An anchor point for a test

[niceke]

I've heard the other guys talk about an anchor point for a test. Does eValid have any equivalent to that?

[eValid]

I've heard the other guys talk about an anchor point for a test. Does eValid have any equivalent to that?

There are several meanings of "anchor point" depending on the technology being used, but in the case of eValid the typical meaning of "anchor point" is a specific location in a page that can serve as an anchor for structural manipulation of the internal pointers to achieve a specific playback objective.

The most common anchor point is an ID tag, which is the standard anchor used in eValid's adaptive playback feature that overcomes slight changes in page organization and structure. When something "isn't right" with the page at playback time then eValid searches around in the page for the now-correct location of the ID tag that was saved as a key piece of information in the recorded command.

In a more general sense, if you have used an IndexFindElement or an IndexFindElementEX to identify a specific page element, THAT element can become you anchor point for subsequent script moves.

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