Error while invoking Internet Explorer browser using Selenium

Question

Can anyone please help with the Selenium code below. I am getting an error while invoking Internet Explorer for automation testing.

Code :

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class Demo {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","C:\\microsoftwebdriver\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe");

    WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
    driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
    System.out.println(driver.getTitle());

  }

}

Error screenshot attached:

Answer 1

InternetExplorerDriver

InternetExplorerDriver class is the WebDriver implementation that controls the IEServerDriver and and allows you to drive Internet Explorer browser running on the local machine. This class is provided as a convenience for easily testing the InternetExplorer browser. The control server which each instance communicates with will live and die with the instance.

To create a new instance of the IEServerDriver you need to use the IEServerDriver binary instead of MicrosoftWebDriver.exe which you need to download from selenium-release.storage, unzip and provide the absolute path within the System.setProperty() line. So your effective code block will be:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class Demo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","C:\\path\\to\\IEServerDriver.exe");
        WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
        driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
        System.out.println(driver.getTitle());
    }
}