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MattMauger
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6 years ago
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Object Not Found when Process is Closed and Reopened

Hi,    I've been having an issue when my application is closed and reopened in the same test (or test suite). A test will run successfully the first time but if the exact same test is run again the...
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    MattMauger
    6 years ago

    I've realised and solved the problem, I was saving the objects back over the definitions in my Variables Unit (I started doing this to save the number of variables I needed to define when I first started making tests). Thanks for your help 

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MattMauger
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I've realised and solved the problem, I was saving the objects back over the definitions in my Variables Unit (I started doing this to save the number of variables I needed to define when I first started making tests). Thanks for your help 

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

As I understand it, you've basically, in code, replicated the NameMapping feature to some extent but simply by using an "eval" to assign to a variable a current object.  

While it works to some extent, as you noticed, this has some inherent problems and can end up with performance problems, code maintenance problems when hierarchies change, etc.  I would recommend investigating the NameMapping feature and using it instead of your code method.