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GregPoll
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6 years ago

New Client - Suddenly testcomplete can not navigate to URLS - not recgonizing page IE11 -

Hello,   Using Keyword tes ting - version 12 - URL is valid in object browser but now testcomplete can not navigate to it. So - it cannot find objec ton the page.   See below - the Aliases...
IE
Keyword Tests
Object Recognition
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    GregPoll
    6 years ago

    Thanks again for the assistance. Actually I resolved it by using a run - browser - IE - URL to get it to work. Now when it calls that page with the URL it works? I am confused - what is the difference between navigate and run browser. It works with navigate later in the script to a different URL but when I had the naviage to URL with this particualr URL it did not work?

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GregPoll
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Thanks for responding. Yes, there is a long delay. It is a working URL and I keep going around with circles with  this. I point to it as asked (see attached)  - can highlight it  and looks okay. However, when I run the script it keeps saying selectfilterobject (which is on that page) not found because parent object not found. I go back again to object browser and repeat  etc - still not working when running script. I have to log out each time and back in when I navigate to diifferent URLS now.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

The problem is not the URL... it's timing.

As requested before, could you post a screenshot of the code you're executing or the keyword test steps?  Basically, when loading a page, there needs to be a "Wait" method to make sure that the page loads before you attempt to perform tasks against that page.   

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    GregPoll
    New Contributor
    6 years ago

    Thanks again for the assistance. Actually I resolved it by using a run - browser - IE - URL to get it to work. Now when it calls that page with the URL it works? I am confused - what is the difference between navigate and run browser. It works with navigate later in the script to a different URL but when I had the naviage to URL with this particualr URL it did not work?

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      tristaanogre
      Esteemed Contributor
      6 years ago

      As the name indicates, Browser.Run() actually runs the indicated browser and THEN navigates to the page.  Navigate uses the current browser from the most recent "Run" method to just navigate to the URL.  

      So... what COULD be is that the in-memory "current browser" value might have been cleared or somehow you've lost the "memory" handle to it that a call to "Run" corrects.