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tarunaggarwal23's avatar
tarunaggarwal23
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Persisting UI Object

Is it possible to persist UI object variables across automation runs?   I have a peculiar scenario: 1. I am invoking TestComplete functions from Java.  2. From Java, I call TestComplete Functions...
AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3

Hi,

 

While generally speaking this might appear to be possible (your description is just not detailed enough), persistance of the variables that keep references to UI objects is far not the best practice.

The reason is that if the referenced object is re-created by the tested application, its reference that is kept in the variable will be invalidated. This will result in .Exists property to return False and test code will need to search for the new object again.

Exact implementation of test code (its architecture) obviously depends on your knowledge of the tested application internals, but you need to keep in mind the above details.

 

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TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

Community, thanks a lot for your great suggestion!

 

my 2 cents... 

It's possible to save the data that you will need to use from run to run as a separate file. Refer to the following help article explaining how to work with files from scripts:

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/advanced/working-with-external-data-sources/files/index.html

 

Please mark the best answer as a solution.

 

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    sonya_m
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    5 years ago

    Hi tarunaggarwal23 , did any of the suggestions help?