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hunggsta
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13 years ago
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AWTComponent has unique name each time tested app is ran...TC cannot find component.

I have been using Test Complete for awhile and just got into name mapping.  For my java application that I am testing, the AWTComponent name gets appended with a different ID number each time it is ra...
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hunggsta
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13 years ago
Trying to add some text to a Java Text Field on an already launched app.  When I record the script I get something like:



var textfield = Sys["Process"]["javaw"]...["GPanel-133345"][Gjp"];

textfield["Click"](300,7);



I can run this script on the tested app and it will work.  But when I restart the tested app, the number changes for GPanel and it can't find it.



I tried:



var textfield = Sys["Process"]["javaw"]...["GPanel*"][Gjp"];



and I get that it can't find the object GPanel*