Object browser

An '''object browser''' is a tool that allows a user to examine the components involved in a software package, such as [[Microsoft Word]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/how-to-examine-components-with-word-s-object-browser.aspx |title=How to Examine Components with Word’s Object Browser | access-date= April 25, 2017}}</ref> or [[software development]] packages.<ref>{{citation|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exy1facf%28VS.80%29.aspx |title=Object Browser | access-date= April 25, 2017}}</ref>

An object browser will usually display the hierarchy of components; the properties and events associated with the [[Object (computer science)|objects]]; and other pertinent information; it also provides an interface for interacting with objects.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/object-browser/ |title=Object Recognition with 1k Rules Covering 50k properties & 500 controls |access-date= April 25, 2017}}</ref>

This hierarchy of components and its properties could be described with a path ([[XPath]]) for identifying a component within the hierarchy.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ranorex.com/support/user-guide-20/lesson-9-ranorex-spy.html |title=Ranorex Spy | access-date= April 25, 2017}}</ref>

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