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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

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