Is there a way to edit the RanorexPath in C#?

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QATest879
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Is there a way to edit the RanorexPath in C#?

Post by QATest879 » Mon Aug 30, 2021 7:59 pm

This is a question regarding RanoreXPath.

In summary, I need to directly call the RanoreXPath in my code so I can replace the innertext with a variable. For example the path is usually like //div[@innertext='Options'] but I want to replace 'Options' with a variable, because it needs to change based on the context. Is that possible? I haven't been able to directly access RanoreXPaths in the code before so I'm not sure how to do it.

Is there anyway to call a RanorexPath like this?
For example is there a way to do: repo.//div[@innertext=var].Click();
Where I am clicking on the actual path (with a variable in it) rather than a static Element, so that way I can change it depending on the variable?

Thank you.

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Re: Is there a way to edit the RanorexPath in C#?

Post by Stub » Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:55 am

In your repository, look at the Variables... button. You can create a variable that is referenced by the repository item thusly:

//div[@innertext=$MyVariableName]

Then you just set the repository variable MyVariableName to "Options" or whatever.

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Re: Is there a way to edit the RanorexPath in C#?

Post by odklizec » Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:24 am

Hi,

I would personally avoid referencing xpaths directly in code, because this practice makes the solution messy and potentially unmaintainable in a long run. So I would use Stub's suggestion and eventually, pass the repo element to code via mathod's parameter. If you insists on using xpath in code, then you must do it like this:

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Ranorex.DivTag searchElement =  repo.FindSingle<Ranorex.DivTag>(".//div[@innertext='" + varName + "']",120000);
searchElement .Click(); 
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