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jamesc12
Occasional Contributor
10 months ago

Opening browser from BeforeFeature hook causes 'Unable to find the object Sys.Browser("*")' error

Hi all,

I have 2 feature files, with multiple scenarios inside them. I am opening the browser using the following function below:

function OpenBrowser() {
Log.AppendFolder("Open browser for the test.") ;
Browsers.Item(btChrome).RunOptions = "--no-first-run";
Browsers.Item(btChrome).Run();
Sys.Browser().BrowserWindow(0).Maximize();
}

I'm calling this function from a BeforeFeature hook, on a remote Windows machine. It seems to cause a 'Unable to find the object Sys.Browser("*")' error for each test. In the video recorded for each, it just seems Chrome doesn't open. However, if I call this function from a BeforeScenario hook, it runs fine.

The above problem doesn't seem to happen when I run the test on my local machine. Do you know why this is happening only on the remote machine? 

Thanks! 

  • jamesc12's avatar
    jamesc12
    9 months ago

    Hi all,

    Just to follow up on this, I found out why this was a problem.

    In the Azure Devops Pipeline, the TestCompleteAdapter does NOT support BeforeFeature and AfterFeature hooks. Confirmed by Smartbear themselves. 

    Thanks again and hope this helps someone else that bumps into this issue.

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    10 months ago

    Does this work for you?

    BeforeFeature(function (feature){
  Browsers.Item(btChrome).Run();
  Sys.Browser().BrowserWindow(0).Maximize();
})
    • jamesc12's avatar
      jamesc12
      Occasional Contributor
      10 months ago

      Thanks for the reply. Tried this, and I still get the exact same error for each test.

  • jamesc12's avatar
    jamesc12
    Occasional Contributor
    9 months ago

    Hi all,

    Just to follow up on this, I found out why this was a problem.

    In the Azure Devops Pipeline, the TestCompleteAdapter does NOT support BeforeFeature and AfterFeature hooks. Confirmed by Smartbear themselves. 

    Thanks again and hope this helps someone else that bumps into this issue.