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DCat1223
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10 years ago

Help referring to an object in an automated Keyword test...

Good afternoon. I am testing a web based SharePoint application used to enroll employees and their family members in healthcare and dental plans. I have run into a snag creating an automated test to ...
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    DCat1223
    10 years ago

    Colin_McCrae and Marsha_R,

     

    I think I may have just figured this out - 5 minutes after my last post to you both.

     

    I started to tinker with the findObject Keyword test object, thinking I could do a find for dependent3 and if not found then look for dependent4 and do the required action.  Using that, I selected the button of the first dependent listed using the Object Spy in the findObject and it displayed as: Aliases.browser.pageHealthcareDependents.formEnrollmentform.table.cellDependentcellDependentcontai.panelCovered.

     

    Not the expected name containing "dependent4".  With nothing to lose, I put that in my test and it worked for both dependents 4 and 5!

     

    They say "even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."  I guess this squirrel just found a nut. :) 

     

    I really want to thank you both for the time you've put into helping me out with this.  I just wonder why the findObject would yield a different result than the property. 

     

    Thank you!

     

    Dave.

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DCat1223
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Ahh... Now I get what you're asking, Colin_McCrae and Marsha_R.  I pulled the Full Name info for another example and attached a screenshot along with the FullName property info for each dependent listed.  From what I could see, the only differentiation is between the Spouse - Panel(0) and Dependents - Panel(1).  As far as the children, I couldn't see any differentiation other than the "dependent4" and "dependent5" names... unless I am missing something.

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DCat1223
Frequent Contributor
10 years ago

Colin_McCrae and Marsha_R,

 

I think I may have just figured this out - 5 minutes after my last post to you both.

 

I started to tinker with the findObject Keyword test object, thinking I could do a find for dependent3 and if not found then look for dependent4 and do the required action.  Using that, I selected the button of the first dependent listed using the Object Spy in the findObject and it displayed as: Aliases.browser.pageHealthcareDependents.formEnrollmentform.table.cellDependentcellDependentcontai.panelCovered.

 

Not the expected name containing "dependent4".  With nothing to lose, I put that in my test and it worked for both dependents 4 and 5!

 

They say "even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."  I guess this squirrel just found a nut. :) 

 

I really want to thank you both for the time you've put into helping me out with this.  I just wonder why the findObject would yield a different result than the property. 

 

Thank you!

 

Dave.

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    Marsha_R
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    10 years ago

    Any time!  Sometimes all it takes is all of us throwing ideas out and something will stick.