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Mango86
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5 years ago

Object does not exist

I try to let TC enter login details in a textbox. The error keeps showing during playback "The object [...] does not exist".

Although the textbox is recognized by TC and object spy confirms the object name, the SetText operation keeps failing. (Already tried OCR and On-Screen Action)

I also tried a Keys method, but nothing happens.

 

I did achieve to make TC click (activate) the textbox through an Image Based Action.

Unfortunately, the image based action doesn't combine with a SetText..

 

Please see my screenshots. Hope someone has a suggestion. Thanks in advance.

 

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  • hkim5's avatar
    hkim5
    5 years ago

    without having any additional information, I'd wager that the textbox object is dynamically named each time. You can see that its name mapping goes something like Aliases.Eikon.Something.Somethingelse....textbox{0abfsdg28423-random alphanumeric characters}

    So what you need to do is go into your name mapping file, and use the asterisk (*) to wildcard out all the random alpha nuemric characters following the word textbox. 

    Here is a great video covering how to handle these objects: https://support.smartbear.com/screencasts/testcomplete/reliable-tests-for-dynamic-objects/

    Hope this helped :)

     

  • hkim5's avatar
    hkim5
    Staff
    5 years ago

    without having any additional information, I'd wager that the textbox object is dynamically named each time. You can see that its name mapping goes something like Aliases.Eikon.Something.Somethingelse....textbox{0abfsdg28423-random alphanumeric characters}

    So what you need to do is go into your name mapping file, and use the asterisk (*) to wildcard out all the random alpha nuemric characters following the word textbox. 

    Here is a great video covering how to handle these objects: https://support.smartbear.com/screencasts/testcomplete/reliable-tests-for-dynamic-objects/

    Hope this helped :)