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Halmahri
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5 years ago
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Cannot Navigate to the app's URL

Hello Dears,    I have just completed installing the TestComplete and started scripting some publiec sites and it worked fine . However when i started recoring and playback the App im aiming to t...
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    tristaanogre
    5 years ago

    OK... three questions in one topic.... for future reference, so we can more easily track solutions and such, it would be better to limit one question per topic.  So...

    1) Based upon your screenshot, it looks like there is a dynamic value of some sort in the URL after the SSO sub-folder.  If this is the case, then subsequent runs of your automation will fail as that value will change from execution to execution.  You may need to find a different means of getting to that particular page rather than a direct navigation.  I'm assuming that it is probably the result of a re-direct from some other page... you might want to navigate to there first and then operate against the subsequent redirected pages.

     

    2) NameMapping is project specific.  So, as long as you are running multiple scenarios within the same project, once something is mapped, it is mapped for all scenarios within that project.  You CAN share NameMapping between projects but I would only create a new project for a different application or major business need.  

     

    3) That's what the recorder does.  TestComplete is primarily a UI TestAutomation tool so when you record activity against the application, it records everything you do on the screen.  So, if, while you're recording, you are performing OTHER functions other than what is strictly necessary for the testing scenario, they will get recorded as well.  While recording, you should limit your activity on your workstation to ONLY be that which is part of your test scenario.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

OK... three questions in one topic.... for future reference, so we can more easily track solutions and such, it would be better to limit one question per topic.  So...

1) Based upon your screenshot, it looks like there is a dynamic value of some sort in the URL after the SSO sub-folder.  If this is the case, then subsequent runs of your automation will fail as that value will change from execution to execution.  You may need to find a different means of getting to that particular page rather than a direct navigation.  I'm assuming that it is probably the result of a re-direct from some other page... you might want to navigate to there first and then operate against the subsequent redirected pages.

 

2) NameMapping is project specific.  So, as long as you are running multiple scenarios within the same project, once something is mapped, it is mapped for all scenarios within that project.  You CAN share NameMapping between projects but I would only create a new project for a different application or major business need.  

 

3) That's what the recorder does.  TestComplete is primarily a UI TestAutomation tool so when you record activity against the application, it records everything you do on the screen.  So, if, while you're recording, you are performing OTHER functions other than what is strictly necessary for the testing scenario, they will get recorded as well.  While recording, you should limit your activity on your workstation to ONLY be that which is part of your test scenario.