Not able to add objects like "OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL...).BlockByText("..ook")" to Name Mapping

[harmatii]

Using TestComplete to create automate Excel Addins I have trouble to save my objects to Name Mapping

OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Home").Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Insert", spLeftMost).Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Page Layout").Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Formulas").Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Data").Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Review").Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("View", spNearestToCenter).Click()
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.EXCEL.wndExcel.EXCEL2.toolbar.Ribbon.NUIPane.NetUIHWND).BlockByText("Help").Click()

TestComplete is not adding this objects automatically to the Name Mapping.

[tristaanogre]

OCR.XXXX objects are not onscreen objects therefore they will not be added to NameMapping.

[harmatii]

What way would you recommend to store objects like that? 

[tristaanogre · Accepted solution]

You don't.  At least, not in NameMapping.

NameMapping is for recognizing, finding, and identifying objects on screen for interaction in the automation.  If you're doing OCR.Recognize, that's returning an object, sure, but it's not a UI object.  So, you would use your standard coding technique of assigning to some sort of variable.  You could create an array and "push" each one to an element in the array.  You could create a dictionary and added a key/value pair for each object... all sorts of methods for storing the object during code execution.

But you would NOT use NameMapping.