Hi,Can we do scripting (descriptive programming) with TC if application is not developed ?Thanks,Gopal

Hi,Yes, we can do descriptive programming in Test Complete Tool.Here are the example for Gmail Login Page:1st Step: Click on Map Object icon -> Drag the Target Point to the Object -> Save a whole Page Object in Name Mapping.Ex: Map Name: pageGmailLoginAfter Saving the Page Object then Name Mapping shows Tree Model. like--> sys-IEXPLORE-pageGmailLoginSub GmailLogin()Set iexplore = Aliases.IEXPLORESet Page = iexplore.pageGmailLoginPage.Wait' Enter User NameNameProperty = Array("ObjectType", "ObjectIdentifier")ValueProperty = Array("Textbox", "Email")UserName = Page.FindAllChildren(NameProperty, ValueProperty, 7)UserName (0).SetText ("prakash")End Sub'For Finding Objects, we need to click on object spy, and pass the Unique Name Properties and Value Properties'7 = Depth of the User NameHope this will needful for you.Thanks,Prakashprakashraju06@gmail.com

Hi,I have been working with QTP (UFT) for years and now I am slowly uncovering capabilities of TestComplete.Descriptive programming (defining test objects via properties and corresponding values) was one of the first things I was interested in.In QTP (UFT), syntax of descriptive programming looked like this:Browser("prop1:=val1", "prop2:=val2")... the same in testComplete:Sys.Browser(prop1="val1", prop2=val2)Note:Please, notice that in case of val1 I used apostrophe ("val1"), while in case of val2 I did not. So in used syntax example above val1 is a String data type while val2 is an integer.example:Sys.Browser(ObjectIdentifier="iexplore", BrowserIndex=1)Hope this helps :-)

"if you want use it as a generic function then we need to start from top level i think so!"No.No you don't.You simply pass it the object you want to search down from as a parameter. It remains generic. Simple.If you were looking for lines in a book, would you start from the front page every time if it was possible to start from the chapter or paragraph instead?

Hi guys..Prakash Konduru is explain descriptive programming concept very well with example. Using Find, FindAll, FindChild, FindAllChilderen methods we can performed descriptive programming in TestComplete. (all the above methods will help for Dynamic Descriptive programming). 3- Find : - This method is used to search the object from the TestedObj hierarchy.This method searches an object with the specified values of the specified properties. here search starts from TestedObj parent node and continue upto the depth mention. Syntax Set myObject = TestObject.Find(PropertyName, PropertyValue, Depth) Example - Suppose you want to search "gmail link" on google page, We will write Descriptive programming like - Set lnkgmail = Sys.Browser("IExplorer").Page("google.com").Find("ContentText", "gmail", 10) Here - 1- Property Name = ContentText 2- Property Value = gmail 3- Depth = 10 4- FindChild : - A TestedObj may have one or more child objects with specified values of the specified properties so in this case we will using FindChild Method. FindChild method searches child objects from the TestedObj. Syntax - Set myObject = TestObject.FindChild(PropertyName, PropertyValue, Depth) Note - The difference between Find and FindChild is that, FindChild searches child objects, while Find searches TestedObj only. 5- FindAll : - FindAll method is used to search desire object from the TestedObj hierarchy. FindAll Method searches the entire object that have Specified value of the Specified properties. it's return a collection of objects and stored entire object list into an Array. Syntax - Set myObject = TestObject.FindChild(PropertyName, PropertyValue, Depth) 6- FindAllChildren : – FindAllChildren method is same as FindAll method (as mention above), it will search all the children and store them into an Array. Set myObject = TestObject.FindAllChildren(PropertyName, PropertyValue, Depth) Note - We can search a object with the combination of multiple properties and values. Suppose we want to search gmail link which is enabled on page, so in this case we will need to define arrays for Property Name and Property Value and use them like below- Example PropertiesName = Array ("ContentText","ObjectType", "Enabled") PropertieValue = Array("gmail","Link", "True") Set myObject = TestObject.FindChild(PropertiesName, PropertieValue, 100) This May help you.

Eh?I presume "strPropVal1,strPropVal2,strPropVal3,strPropVal4" are all meant to be passed into the function?And you've also hardcoded the properties available to search on, which is restrictive.What you've posted will work, but it's using a bazooka to kill a fly. If your pages has a lot of objects, that function will be very inefficient as you're starting at the top level (Page) for every object.What would make more sense would be to pass it a top level object and also the properties, and their values, that you want to search for. Then build and execute a command to search the child objects of the passed in object based on the parameters and the values. It might also be a good idea to pass in the depth you want it to search.

Can we do descriptive programming

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SriniG
Contributor
10 years ago
Yes we can! Try this one

Function Descript()

Set pg=Sys.Browser("iexplore").Page("*")

NameProperty = Array("textContent","outerText","Id","tagName")

ValueProperty = Array(strPropVal1,strPropVal2,strPropVal3,strPropVal4)

Set obj=pg.FindAllChildren(NameProperty,ValueProperty,9999999,True)

obj.Method

End Function

Based on your requirement enter the Name property and their Property value into array.

Thank you,

Srini.
SriniG
Contributor
10 years ago
Yes! we need to pass the property values into the function for which property you supposed to search. i just mentioned some property names for understanding purpose you can change it based on your requirement.

if you want use it as a generic function then we need to start from top level i think so!

Thanks,

Srini.
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
10 years ago

(Been in a good and relaxed mood... :) )

For me the situation is obvious...

> Set obj=pg.FindAllChildren(NameProperty,ValueProperty,9999999,True)

This line requests search for *all* objects that meet specified criteria starting from the specified root. I hope that it is clear that the higher the root is in the objects hierarchy the 'more generic' search is. At the same time, the higher the root is in the objects hierarchy the worse search performance is. (Just because even if you need first found object and the sought for object is found in the first branch of the objects tree, the search will not stop until it traverses all search tree.)

And the optimal balance between the performance and reusability is a matter of a good code architecture (which, unfortunately, is a rare thing nowadays... :(. And is one of the reasons I love tools by SmartBear).

Just my $0.02... Nothing to argue about :)
- Everseeker
  Contributor
  9 years ago
  Does TestCompete support Regex in this context (or at all)?
SriniG
Contributor
10 years ago
Thank you Alexei Karas :-)

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