TestComplete does not recognize Office Ribbon elements

Hi Oleksandr,

There's no built-in recording & playback support for the WinForms Office Ribbon control, but you can automate it by using its internal properties and methods - those in the .NET category in the Object Browser.

For example, you can access the ribbon items as:

ribbonObj.Tabs.Item(index).Panels(index).Items(index)

and its Quick Toolbar items as:

ribbonObj.QuickAccessToolbar.Items.Item(index)

From there you can get and change the item state. Examine these objects in the Object Browser to learn which properties and methods you can use for various item types.

For example, to click a button you can use something like this:

// JScript
// Click the 1st button in the 1st tab
var item = ribbonObj.Tabs.Item(0).Panels(0).Items(0);
var bounds = item.Bounds;
ribbon.Click(bounds.Left + bounds.Width/2, bounds.Top + bounds.Height/2);

Hope this helps!

You can also submit a feature request for adding built-in support for Office Ribbon:
http://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete-survey
http://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-Feature-Requests/idb-p/TestXCompleteFeatureRequests