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rachel_hughes's avatar
rachel_hughes
Contributor
12 years ago

Test Complete 9 - Web Testing - Creating Checkpoints help!

My automated testers are telling me that they cannot add any checkpoints into the automated test scripts since Test Complete considers the whole webpage as an entire object - therefore it cannot recognize any button / text / picture or other component in the page.

Is there a workaround for this?

I'm not an automated tester, but this seems fairly basic, and I'm pretty sure that this is actually possible!

Thanks
  • Philip_Baird's avatar
    Philip_Baird
    Community Expert
    12 years ago

    Hi Rachel, I had this problem and it turned out it was the result of not having the latest patches for the version of the Browser I was testing.


     


    Once I fiddled around making sure I had all the latest Firefox and Chrome patches I was able to spy objects in the Web Page.


     


    The patches (and relevant documentation) can be found here




    Anyway, hopefully this may be of some help.


     


    Regards,


    Phil Baird




  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
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    12 years ago
    The page may be one object, but that object will likely have properties that can be used for a checkpoint.  Use the Advanced view on Object Spy to see the longest list.





  • yuef_shine's avatar
    yuef_shine
    Occasional Contributor
    12 years ago
    Hi Phil,



    After I installed the latest batch for Chrome32, it becomes slow to record or replay the scripts. Do you have any idea about why this happens?



    Thanks,

    Vivian
  • Ravik's avatar
    Ravik
    Super Contributor
    12 years ago
    If in case you are unable to get object details by using Object Spy. you can do low level recording. while recording you test or a script. Low-level recording can be recorded in screen- or in window-relative coordinates.



    (find attachment for low level recording window)



    you are unable to get Object details becouse of TC may not support that application/tool or techology (TC Does not support right now Chrome 32 , Mozilla 27, Crystal Report etc) in this case it will take whole window/Page as a Object.



    In this case we should check TC Supported Technology and limitations of TC.