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blatec
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9 years ago
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How can i find the Alias-Path to a Webelement

Hi   I want to search for a web element by his id or name and return the Alias - Path. Can i realize this with a script?   something like:    var xxx = Aliases.frameMainwindow.Find("NativeWebO...
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    HKosova
    9 years ago

    In the general case, you can have object names like Aliases.browser.page.Panel(0).Link("myLink"), where only a few parent objects have aliases. So the idea is to go up the chain of parent objects until you find the one with a non-empty MappedName, then combine it with the Name's of other objects. Something like this:

     

     

    function Test()
{
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Sys));
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Sys.Process("explorer")));
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Aliases.notepad.Window("#32770", "Font").Window("Button", "OK")));
}

function GetAlias(obj)
{
  if (obj.MappedName != "") return obj.MappedName;  // object has its own alias
  if (obj.Parent == null)   return obj.Name; // Sys and Mobile

  // Append the object name to the parent object's alias
  var alias = GetAlias(obj.Parent) + "." + obj.Name;
  return alias;
}

     

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HKosova
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9 years ago

In the general case, you can have object names like Aliases.browser.page.Panel(0).Link("myLink"), where only a few parent objects have aliases. So the idea is to go up the chain of parent objects until you find the one with a non-empty MappedName, then combine it with the Name's of other objects. Something like this:

 

 

function Test()
{
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Sys));
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Sys.Process("explorer")));
  Log.Message(GetAlias(Aliases.notepad.Window("#32770", "Font").Window("Button", "OK")));
}

function GetAlias(obj)
{
  if (obj.MappedName != "") return obj.MappedName;  // object has its own alias
  if (obj.Parent == null)   return obj.Name; // Sys and Mobile

  // Append the object name to the parent object's alias
  var alias = GetAlias(obj.Parent) + "." + obj.Name;
  return alias;
}