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alinder
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14 years ago

WaitAliasChild failure returns exception, not a stub object.

My TestComplete project has connections to some external systems. We want to be able to select objects based on some partial information about the mapped alias: the alias name of the specific object a...
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AlexanderM
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14 years ago

Hi Andrew,





The WaitAliasChild function is supposed to be used to check the existence of a mapped object in the Objects tree. If the mapped object is not in the objects tree, the function returns a stub object. But if there is no such mapped object in the Name Mapping tree, this situation is considered as an error in the test, and hence an exception is thrown. So, using IsSupported is the correct approach to avoid the exception.