Page Mainform always changing for web app

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Hi,I have a question, currently we are automating our web application, but we noticed that every time there is a new release of the web application, the page main form of the web application mapped to testcomplete is not working. As we remap the object, the page main form name changes and have an incremental number.See the screenshot below, this is the initial main form when we first mapped the objects,&nbsp;pageDxcAssureIntegral4After the new release on this environment, the initial objects mapped were not working, we tried to remap it again, and the page main form change to&nbsp;pageDxcAssureIntegral3.Additional note, upon inspecting the element of the Web application, the tagging and unique locators for the main form does not change.We would like to ask if this is the common behavior of TestComplete? Is there a way to still locate objects even if the main form changes?&nbsp;Appreciate any answer for this.&nbsp;Thank you.

rraghvani · Answer

If you are new to TC, I suggest you read and understand how object identification works via https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/object-identification/index.html&nbsp;
It's vital to get the name mapping correct, in order for TC to identify the objects.

timothygonzales · Answer

We are using drag and point to recognize the object, it is TC that is doing the name mapping, it is the same object that we mapped before, but it is creating a different object, hence the old name mapping does not locating the object mapped before. We want to know why TC keeps on creating new name mapping, and the answer to this question is not on the link you provided, which only explain different kind of object locating used by TC. Can you perhaps help me to understand why this is happening in our case?

rraghvani · Answer

TC will create name mappings based on property values of the UI object. If these property values are not unique, then TC will end up creating duplicates i.e. it will append a number at the end of the name mapping
The link that I have provided, provides an explanation how TC identifies objects.

alexkaras · Answer

Hi,
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Can you let us know how this web page is mapped in TC?
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timothygonzales · Answer

The problem is, it should not create the another object and append a number to it since it is "the same" object, nothing changes. Property and values are unique, and it is still the same object. This happens after a patch deployed to the environment, but the object property and value does not change, still TC cant interact with it, and when we try to remap that "same object" it created a new object name mapping with incremental number.

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