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torus
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11 months ago
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Web testing - Switch between using FindElement + Xpath to grab objects and using NameMap objects

Is there a way to use the 'FindElement' method for a NameMapping object? I thought (was hoping) the below code would work, but it does not. I read the 'FindElement' documentation and it says the Find...
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  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    11 months ago

    You can use FindElement method on a mapped object. Not sure if this is a good example,

     

    function TestX()
{
    // URL: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_html_nested_table
    
    // Aliases.frameIframeresult = Sys.Browser("chrome").Page("https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_html_nested_table").Panel("container").Panel("iframecontainer").Panel("iframe").Panel("iframewrapper").Frame("iframeResult")
    var frame = Aliases.frameIframeresult;
    var table1 = frame.FindElement("/html/body/table");
    Sys.HighlightObject(table1);
    
    var table2 = table1.FindElement("//*/td[2]/table");
    Sys.HighlightObject(table2);
   
    var cells = table2.FindElements("//*/td[2]/table/tbody/tr");
    for (var i = 0; i < cells.length; i++) {
        Sys.HighlightObject(cells[i]);
    }
}

     

     

torus's avatar
torus
Contributor
11 months ago

thank you for the help rraghvani 

 

I see now that I had a typo in my xpath. I had

 

 

var child3 = tableCell.FindElement("//input[contain(@type,'checkbox')]");

 

 

but the 'contain' should have been 'contains'.

 

 

var child3 = tableCell.FindElement(".//input[contains(@type,'checkbox')]");

 

Additionally, I needed to start the xpath out with a dot (period) indicating that TestComplete should search for the checkbox within the tableCell object ... only search for the checkbox within the tableCell ... don't search the entire page.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35606708/what-is-the-difference-between-and-in-xpath

 

With this change, the code I originally posted works great now. Thank you again for the help. I am glad to know that I can use FindElement with NameMapping objects.