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EnservePete
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11 years ago
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TC Finding a button but doesn't click on it when the test is run

Having an issue where I've remapped a search button in our app in test as TC couldn't find it. TC now highlights the search button and can find it. However when I run my test. TC can't find the objec...
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    Colin_McCrae
    11 years ago

    Sounds like the object heirarchy (map) is different at runtime.

     

    So, outside a run, you can click the map object and highlight on screen and all is well.

     

    But, during a run, it fails to find it.

     

    Which leaves two possibilities:

     

    1. As I said, the heirarchy is different (for reasons unknown) when run via your test. Have you put a break point in on the line it attempts the click? So when it pauses, go into the name map and see if the mapped object highlights on screen.

     

    2. It's a timing issue. So the button is neither visible and/or enabled at the point your test it trying to click it. Again, add a break point, make sure it can see it OK, then restart it. If it find it OK, and works OK after the pause, you have timing issues.

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Colin_McCrae
Community Hero
11 years ago

Sounds like the object heirarchy (map) is different at runtime.

 

So, outside a run, you can click the map object and highlight on screen and all is well.

 

But, during a run, it fails to find it.

 

Which leaves two possibilities:

 

1. As I said, the heirarchy is different (for reasons unknown) when run via your test. Have you put a break point in on the line it attempts the click? So when it pauses, go into the name map and see if the mapped object highlights on screen.

 

2. It's a timing issue. So the button is neither visible and/or enabled at the point your test it trying to click it. Again, add a break point, make sure it can see it OK, then restart it. If it find it OK, and works OK after the pause, you have timing issues.

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EnservePete
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago

Hi just tried the first suggestion put the breakpoint in and you are correct the search button isn't found.

 

How would I rectify this?

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    EnservePete
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago

    I've now managed to get the search button to be found and clicked however my software in test now crashes back to the desktop when clicked which is the same issue as another one I have raised today. TC keeps crashing the software as manually this clicks work.

    • Colin_McCrae's avatar
      Colin_McCrae
      Community Hero
      11 years ago

      Hmmm.

       

      Not sure. Hard to say without seeing it.

       

      So, you updated something in the object and/or object map so that the button gets found at runtime (presumably verified by use of the same break point?).

       

      So now, it runs, hits the break point and pauses, you check the mapped object is found and is highlighted (via the breakpoint) - which it is, restart the paused test ...... app under test then crashes.

       

      Is that right?

       

      I have no idea at this point how TC is causing the app to crash. This isn't something thats ever happened to me.

       

      It's only the app under test that bombs out? TC itself is OK?

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        EnservePete
        Occasional Contributor
        11 years ago

        Spot on everything you've said is correct and exactly what is happening.

         

        I'm quite stumped it's only started happening in the past week or so. Quite frustrating. I was hoping the latest update would help which I downloaded today but it hasn't.

         

        Thanks for your help with this though if anything I've learnt how to remap in runtime.