The latest version can be downloaded from http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html
    at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:177)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.findExecutable(DriverService.java:105)
    at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriverService.access$1(InternetExplorerDriverService.java:1)
    at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriverService$Builder.build(InternetExplorerDriverService.java:230)
    at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.setupService(InternetExplorerDriver.java:251)
    at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:172)
    at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:146)
    at superadminmodule.LoginInPage.main(LoginInPage.java:11)

Answer 1

You need to setup InternetExplorerDriver on your pc.Download from this place and unzip IEDriverServer.zip as you like.Place is in your pc PATH.See more detail from here.

If you use selenium web driver with JUnit or some other testing framework, you need to setup InternetExplorerDriver path into your code.See my JUnit sample setup;

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    File file = new File("C:\IEDriverServer\IEDriverServer.exe");
    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", file.getAbsolutePath());
    driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}

This blog has some selenium junit tutorials.You can also search many tutorials using google.com :D