FindChild and FindChildEx hang, even with timeout

[thebick]

Main point: FindChild and FindChildEx are hanging. They do not return, either quickly (for FindChild) or after the timeout (FindChildEx).

I can walk the object tree easily down to a level of Page. Below that are Panels and possible nested Panels, all ending in TextNodes.

In particular, I need to find TextNode(0) at the end of an unknown length (possibly 0) of nested child Panel(0)

The following *should* work (I'm using Python):

    curObj = page

    panel = curObj.FindChild("Name", "Panel0")   # FindChild ignores ( and )  # Find Panel0 (if it exists) in the Page

    while panel.Exists:     # recurse through any Panel0

        curObj = panel

        panel = curObj.FindChild("Name", "Panel0")

    textNode = curObj.FindChild("Name", "TextNode0")    # find TextNode0 at the end of the Panel0's

    return textNode

But about 10% of the time FindChild hangs. Even FindChildEx ignores the timeout and hangs.

If I close the window, FindChild (or FindChildEx) returns immediately.

So why is FindChild hanging? This is messing my tests royally.

[Marsha_R]

Try setting this Delay between events to something just a little slower. That can help with a lot of timing issues.

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/managing-projects/properties/playback.h...

[thebick]

If only the issue were timing. I have added Delay() statements to ensure that the window and its objects are fully formed and present. But I see delays of ~1200 seconds (~20 minutes), at which time TC errors out saying that the UI is locked.

But I do appreciate the link to the page with the Playback Options