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dmitri_1
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago

Using If...Then Statements

I have tried using If...Then, Else statements.



This didn't work unfortunately.



If i understood it correctly, the if condition simply cannot evaluate if the element is not there, thus it can't continue onto the Else.



Attaching screenshot of the setup.





Basic idea of the test  - IF you are on a particular tab THEN click the desired tab. ELSE just continue with the test.

Also can you keep chaining ELSE IF's together?

Would have been easier if you guys just had a case statement which vbscript has...
  • maximojo's avatar
    maximojo
    11 years ago
    It seems there are not a lot of unique properties on the java process. The only thing I can see is to exclude Eclipse from matching.



    In the "CommandLine" process property there is reference to "eclipse". Just make sure you exclude that.



    See attached screenshot.
  • maximojo's avatar
    maximojo
    Frequent Contributor
    11 years ago
    If I am reading your keyword test correctly you need to indent the portion to be executed for the "if" underneath the "if" branch. The same for the "else" portion.



    Then it should work.



    Click the green arrows in the editor to indent/outdent
  • maximojo's avatar
    maximojo
    Frequent Contributor
    11 years ago
    It seems there are not a lot of unique properties on the java process. The only thing I can see is to exclude Eclipse from matching.



    In the "CommandLine" process property there is reference to "eclipse". Just make sure you exclude that.



    See attached screenshot.
  • dmitri_1's avatar
    dmitri_1
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Well that clarifies how to use if...then. But still doesn't work for me.



    Would you know how to check for the 'presence' or 'absence' of an object?



    Because I have tried using all the obvious properties of the object and that doesn't work, TestComplete just says the object doesn't exist and fails the test, BUT I want it to continue onto the Else instead.
  • dmitri_1's avatar
    dmitri_1
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    What if the process name of my application changes dynamically, e.g. from javaw, to javaw2, javaw3, javaw4, etc?



    Would I need a 50 line if statement to press a single button in this case?
  • maximojo's avatar
    maximojo
    Frequent Contributor
    11 years ago
    You can add some mapping information to your namemap. See attached photo. This is a bit old (as I don't believe you have to map IE this way anymore) but it shows an example of how to map a process with a dynamic name



    You can also use wildcards I believe

  • dmitri_1's avatar
    dmitri_1
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Strange video, downloaded it, no player can play it (tried vlc, and mpc with latest k-lite codec pack).
  • dmitri_1's avatar
    dmitri_1
    Occasional Contributor
    11 years ago
    Watched the video, tried to implement some of the suggestions in it (particularly for process name), but this didn't work for me :(