TestComplete/JScript- Using a variable in an object path

Question

I am using TestComplete with JScript testing a webpage that has elements that I declare as a variable to make it easier to test the element later. They all have a path like:

var check1 = Window.Panel(1).Panel(2).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(1).Panel(0).Label(0).Checkbox(0)

The elements are dynamic, so there is no telling how many there are when the test is run. I was hoping there was some way to loop through and declare the elements, but it would involve declaring the element like this:

var check1 = Window.Panel(1).Panel(2).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(1).Panel(0).Label(x).Checkbox(0)

where x is the counter variable. The problem is that TestComplete sees this as a literal path and does not recognize x as a variable.

Is there any way to do this with TestComplete using JScript? Or convert a string to an object? I think I can work with that, too.

Answer 1

My guess is that since you store the reference in variable check1, the variable x is updated but the x in variable check1 still holds it's original value (1).

Workaround Keep the first part of the path static in the variable, then update x and assign it to the label.

var path = Window.Panel(1).Panel(2).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(0).Panel(1).Panel(0);

// path to the Checkbox
path.Label(x).Checkbox(0);

// or if you want to loop over it
for (var x = 0, len = 8; i < len; x += 1) {
    if (path.Label(x).Checkbox(0).value === 'something') {
        console.log('hooray!');
    }
}