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pashooo
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14 years ago

The object's name changes from time to time

Hello, everybody)



Do smb faced the problem when application's objects change names?

For example I noticed that the same object may have different names at different times.



For example this item: treeview_BA =



               Sys.Process("OptionsWorkshop").WPFObject("HwndSource: MainForm").WPFObject("MainForm").WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockingManager").WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockablePane", "", 1).WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("BaseSeriesTreeView");



                Sys.Process("OptionsWorkshop").WPFObject("HwndSource: MainForm").WPFObject("MainForm").WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockingManager").WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockablePane", "", 1).WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("BaseSeriesTreeView");



                Sys.Process("OptionsWorkshop").WPFObject("HwndSource: MainForm").WPFObject("MainForm").WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockingManager").WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("rpMain").WPFObject("rpTop").WPFObject("dpSeries").WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("BaseSeriesTreeView")





This is the difference:

...WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockablePane", "", 1)...

...WPFObject("ResizingPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockablePane", "", 1)...

...WPFObject("rpMain").WPFObject("rpTop").WPFObject("dpSeries")...



...what may be the reason? I find that name may change after reload application but may stay the same. I cant understand from what it depend...  please share your experience!
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
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    14 years ago
    Hi Pasha,



    It seems that your tested application uses docking (just like TestComplete http://smartbear.com/support/viewarticle/11346/#Basics). The behavior you are describing can happen if the application's docking layout is changed. When you dock, undock or rearrange panels, the application creates, modifies or destroys intermediate docking containers -- as a result, there are different objects in the middle of the object hierarchy.



    To handle such situations, you can skip dynamic objects and use the FindChild method to locate the target object:

    var DockingManager = Sys.Process("OptionsWorkshop").WPFObject("HwndSource: MainForm").WPFObject("MainForm").WPFObject("DockPanel", "", 1).WPFObject("DockingManager");

    var BaseSeriesTreeView = DockingManager.FindChild("NativeClrObject.Name", "BaseSeriesTreeView", 5);
  • pashooo's avatar
    pashooo
    Contributor
    14 years ago

    Helen, it seems to me that you know all about TC))

    You help me again!

    Thank you very much/