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mdehaan
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2 months ago
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Get raw Alias from sub object

Hi there, I've been using TestComplete (primarily Javascript) for over a year now but I never managed to figure out how to get the raw Alias value from a stub object.  The context: I have a generi...
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    scot1967
    2 months ago

    Hello mdehaan,

    This would be a new feature.  Have you dropped an idea in the Feature Requests forum?  If you don't think there is a way to do this other than through the returned stub object this would be the best action.  You could also reach out to support.

    Feature Request:
    TestComplete Feature Requests | SmartBear Community

    Support:
    https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/message/

    I hope you find an answer to this soon!  Don't forget to mark a best answer to complete this issue when you think you have one and drop a few likes for the comments.  We would really appreciate it!

    Have a great day!

    Scott

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scot1967
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2 months ago

Hello mdehaan,

TestObj.WaitAliasChild(ChildName, WaitTime)

If TestObj exists it will contain a path you can return and use as a string and then concatenate ChildName to produce the path you are looking for.  The stub object can't contain the path to something it can't find but you can log what you asked it to find.  Am I over simplifying the issue (missing something)?  Let me know. 😉 

var parent = Aliases.App;
var childName = "MainWindow";

var child = parent.WaitAliasChild(childName, 5000);

if (!child.Exists) {
  Log.Warning("Object not found. Attempted alias path: " + parent.FullName + "." + childName);
} else {
  Log.Message("Object found: " + child.FullName);
}

I hope this helps!  

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mdehaan
Occasional Contributor
2 months ago

Well, the thing is that the function I'm using gets the Alias as a parameter. Therefore I don't know the parent without calling Alias.Parent. Neither do I know childName for the same reason. I want to pick it from the Alias using Alias.MappedName but I need for the object to Exists before I can do that. And in order to use parent.WaitAliasChild(childName) I need the MappedName. Thus I'm running in circles. If I could get the MappedName from the stub object (which is based on an Alias being exactly what I need) then I could identify the Parent and childName.
I think the stub object should contain {Exists: false, MappedName: Aliases.Application.SearchField, FullName: Sys.ApplicationName.Yada.Yada.Yada.SearchField}

A little code example of the problem:
test(Aliases.Application.Screen1.SearchField)
test(Aliases.Application.Screen2.SearchField)

function test (Alias) {
   Aliases.Application.???.WaitAliasChild('SearcField')
}

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
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    2 months ago

    Based on your example code -  as an example, you can do this

    function test()
{
    // Assuming Aliases.Application.Screen1/2 object exists.
    search(Aliases.Application.Screen1);
    search(Aliases.Application.Screen2);
}

function search(obj)
{
    // Use the WaitAliasChild method to delay the test execution until the object specified 
    // by its alias appears in the system or until the specified time limit is reached
    if (obj.WaitAliasChild("SearchField", 30000).Exists) {
        Log.Message("Found child 'SearchField'.")
    } else {
        Log.Warning("Did not find child 'SearchField' within the specified time period.")
    }
}

    The parent object is Aliases.Application.Screen1, and you are waiting for the child object SearchField to appear within the 30 second time period.