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Karthik_gowda
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9 months ago
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Choosing programming language

Hi everyone,  we have a requirement to automate the desktop application that is built on cobol framework , I am in a dilemma to choose the programming language that is either Javascript or python, b...
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rraghvani
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9 months ago

In this web example, if the button control does not have an ID, it will be identified in Object Spy like so,

Control with no ID

However, if the button does have an ID, it will appear like this,

Control with ID

TC will attempt to identify the control based on other property values. However, if TC identifies your control as Window("Edit", "", 69), then the Index value is the only unique identifier that TC has identified. 

The developers of the application need to provide an ID to the control, so that it can be identified by Object Spy like e.g. Window("Edit", "Policy Number", 69).