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john_coldrick
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11 years ago
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The Object Does Not Exist: Orders Tutorial

I'm a new user and I'm attempting to follow the Orders tutorial.  I can easily follow the steps and record the test as decribed in the movies and help. But my tests AWAYS fail during playback. ...
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    paul_scroce
    11 years ago


    See the help topics OpenFile and SaveFile methods



    Working With Open File and Save File Dialogs

    http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/30455/



    The OpenFile method is not recorded on Windows 7 and Windows Vista; instead, TestComplete records interactions with the Open File dialog elements. However, you can modify the recorded test and manually replace them with the OpenFile method call.


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john_coldrick
New Contributor
11 years ago
Thank you very much Paul and Tanya for replying to my post.



Since I'm very new to TestComplete, I'm a little reluctant to jump into scripting yet so I attempted Tanya's solution.



I was able to add the DirectUIHWND object to the MSAA list of accepted windows.  I did this both at the default project level and for the current project as well.



I rerecorded my test and it fails at the ComboBox object again stating that the object does not exist..  This ComboBox object appears to be a child of the DirectUIHWND object.



Are there any tutorials available that I can follow that actually work straight out of the box?



Hopefully there are some that don't require any major modifications.  It's been difficult getting my head wrapped around this software when even the most basic of tutorials and exercises always fail, and there is very little explanation as to why.