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mcaffrey's avatar
mcaffrey
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8 years ago

Ignore object in TestComplete if it is not on screen?

I'm trying to write a module in python that opens menu items, and closes them in a .NET application. For some menu items, closing the window triggers an alert box. When I put the object into TestComp...
Marsha_R's avatar
Marsha_R
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8 years ago

Well, it's looking because you told it to.  Once you say If Visible, TC is going to hunt that box down and it either finds it or says sorry couldn't find it and gives up.   

 

What I would do is give TC explicit instructions on what to do if it can't find the box. So, something like (I don't know your syntax so you will have to fix that)

 

if alertBox.Visible:

      alertBox.Click("Yes")

else

      log.message ("no alert box this time")