Best practices for Web Page elements

Hi Robert Martin,



I there any way  to work with both the approaches like first i search my object with namemapping and Is the object not found then i automatically use the properties added in namemapping corresponding to that object to use with .Find method e.g



Function k_clickLink(PageName,ObjectName,oRow)

If PageName <> "" then

a=k_ObjectExistence(PageName,ObjectName)

Eval("Aliases.iexplore." & PageName & "." & ObjectName & ".Click")

Log.Message ("Click operation performed on " & ObjectName)

End if

End Function







Function k_ObjectExistence(PageName,ObjectName)

Dim Page_Name, Object_Name

Page_Name = PageName

Object_Name = ObjectName

  For i = 1 to 5

  If Eval("Aliases.iexplore." & Page_Name & "." & Object_Name &".Exists" ) = "True" then

    Log.Message (Object_Name & " exists on the page " & Page_Name)

    exit for

    else

    Log.Message ("Checking existance of " & Object_Name & " in iteration "  & i & " on page "& Page_Name)

    delay(2000)

    Aliases.iexplore.Page_Name.Refresh

  End if

  Next  

End Function



Here in above example what i m doing is, I create a NameMapping file and Used extended find for all objects so that my objects comes just under my page in the hierarchy. I made a function "k_ObjectExistence" just to check the existance of object using Exists method.



I want any solution in which if my objects doesn't gets identified on the page using Aliases my function will return any True/False value basis which I use properties of objects defined in the NameMapping to use with .Find method in the same function defined above.







...Thanks in advance