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lodecesa
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2 years ago
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Reference to an HTML object having a string with his mapped name

Hi to all, I have the mapped name of an HTML object in a string and I want find its reference with a method like this:   var elementReference = Aliases.browser.page.form.byName(mappedName);   Tha...
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  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    2 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Assuming that you have:

    var aStr = "Aliases.browser.page.form.mappedName";

    Are you looking for this:

    var anObj = eval(aStr);

    ?

     

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AlexKaras
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Hi,

 

> as I was suggested by ChatGPT after several attempts.

Funny 🙂

Just curious what your request succeeded? (I.e. whether ChatGPT already processed this Community or it was solution from some other forum/for some other language.)

 

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lodecesa
Contributor
2 years ago
AlexKaras wrote:

Hi,

 

> as I was suggested by ChatGPT after several attempts.

Funny 🙂

Just curious what your request succeeded? (I.e. whether ChatGPT already processed this Community or it was solution from some other forum/for some other language.)

 

Hello,

to be honest, it is not very knowledgeable about TestComplete, often providing incorrect or inapplicable solutions, probably its information on the subject is scarce and incomplete.

(This post is its translation from italian) 😁