I have created a Selenium + TestNG maven project in Java using Eclipse IDE, located in the directory I:\Projects\. When I run the testng.xml file by right-clicking the project, it successfully launches the Chrome browser.
I decided to export this project as a 'Runnable JAR file' and saved it on my Desktop (C:\Users\Programmer\Desktop).
Now,
- If I execute the saved executable jar from my project directory by double-clicking it, the Chrome browser is launched. For example,
, however,I:\Projects>java -jar "C:\Users\Programmer\Desktop\runnable.jar" - If I attempt to launch the browser by executing the executable jar from the desktop, it fails. For instance,
C:\Users\Programmer\Desktop>java -jar runnable.jar
Below is a snippet of my simple selenium code:
public class GoogleSearch {
WebDriver driver;
@Test
public void launchBrowser() {
String PWD = System.getProperty("user.dir");
System.out.println(">>>>>>" + PWD);
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", PWD + "\\lib\\chromedriver");
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
WebElement search = driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
search.sendKeys("Selenium monk");
}
@Test
public void tearDown() {
if (driver != null) {
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
}
}
Project directory structure..
https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ag6dY.png
It seems that when I run the jar from the Desktop, it can't locate the chromedriver in the lib folder. How can I resolve this issue?
What else could be missing here?