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handanu
Contributor
5 years ago

Same object has different identities, so "the target object does not exist" error occurs.

Hi, I use property checkpoint on an alert. I get the target object does not exist error. Because the parent object was not found. When I check parent object's identities, with object Spy, I realize...
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    handanu
    5 years ago

    I guess I have found a way. I have changed the location of the object in name mapping and aliases section. I transport the object from problematic parent to reliable parent. When I run the test, it passes.

    But I still don't understand why alert window's identities changed project to project.

     

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SebastianP
New Contributor
5 years ago

HI handanu ,

 To over come the mentioned issue , one possible way is, change the "DesktopAlert" to wildcard value , ie, WPFObject("xxxWindowxx","*"). This might solve the issue for time being, but i dont know exactly why the values change by time.

 

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    handanu
    Contributor
    5 years ago

    Hi,

    Thank you or your reply.

    But this time I get "Ambigious recognition of the tested object" warning. It takes time to find the alert. 

    I keep the alert window manually to see the warning.The alert window is invisible after a while (program's behaviour). So if I do not keep the alert manually, the alert will disappear and I will get an error again.

     

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      handanu
      Contributor
      5 years ago

      I guess I have found a way. I have changed the location of the object in name mapping and aliases section. I transport the object from problematic parent to reliable parent. When I run the test, it passes.

      But I still don't understand why alert window's identities changed project to project.

       

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        hkim5
        Staff
        5 years ago

        Nice job finding a stable parent object using the extended find! Sometimes machines are quirky and this is the best solution if we can't find a unique static path all the way down to the child object!