Object not appearing object browser unless spied with Object Spy

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Version: TestComplete 9.31Browser: IE 8OS: Windows 7 EnterpriseI am attempting to access a mapped object to manipulate a form. The object is a child of a frame in the application under test.However, when launching the application, I have noticed that the child object does NOT appear in the object browser unless I manually use the Object Spy to hover over it.&nbsp;I have tried programmatically called the TestedObj.Refresh() method on the child object itself, the child object's immediate parent, the Browser object, and the Sys object. I have also attempted to call the RefreshMappingInfo method on the child object.Is this a TestComplete issue? Why does the object only appear in the tree when using the Object Spy?

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Alex, &nbsp; Is the page you are testing available on the Internet? Could you please contact our TestComplete Support team and provide them with the link to your test page along with the description of this behavior? &nbsp;

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Alex, &nbsp; You can refresh the object tree in the Object Browser panel: right-click the object on the panel and select Refresh All from the context menu. &nbsp;

riordanalex · Answer

Hi,&nbsp;I have already tried using 'Refresh All' to no avail. The object does not appear in the tree when I do this.It seems to only appear when I use the Object Spy on it.

riordanalex · Answer

To explain the issue further, it seems that object I cannot identify is an embedded <OBJECT> html element. So when I use the Object Spy to inspect the onscreen elements, I get a valid reference to the Object("...") object.

However, I am UNABLE to obtain a reference to this object no matter what I do at RUNTIME. It just won't appear in the tree...

riordanalex · Answer

Unforunately, no, it's an internal site I log in to remotely. I cannot give access to the site.

I will say that I am able to access the object within a different structure - it appears under BrowserWindow - Tab - then an object called ControlAxSourcingSite (not in the Page hiearchy).

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