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mgreen's avatar
mgreen
Contributor
6 years ago

FindAll returns blank in log - help!

Hi All -  Trying to get back some data when doing the "FindAll" method.  "Find" seems to work fine and prints to the log fine.  Whenever I run FindAll, it does not give me any error - but the log i...
  • RUDOLF_BOTHMA's avatar
    RUDOLF_BOTHMA
    6 years ago

    further to cunderw 

     

    You may need to explicitly convert the items that FindAll returns to an array

    function Find() {
Results = NameMapping.Sys.browser.page.nav.FindAll("contentText", "*", 1, 1000).toArray();
for(var i=0;i<Results.Length;i++){
  Log.Message(Results[i].MappedName);
  //you could break early:
  if(Results[I].MappedName=='TableName')  {
    break;
  }
} 
    }
//I tend to use for(var i=Results.length-1;i>=0;i--) because TC returns the find results from the leaf furthest down the hierarchy first and traverses up and in the majority of cases I want to look from the top level down - personal preference though
a_g_reed's avatar
a_g_reed
Occasional Contributor

Hi cunderw I'm running into a similar issue as mentioned by the OP. My question relating to that and your response is, how can I loop through the results and print each one of the objects in the array? My apologies if this is something basic or beginner; I'm a complete newbie to this and trying to learn by doing & from the TC Academy, Courses, Community Board, etc.

Thanks in advance for any reply or assistance.

 

Cheers,

Allen

tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

Not a problem, a_g_reed .  Newbies who seek to learn are better than ones who assume they know everything already. ;-)

 

Anyways... this is a basic coding task, looping through an array.  While this is test automation, you are, effectively, writing code so it is a good idea to find a coding tutorial somewhere as well.  For JavaScript, I'd recommend https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

 

That said... two things... you say "print the object"... that's not exactly what you're seeking to do.  An object has properties like "Caption" or "wText" or "ContentText" or something like that.  So, you first need to know what you're looking to print.  From there, it's a for loop like what is posted above.  Keep in mind that if the property is blank (like "MappedName" for the OP), then you'll print blank.

 

 

  • a_g_reed's avatar
    a_g_reed
    Occasional Contributor
    5 years ago

    Thank you so much,tristaanogre  - that definitely clears some things up for me. So, in other words, I can use a method such as FindAllChildren configured to return a property such as FullClassName? I guess I'm still a bit confused about the method's operation parameters. Would I leave the PropValues as 'not specified' in order to return all child objects with the aforementioned property?

    I'm going to be spending the day reviewing some coding tutorials :robothappy:

    Thanks again for your reply and advice.

    - Allen

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      5 years ago

      Hi Allen,

       

      > I can use a method such as FindAllChildren configured to return a property such as FullClassName?

      No.

      Refer to the Object Browser window in TestComplete. The tree on the left is a list of processes running in your system. If you expand any process, you will see a list of objects (windows, etc.) that this given process consists from and that are accessible to TestComplete.

      If you select any object in the tree (click on it), than the right pane will provide you with the list of properties and their values, as well as with the list of the methods (on the respective tab) that the selected object consisits from.

      .FindAllChildren method of TestComplete always returns an array of child objects selected according to the specified criteria (property names and values). And then, you may iterate through the returned array and for each its element (that will be an object from your tested application) you may access its properties and their values.

       

      The same, but in slightly different wording: You cannot search for property in TestComplete. Property is an attribute of an object. You can search for object(s) and specify property name and value as a filter condition.

      Once the object is found, you may acces (get/set) values of its properties and/or call its methods.

       

      For example:

      This line of code

      var resultsArray = paymentWindow.FindAllChildren(["WndClass", "Visible"],["button", true], 5);

      translated into human language will mean this:

      "Search the tree of child objects of the paymentWindow up to 5 levels deep and look for the objects that a) have WndClass property and the value of this property is 'button'; and b) have Visible property and the value of this property equals to true and return found objects as items of the resultsArray array."