Problem finding object for Custom Object Test

Question

I need to create a custom object test that tests whether a an element is present after a record gets inserted into the database. The script is databanked and each iteration needs to insert a databanked record, then evaluate my custom object test to make sure the record was inserted. The trick is in writing the expression that finds the correct custom object. After one iteration, this is the code that finds the custom object;
RSWApp.om.GetElementByPath "window(index=0).link(text=""Category D"" | href=""javascript:OpenModal('DocumentCategoryAddEdit.aspx?documentCategoryId=377','400');"" | index=19)", element
Instead of always grabbing the object whose text is "Category D", I want to grab the object whose text is <<category>> (ie retrieved from a databank file). Search in the href or index isn't helpful because these will change with each iteration through my script.
I tried to modify the GetElementByPath to this:
RSWApp.om.GetElementByPath "window(index=0).link(text=dbValue|)", element
where dbValue is a local parameter that I set earlier on. When I run this, I get an object not found error.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I much prefer to use RSWAPP.om.findElement. It is much more robust than FindElements.<BR>
RSWApp.GetDatabankValue Is what is needed anytime you want to return Databank values to the VBA environment<BR>
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Your code should look something like the following:<BR>
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Dim dbVal as string
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RSWApp.GetDataBankValue "MyDbVariable", dbVal<BR>
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This will return the contents of "MyDbVariable" which is defined and bound in the databank wizard to VBA variable dbVal.<BR>
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You can then use DBVal in your path:
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RSWApp.om.GetElementByPath "window(index=0).link(text="" & dbVal & "" | href=""javascript:OpenModal(&#39;DocumentCategoryAddEdit.aspx?documentCategoryId=377&#39;,&#39;400&#39;);"" | index=19)", element<BR>
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If you decide to use Find elements instead of GetElementByPath, the syntax would like the following: <BR>
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Set element = RSWApp.om.FindElement(dbVal, "A", "InnerText") <BR>
As you can see it is much simpler.<BR>
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Hope this helps!