when closing My Application under test, TestComplete errors out with Application.exe process crashed

[dcfecker]

Code being executed:

CloseLE.Click(); // "X" to close LE
Aliases.Live_Earth.AreYouSureClose.Close.Click(); // Close confirmation
if(Aliases.Live_Earth.Exists && Aliases.Live_Earth.SaveForNextTime.Exists) {
   Aliases.Live_Earth.SaveForNextTime.Discard.Click();
}

"The Live Earth.exe process crashed" is being logged for line 3 of the above code. This didn't used to happen. I would be able to close, and then re-open the application under test without issue. What changed? Why Am I getting a "process crashed" message when I'm simply closing the Tested App to then re-open it?

[Marsha_R]

What happens if you do the exact same test steps manually?  Does the .exe still crash?

[tristaanogre · Accepted solution]

If you close the application, then it no longer exists.  If it doesn't exist, then the object Aliases.Live_Earth is no longer a valid object.  SO, you can't call "Exists" property from a non-existant object.  

A better way to check for existance is the following:

CloseLE.Click(); // "X" to close LE
Aliases.Live_Earth.AreYouSureClose.Close.Click(); // Close confirmation
var liveEarthProcess = Aliases.WaitAliasChild('Live_Earth', 2000);
if(liveEarthProcess.Exists && liveEarthProcess.WaitAliasChild('SaveForNextTime', 2000).Exists) {
   Aliases.Live_Earth.SaveForNextTime.Discard.Click();
}

[dcfecker]

That was close. I ended up making the assignment before the close confirmation and that seems to work. 

Thanks!

    CloseLE.Click(); // "X" to close LE
    var liveEarthProcess = Aliases.WaitAliasChild('Live_Earth', 2000);
    Aliases.Live_Earth.AreYouSureClose.Close.Click(); // Close confirmation

[dcfecker]

Maybe it is actually Crashing...

The second time I ran it I got the same message: The Live Earth.exe process crashed.

But I'm getting no other indication that the executable is crashing, it's shutting down like normal and when I start it up again the things I changed are saved.

[AlexKaras]

Hi,

> I ended up making the assignment before the close confirmation and that seems to work. 

Robert's suggestion is more correct, because, obviously, you will get a reference to the currently running process if you do this before closing it.

Also you may try to give your tested application some time to close by putting a, say, 5seconds delay after the .Close() command and before the block that checks if the application was closed.

Finally, you may consider the Report Generator utility provided with TestComplete (https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/advanced/tracing-critical-errors/report...) to check if your tested application indeed crashes in some way and contact Support via the https://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=TestComplete form providing them with your findings.