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gdave
Regular Contributor
6 years ago

Loop Test

Hi all   I intend to design a loop test where my keyword test will look at the 'Next' button on the screen and its property. If the button is disabled it will select number 2 from one of the drop...
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    dmiscannon
    6 years ago

    I'm not 100% positive, but I believe your issue is the Data-Driven Loop inside of your While loop.

     

    If you convert the keyword test to script you will see that a Data-Driven Loop translates to a While Not loop. So you have a While Not Loop inside of a While Loop. The code will not exit the While Not Loop until all data is read from the Data-Driven Loop.

     

    I recommend finding a different way to feed the different data to your keyword test

    OR

    instead of using a While Loop use an If.. Then statement to exit your Data-Driven Loop. In other words, for each iteration of the Data-Driven Loop check the Enable property and exit the loop using a Go To label if the property is set as you want.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

     

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gdave
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tristaanogre wrote:

Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.WaitAliasChild('buttonNext', 1000).Enabled

 

Put this in as a code expression.  It will return the "buttonNext" object's enabled property after a search and find of the object, waiting 1000 ms for it to resolve.  

Hi

Sorry for the delay in getting back on this as I was away for few days.

 

So I did try the code snippet here but the behaviour hasn't changed at all. It still iterates through all values from the ListBox36 and does not drop out of the loop as soon as 'Next' button is enabled.

 

I also tried changing the sequence of code snippet ie: placing it before and after ListBox36 item but still no success.

 

I then also tried to change the suggest code to :Aliases.TransactConsole.omTransactFormWizardView.PanelDataEntry.PanelButtons.BitBtnNext.Wait(1000).Enabled

This gave me a different result altogether. Screenshot below:

 

Not sure what exactly will help this to work as there are quiet a few test which rely on the success of this step. Thanks

 

 

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dmiscannon
Frequent Contributor
6 years ago

I'm not 100% positive, but I believe your issue is the Data-Driven Loop inside of your While loop.

 

If you convert the keyword test to script you will see that a Data-Driven Loop translates to a While Not loop. So you have a While Not Loop inside of a While Loop. The code will not exit the While Not Loop until all data is read from the Data-Driven Loop.

 

I recommend finding a different way to feed the different data to your keyword test

OR

instead of using a While Loop use an If.. Then statement to exit your Data-Driven Loop. In other words, for each iteration of the Data-Driven Loop check the Enable property and exit the loop using a Go To label if the property is set as you want.

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

  • gdave's avatar
    gdave
    Regular Contributor
    6 years ago

    You were absolutely correct. Data-Driven Loop translates to a While Not loop forcing the test to complete the iteration instead of dropping out of the loop at specific condition which was set.

     

    So in order to counter the above issue, I used While Loop along with If...Then statement so that the test drops out of the loop as soon as the Enable property is True. Also as suggested, I used Go To Label.

     

    Please find the screenshot of my solution below:

     

    Solution.

    Thanks.