Option

Interrogation mode

Default

Select objects using the standard method of clicking on targets.

Debug Matching  

Select this option to locate unmatched targets. If a target is failing to match, select this option and then drag the interrogator icon over the target.  Studio displays red X icons next to the match rules that are failing (in the Match Rules list/Match Rules tab).

Select Element

Choose the Select Element option on the Interrogation Form to identify targets more precisely. When selected, a list of the surrounding HTML tags for the object dropped on the target is displayed. Highlight the tag corresponding to the type of object you want to use in the Studio project .

In version 8.0.1081 and later, the Select Element interrogation mode provides additional information about the DOM (Document Object Model)during interrogation. With a single-page web application, all elements of the DOM exist in one page, which differs from a traditional web application in that the single-page web application page reloads differently and all objects in the application can exist in the DOM simultaneously.

When you identify the element to you want to interrogate, you can either interrogate the item as a normal control (by clicking Create Control) or as a container (by clicking Create Container).

Replace Control

Use this option to replace an interrogated control with another target. This option is most used when updating a solution to reflect changes in versions of the interrogated application. For more information, see Replace Control.  

Create Global Web Page

Use this option to define whether certain parent elements for web targets are included in the project. Selecting this option adds the interrogated target under a webpage object and ignores the parent target for the webpage (such as the Browser and IEFrame). You must select this option when interrogating targets in a frame that can exist on various pages within the website, depending on the user’s interaction with the site.

Also use this feature when there are different versions of Internet Explorer in your environment.  For more information, see Create Global Web Page.

HTML Table Designer

Use this option to design HTML tables for use by Robotic Automation Studio.