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m_essaid
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6 years ago

NameMapping issue

Hi, I had with an old namemapping this structure : Aliases.Process.Form.Edit (on which I was doing a SetText() ) With another version of the executable, the mapping structure changed to Aliases.Pr...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    Yes.

     

    Remember, there are two "layers" to NameMapping.  There's the stuff that is laid out as NameMapping.Sys.Process.Form.Combobox.Edit and there's the Aliases.Process.Form.Combobox.Edit.  You can drag the "Edit" to be a child of Form in the Aliases tree while still preserving the full mapping in the NameMapping tree.  That way you won't need to change any of your automation.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

Yes.

 

Remember, there are two "layers" to NameMapping.  There's the stuff that is laid out as NameMapping.Sys.Process.Form.Combobox.Edit and there's the Aliases.Process.Form.Combobox.Edit.  You can drag the "Edit" to be a child of Form in the Aliases tree while still preserving the full mapping in the NameMapping tree.  That way you won't need to change any of your automation.

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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
6 years ago

Hi guys,

Thank you very much Robert, you let me save a lot of time !!!

Thanks again,

Mehdi