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Wait for Xpath
Hi, I am using test complete for web testing and preferred XPATH to find elements. But I couldnt find a proper wait statement for xpath other than hard coded wait statements. My scripts are failing ...
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AlexKaras
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Champion Level 1Hi,
Yes, as Marsha has suggested. .WaitElement() is a new method introduced in TC 14.40 for Cross-platform testing.
Note that test code created for cross-platform testing cannot use NameMapping/Aliasing, requires license for Device Cloud addon and applicable to page object only (which potentially means decreased performance).
Otherwise, you must implement your own wait mechanism to wait in a loop until the sought-for object appears or timeout occurs.
One more note as for your code.
The code looks like a port from Selenium code that implements page object model. This code in TestCOmplete will work only in the case if all sought for objects (viewcombtn, select_lst, ...) exist at the moment of search. If the select_lst object appears only after the click on the viewcombtn, then your code will not work because the search for select_lst will fail anyway as the object will not exist until the button is clicked.
Thanks Alex,
A question on this part:-
"One more note as for your code.
The code looks like a port from Selenium code that implements page object model. This code in TestCOmplete will work only in the case if all sought for objects (viewcombtn, select_lst, ...) exist at the moment of search. If the select_lst object appears only after the click on the viewcombtn, then your code will not work because the search for select_lst will fail anyway as the object will not exist until the button is clicked."
As you pointed out viewcombtn is clicked first and all the other elements comes to the page after this click.If am using waitElement() in test complete, will the code executes in that way we expect- with out considering the fact that "in TestCOmplete will work only in the case if all sought for objects (viewcombtn, select_lst, ...) exist at the moment of search"
Thanks in advance
Vibin