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I have a tab page something like Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer [10378456]']";.

The value in the brackets keep changing.Next time it might be something like - Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer [1045237894]']";

So i am trying to identify the tab page using regular expression something like

Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer .*']";
but i am getting elementnotfound exception.

Why the regular expression is failing to identify the tab page.

kiran.pol wrote:I have a tab page something like Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer [10378456]']";.

The value in the brackets keep changing.Next time it might be something like - Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer [1045237894]']";

So i am trying to identify the tab page using regular expression something like

Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename='Edit Customer .*']";
but i am getting elementnotfound exception.

Why the regular expression is failing to identify the tab page.

Hi Kiran,

Since the accessiblename attribute of the Tab changes in your case, I would suggest you to amend your path to:

Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename~'^Edit\ Customer']";

and check whether the tab can be accessed for different values.

Regards,
Deven B.

kiran.pol wrote:Ranorex.TabPage TB_Edit_Customer = "/form[@controlname='MainForm']/container[@controlname='panelTabControlHolder']/*/*/tabpage[@accessiblename~'Edit Customer .*']";

You forgot to use the '~' operator instead of '=' in the RxPath attribute comparison. The text will only be interpreted as a regular expression if you use the ~ comparison operator.

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Support Team

Thanks a lot. I definitely missed to use "~"

Now it is working fine for me