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DIMWSH
New Contributor
7 years ago

Comparing object inner text to Excel data in VBScript using DDT Driver

The following script obtains the inner text of an object in a web application and checks to see if the contents are equal to a column in an Excel document. The driver script is where I'm using the DD...
baxatob's avatar
baxatob
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1. Be sure that your DDT driver returns the string type value from the Excel file

2. Use contentText property instead of innerText - it's a common recommended rule for web testing using TestComplete.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

In addition to what baxatob says, there may be non-printing characters in the innerText, even the contentText, that may cause a difference.  Try examining the item directly in TestComplete object spy and see what possible line breaks, carraige returns, etc., might be there.