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Gunacelan
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4 years ago

FindChildByXpath throws error in testcomplete

  Sys.Browser("chrome").Page("*").FindChildByXPath("//button[normalize-space(text())= 'Advanced']");   throws me unidentified javascript runtime error at FindChildByXPath     Note:Use Xpath and...
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Gunacelan
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And what if I uncheck the 'Use Xpath and css selectors' property , will FindChildByXpath work?

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
4 years ago

Hi,

 

> FindElement also doesn't work. Not sure what is the reason

Can you post a screenshot of the code and log?

 

> if I uncheck the 'Use Xpath and css selectors' property , will FindChildByXpath work?

Yes, it should, but this will disable cross-platform mode and switch back to default local one. (So you will not be able to execute your tests in CrossBrowserTesting and other cloud environments.)

 

> Sys.Browser("chrome").Page(...).FindChildByXPath(...);

Another possible reason is that page was not navigated to.

 

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    Gunacelan
    Contributor
    4 years ago
    1) I tried this without the checkbox "Use Xpath and css selectors" checked
    Sys.Browser("chrome").Page(*).FindChildByXPath("//button[normalize-space(text())= 'Advanced']");
     or
     
    Sys.Browser("chrome").Page("*").findchildbyxpath(%22//button[normalize-space(text())='*').FindChildByXPath(%22//button[normalize-space(text())=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">).FindChildByXPath("//button[normalize-space(text())= 'Advanced']");
     

     

    2) I tried FindElement selecting the checkbox and Using the below code
    Sys.Browser("chrome").Page("*").findchildbyxpath(%22//button[normalize-space(text())=" href=""*").FindChildByXPath(%22//button[normalize-space(text())=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">*").FindChildByXPath("//button[normalize-space(text())= 'Advanced']").FindElement("//button");
    or
    Sys.Browser("chrome").Page("*").FindElement("//button");