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3 years ago

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Need help comparing orderID on a second page

Hello, I'm trying to create a keyword test where after completing an order, there is a orderID that gets displayed. On that same page there Is a link that will take an user to the details of the ...

jw25
3 years ago
Marsha_R

I figured out the problem. It couldn't find the parent object because the parent object had the wrong namemapping. It was still looking for an URL with the ID inside of it. I changed the object ID nummer to be anything using the *. However since this second number was inside a parent, it was still looking for the specific number because the parents namemapping was unaltered.

So by changing the namemapping using an *, the test now works as it should.

Thanks alot for your help and patience!

Marsha_R

Champion Level 3

From your screenshot, it looks like you have hard coded the string value. The Set Variable Value is indeed setting the variable every time you run the test, but you have told it to set the exact same value every time.

What you need to do is use the object property for that field that contains the text you want to compare. By telling TestComplete to use the object property, TestComplete will always find the current value.

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/exploring-apps/object-spy/index.html

Inside Set Variable Value, you will see a choice for Object Property, so there is no problem using it there or getting the string that you need.

jw25

Occasional Contributor

3 years ago

Hey Marsha_R

I still can not get it to update the order nummer. I've changed it from a code expression to a object property. And although the comparrision part still works, the value just does not get updated, unless I do it manually. I feel like I'm missing something very obvious? I've included a bunch of screenshots, hopefully that will help. Because I've no clue as to what I'm doing wrong. I've tried it with numerous properties, any of them that includes the IDnumber. And most of them work fine if the number is current, but the moment the number changes, it wont find the number as its looking for the older number. So yes it's beeing saved as hardcode. That is the issue but I don't see how its meant to be saved any other way. After selecting the object and selecting a property for it to find on. For example the contentText. It will save it as hard code right away. It wont first relook up that property and register the new number whenever I rerun the test.

So what makes sense to me is that we have to give it another property to look for that is NOT the number. Then somehow make it safe the number as the variable so it can be compared later. But that seems like a very akward solution and surely can't be what we have to do.

The properties I get to choose from.

The ID number object in question:

I do very much apreciate the help you've given me so far.

Marsha_R
Champion Level 3
3 years ago
First, the hard coding is what is keeping the variable from updating. By using Set Variable Value with something in quotes like "mystring", the variable will always be set to exactly that value and nothing else ever.

From what I can piece together from your screenshots, I am guessing that what you are seeing change is something like

Aliases.browser.pageAtaroBvReserveren.textnodeReserveringsnummer7911

changes to

Aliases.browser.pageAtaroBvReserveren.textnodeReserveringsnummer7925

so that every time just the number changes

If that is the case, here are some things to do:

1) Use a wildcard to look for the object so that it matches no matter what the number is. It will look similar to this

Aliases.browser.pageAtaroBvReserveren.textnodeReserveringsnummer*

Here's a link for help with wildcards

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/misc/using-wildcards.html

2) Looking up an object with one property and then doing something with another property is a very common technique. In this case, once you have found the current page, I would use innerText or outerText or textContent to check the actual number, since those fields are shorter and the string manipulation will be easier.
- jw25
  Occasional Contributor
  3 years ago
  Hey Marsha_R ,
  
  Heres what I changed and learned. I selected the contextText to get the number and In the namemapping, I changed it so that it looks for the ContentText but I wildcarded the number that changes out. Now the first number works. I learned that the value It shows in the keyword text is actually just the name it gave to the object and by putting it in quotes, it essentially became hardcode instead. Thanks for helping me there. Now that initial part works smoothly but I'm running into an error on the second variable. See my screenshots. The proces I did is the same for both of them so I'm left somewhat confused.
  
  Ran Into this error, trying to check my edits to the value, a bit after changing it.
  My settings for the first number, which works. Notice that its parent is Chrome. As opposed to Browser, which is the parent of the second number.
  The second number that doesn't seem to work. Notice Its parent is Browser, I suspect its causing the error. Dont see how I can change that to Chrome.
  Error I get back after running the test with a different number than 7919.
  Results if the number is 7919.
  
  Seems to me that the wildcard isn't taking on the second number. The error already aludes to this beeing the issue. It seems a bit odd to me because whenever I use the object spy it automatically puts browers in the value rather than chrome. I could try to use a different browser, but ideally it's gonna work regardless of the browser.
  - Marsha_R
    Champion Level 3
    3 years ago
    Actually, having it say Browser is more generic than Chrome and that's fine for now.
    
    Try recording a test that just clicks on the order ID field on the second page and let's see what test code it gives you.
    
    Please also try to make your screenshots a little larger when you are uploading. These are getting blurred when I enlarge them to see details.