How can I record a generic xpath without the machine name

[fester13579]

I am currently building my 1st WEB based test cases on “MachineA” but will later run this on “MachineB,C,D...”.

While building my recordings, each click is recording the full path of A in every xpath and I then have to edit every single one to use a regex match on a substring so that it will still match when running on B.

Is there a way to make the recorder not be so literal and thereby save me the re-editing time on all my clicks.

I thought perhaps this would help but apparently it does not
“The unique ID search can be enabled/disabled within the “General settings” -> 'Enable search by unique ID (if available)'. “

Thanks...

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[Support Team]

Hi fester13579,

I would suggest trying to work around this issue as follows.

• Track the IFrame element with Ranorex Spy and add it to the repository
  

  

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• Convert the item to a rooted folder
  

  

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• Edit the path for the rooted folder via the Path Editor and apply the regular expression
• As a consequence, new recorded or tracked items will be located within this rooted folder and you won't need to adjust the regular expression again and again

  

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Alternatively, you could try creating a RanoreXPath Weight Rule that prefers a different attribute when generating the path (assuming that there is a different attribute that could be used for identifying the IFrame).

If you need more information please do let me know.

Sincerely,
Johannes

[fester13579]

Thank you...