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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
10 years ago

A question about manual object mapping

Hello,   Short question : when I map an object (in this example the notepad window), TC suggests several criteria to identify it. As I understood, the goal is to identify properties that could mak...
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    10 years ago

    Hi Mehdi,

     

    Sys.Process('notepad').Window('Notepad', 'Sans titre - Bloc-notes', 1) is the path to the object in the object tree. Right now, you are choosing properties for only the window. So, WndClass is a unique property that will identify the control type and WndCaption will identify an object with the target caption.

     

    I don't recommend that you use Window('Notepad', 'Sans titre - Bloc-notes', 1) mostly because of the Index property. During the next run, or when several Notepad windows are run, the index may be different. Thus, TestComplete won't find the object.

     

    Anyway, you can always change the mapping properties and use the properties you want or you know the ones that will identify your control for sure.

TanyaYatskovska's avatar
TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago

Hi Mehdi,

 

Sys.Process('notepad').Window('Notepad', 'Sans titre - Bloc-notes', 1) is the path to the object in the object tree. Right now, you are choosing properties for only the window. So, WndClass is a unique property that will identify the control type and WndCaption will identify an object with the target caption.

 

I don't recommend that you use Window('Notepad', 'Sans titre - Bloc-notes', 1) mostly because of the Index property. During the next run, or when several Notepad windows are run, the index may be different. Thus, TestComplete won't find the object.

 

Anyway, you can always change the mapping properties and use the properties you want or you know the ones that will identify your control for sure.

  • m_essaid's avatar
    m_essaid
    Valued Contributor
    10 years ago

    Hi Tanya,

     

    Yes I already noticed the index of the process... I test in praxis only one instance of an executable.

    To be sure, I run a loop that kills every instance of the executable I want to test.

    Thank you,

     

    Mehdi