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Shivani21's avatar
Shivani21
Occasional Contributor
10 months ago

If code for element exists results in failure

Hello, I am trying to do following code: if Aliases.browser.Page("https://devtradewatch/tradewatch/Orders/viewOrdList.do",.FindElement("#colTD_0").Exists:     Log.Message("Records are available, nt...
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  • Shivani21's avatar
    Shivani21
    10 months ago

    Thank you for the suggestion. That would definitely help me for better representation of code and understanding as well.

    I could make it work by using WaitElement instead of FindElement.

    Thanks!

rraghvani's avatar
rraghvani
Champion Level 3
10 months ago

I suggest you breakdown your lines of code into something simple that you can understand, e.g.

var page = Aliases.browser.Page("https://devtradewatch/tradewatch/Orders/viewOrdList.do");
var element = page.FindElement("#colTD_0");
if (element.Exists) {
	// Do something
} else {
	// Do something else
}

Then check where the error is occurring.

If Aliases.browser.Page() is throwing an error, then are you using the correct browser? Does the URL actually exists in the browser? 

  • Shivani21's avatar
    Shivani21
    Occasional Contributor
    10 months ago

    Thank you for the suggestion. That would definitely help me for better representation of code and understanding as well.

    I could make it work by using WaitElement instead of FindElement.

    Thanks!

    • rraghvani's avatar
      rraghvani
      Champion Level 3
      10 months ago

      If Aliases.browser.Page() is throwing an error, then WaitElement() will not work either.

      • Shivani21's avatar
        Shivani21
        Occasional Contributor
        10 months ago

        Maybe you are right, I have changed the page and used WaitElement, and now it is working