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lambada
Contributor
8 years ago
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SetText

Dear community   For my login (in java script) I am using the following script, that includes SetText. But when I am using SetText, the testcase will fail because of "run time error". Does anybody ...
  • lambada's avatar
    lambada
    8 years ago

    I solved the problem now. I have had taken the whole hudge XPath, and there were some issues with it. Now I used an extension and got a shorter XPath and now it is working.

     

    Thank you for your help :)

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
8 years ago
lambada wrote:

I solved the problem now. I have had taken the whole hudge XPath, and there were some issues with it. Now I used an extension and got a shorter XPath and now it is working.

 

Thank you for your help :)

This is the drawback for using XPath for finding objects.  Many times what is returned by an XPath find is not a UI object recognized by TestComplete and, therefore, will not have either the Keys or SetText method.  This will generate an error, then, if you try and use one of those methods with what is returned.

 

Additionally... XPath searching scans the whole DOM which takes time.  TestComplete's NameMapping feature is the preferred and recommended way for object identification.  

lambada's avatar
lambada
Contributor
8 years ago

Thank you very much!

 

Could you plese make a very short example in my case with the NameMapping feature?

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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago

    Since I don't know your application, everything is going to be in generic terms.

    function Login(userName, password){
try{
Sys.Browser('chrome').Run('http://myserver.myapp/')'
var myPage = Aliases.browser.WaitAliasChild('pageLogin', -1);
if (!myPage.Exists){
    throw Error('Login page did not load in time');
}
myPage.userName.SetText(userName);
myPage.password.Keys(password);
myPage.LoginButton.ClickButton();
var myPage = Aliases.browser.WaitAliasChild('landingPage', -1);
if (!myPage.Exists){
    throw Error('Primary landing page after login did not load in time');
}

}

}