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dhundley
Regular Contributor
2 years ago

how to best handle objects that get mapped with names that vary from one run of the AUT to another

This is a case that i just opened with SmartBear support but i'm also pasting in the forum to see if i get a quicker solution   The desktop application, for which we are developing automation, ca...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    2 years ago

    Yes, you can use wildcards for the index but I would try and find another field to use in the mapping that's stable and unique. We avoid using index in the map for this very reason. The time it takes to edit the mapping to use another field is minimal and will be worth it in the long run.

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Marsha_R
Moderator
2 years ago

Yes, you can use wildcards for the index but I would try and find another field to use in the mapping that's stable and unique. We avoid using index in the map for this very reason. The time it takes to edit the mapping to use another field is minimal and will be worth it in the long run.

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    dhundley
    Regular Contributor
    2 years ago

    i removed the index property which required an integer and therefore could not be replaced with the wildcard character. i replaced that with the name which had the index value included as a string thus allowing the use of the *. I also added the Visible = True and the VisibleOnScreen = True properties to identify the object and all that appears to be working. I was able to move any child objects from the other objects (which had been created with an integer on the end) into the main object (without an ending integer). As I moved them I simply answered No to deleting the aliases but Yes to correcting in the keyword tests. then i repeated that process down in the aliases section until I was left with just the one main UltraTabPageControl object with everything under it. There were a few places where the old names were in IF statements or the Value column of a keyword test that I had to manually change but so far it looks good. Thanks!