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HarryJ's avatar
HarryJ
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago
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Property checkpoints (beginner question)

Hi everyone im brand new to test complete and i currently just going through beginner videos   To start with i was trying to test this budget application i made with javascript Its just a si...
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  • Larry_M's avatar
    Larry_M
    5 years ago

    Hello HarryJ ,

    You might consider using the OCR checkpoint. It is available via a button at the top of the second page of the Checkpoint Wizard. TestComplete will make an image of the control and visually extract the text from the image. It is very accurate and powerful. 

    Good Luck!

    Larry

     

Marsha_R's avatar
Marsha_R
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5 years ago

I would guess that when the test runs, it's getting to that line before the object is actually there to check.

 

Just to test that theory, put a Delay of several seconds before the line that fails

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/keyword-testing/reference/misc/delay.html

 

Let us know either way.  If the Delay fixes it, there's a better practice for doing that, using Wait, but I don't want to pile on solutions if that's not the problem.  Delay is just a quick way to check.

 

Welcome to TestComplete!

  • HarryJ's avatar
    HarryJ
    Occasional Contributor
    5 years ago

    The delay doesnt seem to change anything im afraid

    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
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      5 years ago

       

      Okay, what you can see in here is that the Actual value is showing the control characters around the value you want and not just your value.  

       

      There are a couple of things to try.  Look at the checkpoint again and see if you can drill down farther than the panel and get a property that's just your value without the extra characters.  If not, then we can look at using aqString to take that actual value apart and just find the bit that you need.