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dave_cochrane's avatar
dave_cochrane
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago

Object map refresh

Hi everybody,

   I'm having a little trouble with testing a popup on a web-based system I'm testing. When recording the keyword test, the name and object maps were fine, but at playback, I'm getting an object does not exist message. If I manually refresh the object map, the popup I'm testing either reappears, or appears associated with a different parent object.



Is there a way I can refresh the object map at runtime? This may fix my issue. I've been trying sys.process("iexplore").refresh, with no luck.



Thanks!



  • vajindarladdad's avatar
    vajindarladdad
    11 years ago


    Hi Dave,

    Please have a look at "RefreshMappingInfo" function.

    Also add delay before & after the namemapping file gets refreshed using "RefreshMappingInfo" function.



    Correct NamemappingFile + Delay + RefreshMappingInfo should solve your issue.

    I hope this has been of some help.


  • vajindarladdad's avatar
    vajindarladdad
    Frequent Contributor
    11 years ago


    Hi Dave,

    Please have a look at "RefreshMappingInfo" function.

    Also add delay before & after the namemapping file gets refreshed using "RefreshMappingInfo" function.



    Correct NamemappingFile + Delay + RefreshMappingInfo should solve your issue.

    I hope this has been of some help.


  • dave_cochrane's avatar
    dave_cochrane
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Thanks for that, but unless I'm misunderstanding, that refreshes the name map, not the object map? I gave it a try, and the object map remains unchanged. I've used the 

    Sys.Process("iexplore").Refresh()​ method, but it didn't seem to have any effect. Clicking Rfresh on the object map screen does the trick, but I can't reproduce this effect at run time

  • dave_cochrane's avatar
    dave_cochrane
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Thanks for that Tanya. My object is in a completely different branch of the object tree - that is to say, it's parent object is different at playback. I was thinking of using extended find, but that only helps for child objects, right? What technique works best when the parent object is different, please?



    Thanks again
    • JennyH11's avatar
      JennyH11
      Frequent Contributor
      7 years ago

      Hi Dave!

       

      I'm pretty sure I had the same issue recently and enabling Extended Find in the Name Mapping on the parent object resolved the issue for me. I had a couple of objects affected by a change in the AUT and it worked for both. Though, I'm not 100% keen on using Extended Find it's the best solution for us at the moment.

       

      I hope this helps. Thought it worth mentioning as it's not been already.

       

      Jenny

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago

    Hi Dave,


     


    As a rule, different objects have unique identification criteria. In this case, they will be mapped as different objects.


    You can affect the mapping criteria (add/remove them). Please refer to the "Modifying Mapping Criteria" article to learn more about this.