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StefanieYou
New Contributor
6 years ago

when using waitchild method, got run time error, Type mismatch: 'TestObject.WaitChild'

HI there,   I'm writing test cases in VB, and when using the method waitchild, got run time error, Type mismatch: 'TestObject.WaitChild'    below is the script:   Sub Test39 set TestObject=Ali...
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Wamboo
Community Hero
6 years ago

Yo Stefanie!

 

The error "Type mismatch: 'TestObject.WaitChild" it is because the result of .WaitChild() its an object not true/false value (boolean)

 

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/common-for-all/waitchild-method.html

 

what you can do is to add .Exists in Your If condition to properly check the state of the object.

 

Example:

 

if(Aliases.Cube.CubeTransitionBox.WaitChild("WLbl_ValidationImage", 50000).Exists) {
// code
}

The result from .Exist method is a boolean value.

 

Hope this will help Yoy.

  • StefanieYou's avatar
    StefanieYou
    New Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi Wamboo,

    thanks for helping!

    you're right! I re-edit the script but the still got an error

     

    Sub Test39

    TestObject=Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly
    If TestObject.WaitChild(lstbox_LandingSurface,15000).Exists Then
    log.Message "the model browser is ready"
    call Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.txtBlock_LandingSurface.ClickR(30,10) 'choose landing surface node and edit feature
    Else
    End if
    End Sub

     

    so I adjusted again:

    Sub Test36
    If Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.WaitChild(Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.lstbox_LandingSurface,15000).Exists Then
    log.Message "the model browser is ready"
    call Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.txtBlock_LandingSurface.ClickR(30,10) 'choose landing surface node and edit feature
    Else
    End if

    End Sub

     

    then tried this again:

    Sub Test37
    If Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.WaitChild(lstbox_LandingSurface,15000).Exists Then
    log.Message "the model browser is ready"
    call Aliases.Inventor.AInventor.Pane_ModelBrowser.lst_Assembly.txtBlock_LandingSurface.ClickR(30,10) 'choose landing surface node and edit feature
    Else
    End if

    End Sub

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        6 years ago

        WaitChild requires two completely different sets of parameters than WaitAliasChild.  I think Wamboo is correct here... you're using the wrong method.

         

        But beyond that, your error on TestObject is probably due to being unable to find the object you're assigning to TestObject as well. You can't call "WaitChild" on an object that does not exist.  So, you may need to do additional tests for existance further up the tree.