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TESTUS
Contributor
12 years ago

FullName-Property changing arbitrary

Hello there,



im facing some bad problems here. Im running TestComplete 9 on Windows 7 and Im testing a VB6 Application.



Im mapping a button by its FullName-Property but when I restart the Application for some odd reason sometimes the FullName-Property changes thus my Alias isn't working anymore.



I checked the Full-Name and it seems to switch between those 2:



Sys.Process("Testus").Window("ThunderRT6FormDC", "TESTUS (V3.14.15) - Administrator", 2).VBObject("Splitter").VBObject("ctlContainer").VBObject("ctlSpezifikationSituation").VBObject("tabMain").VBObject("ctlSpezifikationReaktion").VBObject("Splitter_3").VBObject("frmReaktionen").VBObject("cmdAddSequence").VBObject("cmdAddSequence")



Sys.Process("Testus").Window("ThunderRT6FormDC", "TESTUS (V3.14.15) - Administrator", 2).VBObject("Splitter").VBObject("ctlContainer").VBObject("ctlSpezifikationSituation").VBObject("tabMain").VBObject("ctlSpezifikationReaktion").VBObject("Splitter").VBObject("frmReaktionen").VBObject("cmdAddSequence").VBObject("cmdAddSequence")



Im facing that problem since I switched from Windows XP & TestComplete 7 to Windows 7 and TestComplete 9. I tried to reproduce that error on WinXP with TC7 with no results which means that it is not my Application causing this problem.



I hope somebody can help me.



Greetings
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Hi Anand,


     


    Use a wildcard to change the variable part in the object name, like:


    Sys.Process("APP").VBObject("fMain*").VBObject("Img*")


     


    Also, I recommend that you watch this screencast to learn TestComplete's feature allowing you to handle dynamic objects properly.


     

  • TESTUS's avatar
    TESTUS
    Contributor
    12 years ago
    I just tried it with TestComplete 7 on Windows 7 and the Problems are gone!



    The Problem seems to be TestCompletere 9 related. Im using TestComplete 9.10.1894.7



    Anyone got any Idea what is causing this? Cause I would rather use TC9..



  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Hi Oliver,


     


    I've heard about a similar issue in TestComplete 9.10. What TestComplete version are you using? Try TC 9.20.


     

  • scott_staniewic's avatar
    scott_staniewic
    Occasional Contributor
    12 years ago
    I'm having the exact same issue with Win7 and TC9.20



    Running v8 scripts(converted to v9), when TC is running our vb application I get a VBObject value one time then a Window("ThunderRT6FormDC") value another time within the script for the same object.

    When I manually open our vb application and use the TC Object Spy I get the correct VBOject value everytime!



    This makes all my script very useless.  please fix soon.
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Hi Oliver and Scott,


     


    I've found a patch for the problem with the incorrect VBObject recognition. Could you please refer to our Support to try it? Let us know your results after that!

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Hi Scott,


     


    On this page, choose the product you are using - TestComplete. After that, you will be offered to submit a ticket to the TestComplete Support Team.


     

  • scott_staniewic's avatar
    scott_staniewic
    Occasional Contributor
    12 years ago
    Tanya,



    I've already submitted to customer support before I posted here.  I thought you were refering to a patch download.



    It's been many days since I have submitted the problem, is there anyway you can help me to get the patch sooner?  I can supply the support identifier number if that would help



    Thanks,

    Scott
  • TESTUS's avatar
    TESTUS
    Contributor
    12 years ago
    Hello Tanya,



    I posted the support request and the ID is M0109397.

    Hoping that I will receive that patch soon.