"Object does not exist" problems

Hi,

You hvn't mentioned what type of appilcation you are testing and how does your name mapping has done. However I also faced same situation when I started with test compleate.



First, pleace check the object does having dynamic name ....something like ..dlgWarning2  (number could be dynamically assigned)

or check how you have the object mapped with name mapping  is it ambiguous?

or dose same object has two mappings (one you have manually mapped and you have checked auto mapping option ticked )



try comparing what you have mapped and what object spy detect when identification failed.

hi,



just an idea, but don't you have to define as "tested app" the two executables ?

After you could specify by the syntax "Aliases.TestedAppX...." ?



Mehdi

NameMapping is for squares.  Descriptive programing ftw!

proc = "firefox"

Sys.Process(proc).Find(["ObjectType", "ObjectIdentifier"], ["*Button*", "buttonName"], 99);

Hi. Thank you all for replies. I'm a complete noob to TestComplete (have been using it for just few weeks), and I still can't resolve this issue. The application that I'm testing is written in Microsoft .NET. The button has a dynamic name. I can open it in Name Mapping Editor, but this is where I'm having difficulties. No matter what I do, when I playback my test TestComplete cannot find it. I'm having a similar issue with a navigation bar that's divided into several "breadcrumbs". I record my test, play it back, and it fails to find the object. Very, very frustrating. All I'm doing at this point is trying to get from point A to point B in the UI. Nothing fancy, just clicking on buttons/bars/menus/etc... I would greatly appreciate any pointers, or if anyone lives in Greater Rochester Area (Western NY), and doesn't mind to meet me for a brief TestComplete demo, lunch/beer is on me :-) . Once again, thank you in advance for all the help.

Hi Vlad - 



Does the button have a label or some other property that doesn't change?  



For the breadcrumbs, you may be able to find an index that lets you traverse the tabs by number.



I'd take you up on the lunch/beer offer, but you'd have to throw in a plane ticket from California.  ;)

"Does the button have a label or some other property that doesn't change? "



I'm not sure... how do I check that?

It's interesting though that only inside the wizard that it doesn't work (it's using Lua engine, which could be the problem). When I use the same button in a standalone page, it works just fine.



"For the breadcrumbs, you may be able to find an index that lets you traverse the tabs by number."

You lost me here... What do you mean exactly, and how do I do it? I'm gonna attach a screenshot which might explain better what I'm trying to do.



... maybe I should take a trip to California instead :-) .

So originally I was on Step 1 page. I clicked on FCM Target Settings button inside Step 1 page. It took me to FCM Target Settings Page. Now I want to get back to Step 1. All very simple, just point and click when I record my test with TestComplete, but it comes back with "Object not found..." message every time. I wonder if it's because the whole Navigation Bar is treated as one object, and how do I get around it. Thank you.

Thank you for a very detailed reply. Unfortunately, I'm still having difficulties. First, when I try to map the object, I get an error sayint that it's already mapped. Then, when I use the object spy, the only property object with Params button that I found is DataBindings, which doesn't seem right. When I try to change index to 1 (which is the 2nd breadcrumb in my navigation bar), I'm getting "Index out of range" error message. I'm stuck at this point, and don't have any other ideas on how to proceed. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey Vlad,

 

I've faced a similar problem with one of my applications, due mostly to the need to support legacy Janus controls. What I ended up doing was mapping the menu items as children of the menu bar, then calling a helper function to discover them in the future. I don't know if it will help you, but here are my steps:

       1. Identify the top-most menu

        2. Use MenuCrawler() to print the children to the Log

       3. Use the log to create a reverse-lookup

       4. Use the reverse lookup to create a click method     

 

This method is chalk full of potential pitfalls, but for my particular situation this method was a good jumping off point. Good luck out there.

 

- Howie

 

 

 

 

 

function MenuCrawler()

{

       //put in the name of the top-most menu

       GetSubMenu(Aliases.<Product>.Form.UICtrlsMainMenu, "[");

}

 

//this method recursively searches for child menu items

function GetSubMenu(menu, prefix)

{

       if(menu == null) { return; }

 

       var count = menu.Count;

       if(count == null || count <= 0){ return; }

 

       for(var i = 0; i < count; i++)

       {

              Log.Message(prefix + i + "] :: " + menu.Items(i).Caption); //this might need to be ".Text" or ".Content" depending on the circumstances

       

              GetSubMenu(menu.Items(i).SubMenu, prefix + i + "|");

       }

}

 

/* Some sample log output:

[0] :: File

[0|0] :: New

[0|1] :: Save

[0|2] :: Quit

[1] :: Help

[1|0] :: Contact

[1|1] :: About

*/

 

//new lookup method:

//this method returns the whole control, in case you need ".Enabled" or ".Visible" and whatnot

function FindMenuItem(path)

{

       var menu = Aliases.<Product>.Form.UICtrlsMainMenu;

       switch (path)

       {

              case "File" :         return menu.Items(0);

              case "File|New" :     return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(0);

              case "File|Save" :    return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(1);

              case "File|Quit" :    return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(2);

              case "Help" :         return menu.Items(1);

              case "Help|Contact" : return menu.Items(1).SubMenu.Items(0);

              case "Help|About" :   return menu.Items(1).SubMenu.Items(1);

              default: return null;

        }

}

 

//this method specifically clicks on the button in question

function ClickMenuItem(path)

{

       FindMenuItem(path).Click();

}