FindChild method error - "Object doesn't support this property or method"

Hallo All Am accessing email from Malinator.com. Never had issues before, but this morning I am getting an error when I try the following: var page = "https://www.mailinator.com/inbox2.jsp*";...

HKosova
8 years ago
royd wrote:

Am accessing email from Malinator.com. Never had issues before, but this morning I am getting an error when I try the following:

var page = "https://www.mailinator.com/inbox2.jsp*"; page.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC", 20).Click();

I am using TestComplete 12, IE11 and JScript. It is worth mentioning that I have checked that all my Web extensions are enabled (I had a situation here few of them were unchecked!).

P.S.: Just noticed that, while typing "page.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC", 20).Cli ...", autocomplete is not popping up!

Hi Dave,

The problem is that page is a string, it should be a Page object:

var url = "https://www.mailinator.com/inbox2.jsp*"; var page = Sys.Browser().Page(url); page.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC", 20).Click();

or if using Name Mapping/Aliases:

Aliases.browser.pageMailinator.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC", 20).Click();

royd

Regular Contributor

Hi Shankar

I am using Mailinator, I double checked the structure of the page has not changed as far as I can tell. Besides, the only property I am using is "contentText", in Object Spy once I target the subject line, click the "Highlight" button, it does highlight.

Take a look here: https://www.mailinator.com/inbox2.jsp?public_to=testing#/#public_maildirdiv

and here is what I have in this example:

page = https://www.mailinator.com

page.FndChild("contentText", "How to Turn a Stopover in Qatar into a Bonus Vacation", 20).Click();

Thanks

shankar_r

Community Hero

8 years ago

Could please share the page properties in Name mapping? I'm thinking identifying page object has the issue

tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
8 years ago
If FindChild returns an empty object the behavior's you're seeing would be happening. So, for some reason, you're not finding the object you're looking for.

Something to try... separate the line for finding the child from the one where you're clicking... basically, run the findChild and assign the result to another variable which you'll then use to execute the click. Drop a breakpoint on that second line and bring up your Object Browser and so on to make sure that, at the time you're doing what you want to do, that the information is available. Make sure that your FindChild also returns a non-empty object at that breakpoint.

Keep in mind that "contentText" is the content not just of the object you are looking for but all it's child objects as well... the entire contents of the web object in a single field. So, you're searching STRICTLY for a specific string... it could be that there are other characters (hidden formatting characters, carriage returns, spaces, etc) that may be present in the actual string that you need to account for.
- royd
  Regular Contributor
  8 years ago
  Hi Robert
  
  I tried as you suggested, but did not work. But I noticed that it is a "panel", although methods tab says Find and FindChild is available! Wondering if that may be something causing the trouble?
  
  var page = "https://www.mailinator.com"; var message = FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC - Facility", 50); page.message.Click();
  
  Shankar:
  Here is what you asked for;
  
  'panel' propertyexample: red rectagle is the 'panel'object spy
  - tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago
    More correct code would be
    
    var page = "https://www.mailinator.com"; var message = page.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC - Facility", 50); message.Click();
    
    The problem you're experiencing is not with the FindChild but with the "Click"... if FindChild returns an empty object, "Click" is not a property or method on the object.
    
    Something to try:
    
    var page = "https://www.mailinator.com"; var message = page.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC*", 50); message.Click();
    
    Notice the astrisk I added in. See if, for some reason or another, there are extra characters and/or spaces after the THC that contentText is returning that you need to account for.
    
    BTW, if it's mapped as you have it indicated in the screenshots, you shouldn't even need to use "FindChild". Your code could simply be
    
    Aliases.browser.pageMalinator.emailMsg.Click()
    
    But in your screenshots, the "MappedName" is blank so, again, there's something not quite matching up. Try the wildcard that I noted above and see if that fixes it.
    
    You might also, since again you have stuff mapped, try
    
    message = Aliases.browser.pageMalinator.FindChild("contentText", "Important Information from THC - Facility*", 50); message.Click();