My UFT code cannot identify browser/parent object. Keep getting 'cannot find objects parent'

Question

I am a software automation student and new to programming. I have only been writing code for about a few weeks. The automation tool I'm using is UFT and the language is VB script

When I write scripts in UFT I sometimes come across this error:

Cannot find the "[ WebList ]" object's parent "[ Browser ]" (class Browser). Verify that parent properties match an object currently displayed in your application.

Line (32): "Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=state", "html tag:=SELECT").Select State".

I know it means UFT cannot identify browser or page. What I don't know is why. I thought I wrote the code correctly. I even added creationtime and title in browser and page to better identify it.

Can anyone help me fix this error?

Here's my entire script. It's short, only 54 lines.

Option Explicit

Dim MyExcel, MySheet, RowCount, i ,IE, URL, State, PayType, Pay, PayFrequency, MaritalStatus, WithholdingAllowances, AdditionalWithholding, Allowances, AdditionalWithholding2, ActualCheckValue, ExpectedCheckValue, CapturedTaxRate

Set MyExcel = CreateObject ("Excel.Application")

MyExcel.Workbooks.Open "C:\Users\PIIT\Documents\Excel Docs\In Class Assigment - 7.xlsx"

Set MySheet = MyExcel.ActiveWorkbook.WorkSheets ("Sheet1")

IE = "iexplore.exe"
URL = "suburbancomputer.com/tips_calculator.php"

SystemUtil.CloseProcessByName IE
SystemUtil.Run IE, URL
wait 5

RowCount = MySheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
For i = 2 To RowCount

State = MySheet.Cells(i,"A")
PayType = MySheet.Cells(i,"B")
Pay = MySheet.Cells(i,"C")
PayFrequency = MySheet.Cells(i,"D")
MaritalStatus = MySheet.Cells(i,"E")
WithholdingAllowances = MySheet.Cells(i,"F")
AdditionalWithholding = MySheet.Cells(i,"G")
Allowances = MySheet.Cells(i,"H")
AdditionalWithholding2 = MySheet.Cells(i,"I")
ActualCheckValue = MySheet.Cells(i,"J")

Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=state", "html tag:=SELECT").Select State
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("innertext:=Salary Hourly ", "html tag:=SELECT").Select PayType
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebEdit("html id:=salary", "html tag:=INPUT").Set Pay
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=ppy", "html tag:=SELECT").Select PayFrequency
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=fit_marital_status", "html tag:=SELECT").Select MaritalStatus
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=fit_dependent", "html tag:=SELECT").Select WithholdingAllowences
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebEdit("html id:=fit_addon", "html tag:=INPUT").Set AdditionalWithholdings
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebList("html id:=state_dependent", "html tag:=SELECT").Select Allowences
Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebEdit("html id:=state_addon", "html tag:=INPUT").Set AdditionalWithholding2

Browser("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").Page("micclass:=Browser", "CreationTime:=0", "Title:=.*").WebButton("name:=Calculate Paycheck", "class:=nav_button").Click
wait 2

ActualCheckValue = Browser("micclass:=Browser").Page("micclass:=Page").Page("micclass:=Page").WebElement("html tag:=B", "index:=16").GetROProperty("innerhtml")
Print ActualCheckValue
Browser("micclass:=Browser").Page("micclass:=Page").Page("micclass:=Page").Link("html id:=ui-id-3", "innerhtml:=Effective Rate").Click 

CapturedTaxRate = Browser("micclass:=Browser").Page("micclass:=Page").Page("micclass:=Page").WebElement("html tag:=B", "index:=21").GetROProperty("innerhtml")
Print CapturedTaxRate

Browser("micclass:=Browser").Page("micclass:=Page").Page("micclass:=Page").Link("html id:=ui-id-1", "innerhtml:=Enter").Click

Next

Bela Tamas Jozsa Bela Tamas Jozsa · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-03T20:51:37

Page("micclass:=Browser") this is wrong. An Object of type Page cannot be of Type Browser as well. (micclass is the type of the Object)

For identifying Pages simply use index:=0 if you do not want to use them in the Object Repository hierarchy

My UFT code cannot identify browser/parent object. Keep getting 'cannot find objects parent'

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