It is possible to map an object and all its child?ThanksPS:If more people are working in a same project suite (on the same software), what is recommended: - to use a different name-mapping for each project- to use the same name-mapping across the project suitePors and cons for the two solutions?Thanks

Hmm. Not specifically.But I know a couple of the people on here make extensive use of them:https://smartbear.com/account/profile?userid=27549 (Ryan Moran)andhttps://smartbear.com/account/profile?userid=8817 (Jose Pita)It came up in a thread a while back ...http://smartbear.com/forums/f74/t91186/core-layout-change-effected-dom-most-items-are/#91215And one of Jose's posts links to:https://gist.github.com/jpita/9954138Which outlines a lot of the helper functions he uses.I know Ryan uses central ones which he passes a top level object, and some identification properties to, which then searches the object tree below it looking for the object in question using the properties supplied and series of filters. But you need to exercise some level of control. If you search from the top of the tree for every single object, I can't see that being good for performance.When you use such functions is another thing you have to factor in. You can simply search out objects on the fly during the run. Or you can have a "setup" function which searches out all the objects the run will require in advance and stores the objects for use during the run. The second approach requires more work and forethought, but would probably have less of a performance impact during the actual test part of the run.I make some use of such things. But I also do tend to use name maps (as you'll see from the thread I linked to above) unless something is hugely dynamic. In those cases, I have used helper functions but they tend to be fairly application specific (so far, mine have had to use combinations of properties of several sub elements, which return a higher level element, which is then stored and has further tests run against it and it's child objects) so wouldn't be much help to you beyond the concept I've just outlined.Object identification in automated testing is always a hot potato and, as far as I'm concerned anyway, I've yet to find an answer I'd be happy to use in every single scenario.

If it's a highly dynamic application (which it sounds like it is) you may be better off using runtime helper/finder functions and finding everything on the fly during a run.The more dynamic something is, the trickier it is to make it work reliably with name maps.

Hi, Lorenzo.Yes, you can map all child objects of a certain object at once. To do this, right-click the needed object in the Name Mapping Editor and select Map Child Objects from the ensuing context menu. This invokes a dialog where you can select the child objects to be mapped. You can also enable the "Map objects automatically" check box in this dialog. This allows you to map all the selected objects automatically without specifying custom names and identification properties manually. TestComplete will generate default mapping settings for all the objects.As for using name mapping in your projects, this depends on your project suite. As far as I understand, all your projects work with the same application. In this case, you can share the NameMapping project item among the projects in your suite. This allows you to configure name mapping once and then use it in all the projects.Ann

Hallo,Thanks Ann for the answer. I knew of the "map child" option: what I was asking (sorry, I was not clear) is it is possible to map child recursively, so not only the child object, but also their gran-child and so on.

Hi,As far as I know, there is no such functionality in TestComplete. We have an existing feature request for that, and I've increased its rating based on your post. Thanks for the feedback.By the way, what do you need to map such a great number of objects for? Could you please describe your testing needs? Perhaps, we can find an alternative solution for you.Ann

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chdittmer
Occasional Contributor
12 years ago
Hi Stephen,

Yes this is pretty much what I am currently doing. The problem I am experiencing is that we have a plugin like architecture where we change the system composition depending on available hardware and client requirements and this changes the hierarchy every time. This means that every single time I need to set up tests for a new system config I would need to re-do the mapping. Currently I have the same system with 12 different compositions for which I would theoretically have to create a object mapping for each system twice.

Luckily at them moment I only have to test the one system but at any point in time some one could request I run tests on the other systems as well and the process starts again.

This could theoretically happen more than once a week in our current environment and spending a day each week just to create object mappings would not be practical for me.

Kind Regards

Carl
chdittmer
Occasional Contributor
12 years ago
Is there a resource of some kind available to explain using runtime helper/finder functions that you could point me to? If there is a better solution I will defnitely give it a shot.
ajitmore592
New Contributor
12 years ago
Hi Carl

Considering you will need to run the test suit again and again, eventualy we can identify the fixed object hierarchy and map those only. Once this done, move those changing child next to the fixed parents and enable "Extended find".

Following this exercise might get good results.

Suggestions are welcome! :)

Thanks

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