Forum Discussion

jose_pita's avatar
jose_pita
Super Contributor
12 years ago

10 seconds to find an object.

So, after having to redo all my tests because the developers changed all the structure of our webapp and all the name mapping objects were "Objects not found", I started to use the findChild function ...
  • JavierCollRodri's avatar
    JavierCollRodri
    12 years ago
    Hi Jose,



    The best way to decrease that time is using a closer parent, of course. But even if it keeps changing, there's no problem at all, TC will update the object DOM (and if not, you can force it to).



    So, even if the object contents change, while you can retrieve it there's no problem at all.



    Also, you can try changing the search depth. If you know what depth will always have (I assume there is no way an object moves from depth 5 to 12, for example), set this depth + 1 as search depth, just to make sure:



    celula = parent.FindChild(pro_name ,pro_value ,expected_depth + 1);

    celula.Click();



    You can check my blog, I've written a bit about it.



    Hope it helped!
JavierCollRodri's avatar
JavierCollRodri
Contributor
12 years ago
I was talking about scripting too. The point is that you don't have to use the page object to perform all the searches.



For example, if you know that there will be always a iframe with the same ID, you can search beneath that object, not under the page object.



On the other hand, if all the DOM may change during sprints... I'm so, so, so sorry. I've written about it on my blog too. Please check it to see if my solution helps you, but I'm afraid that a complete restructuration of a web page will mean an automation refactoring.



Good luck!