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jkrolczy
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2 months ago

TC\TE - ObjectSpy issue with latest MS Edge 138.0.3351.121

Just checking to see if others experience this issue.

For the most part, the rest of the products I automate and their frameworks do not have this issue.

I have one product, that does not change that must from developer changes.
It has always worked until a few months back when ...

Scripts that worked previously are failing due to TC\TE unable to penetrate the webpage to find the web elements as usual.


Scripts can log into the application, but from there ...

ObjectSpy can only outline the outer boundary.

Manually going into Object Browser with the web page open, I can see and go the the page objects (highlight on screen) that the test script should be finding when running the script.  But since not able to penetrate the web page and ObjectSpy red line outlines the outer panel, the value I am trying to enter into a text box jumps up to the MS Edge URL section.

I have uninstalled/re-installed the latest TC\TE to verify issue still exists.

TestExecute extention is in the Edge browser.

I know MS Edge updated around this time period.

This is issue is not encountered with Chrome, just MS Edge ?

I had opened an IT ticket for this and worked with support, but no solution came from it.

I am thinking of switching to using Chrome instead of MS Edge, but this issue bugs me for why it stopped working.

I continue to try different things from day to day.
This issue has killed my automation for this product.

Suggestions?
Has this issue been reported from others, and work-around or patches available?

web testing

2 Replies

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
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    2 months ago

    I'm assuming you do have SmartBear Test Extension installed and enabled?

    and Install Extensions enabled too?

    Depending on your application, do you need to enable MSAA?

    Does the Object Browser, show all your objects correctly? And not like this

    Have you recently updated your TC/TE?

  • Hassan_Ballan's avatar
    Hassan_Ballan
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    2 months ago

    I can only see two root cause possibilities, it's either the browser extension or the project.

    If all your projects are testing application in the same browser, and they all work than it must be your project. Try to create a new test project to try it out.

    If your projects are not all testing browser application than its the extension. I would suggest to:
    1. Uninstall TC/TE and make sure the browser extension is also uninstalled
    2. Reboot
    3. Install TC/TE and make sure the browser extension is also installed and active

    As it is working in Chrome, Edge should not be different as both are using the same Chromium engine. I would think that either edge extension ran thru a hiccup or Edge configuration changed in a way to affect the extension, I also suggest you reset browser to default settings. In addition, changes can also be introduced by additional extensions (disable all) or malware (run a virus scan).

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