Common way to find out, whether control is existing

StuByZurich · Post by **StuByZurich** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:00 am

Hi,

What is the best practice way to find out, whether the element
can be instanciated per xpath??

Should I use the Exists()-Methode?

Thanks for the tip.

Oliver

Post by **Support Team** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:49 pm

Well if your test requires the element to exist, it is usually best
to use:

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try
{
    ... find(), automation actions, etc. ...
}
catch(ElementNotFoundException)
{
  .. element was not found ... 
}

If you are looking for a collection of elements, then use the Find() methods
which return a list of adapters or elements.

Validate.Exists(path) is used as an explicit checkpoint which throw ValidationExceptions with a custom message.

There is also an Exists() overload which switches off exceptions and returns "false" instead.

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if (!Exists("/my/element/path", 5000, "", false))
{
   .. element was not found ...
}

Michael
Ranorex Team