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13 years ago

Accessing dropdowns within Powerbuilder DataWindow control.

I am currently in the process of automating a legacy Powerbuilder application. I have added the "pbdw*" and "*" window classes to the list of accepted MSAA windows, which gives me access to most of t...

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I am facing same problem.DropDown or ComboBox child items are not accessible. Even I tried with enabling "Show hidden member"

umer_chaudhary

Occasional Contributor

9 years ago

Hi, I'm having exact same problem with Desktop based powerBuilder application

I dont have any clickitem or settext function exposed to edit value for comboboxes or dropdowns within datawindow.

Anybody has any solutions?

russelld
Contributor
6 years ago
Hi, Just wondering if you ever got this issue figured out? Thanks
- TanyaYatskovska
  SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
  6 years ago
  Hi russelld,
  
  Very old thread....
  
  I recommend that you create your own topic here and describe what you want to implement and what issues do you face. We will do our best to help you!
- umer_chaudhary
  Occasional Contributor
  6 years ago
  Hi russell,
  
  I was able to handle ALL dropdowns and ComboBoxes through custom algorithm developed by using
  
  Text Recognition + Pixel Mapping + Dropdown/ComboBoxes behavior adaptation.
  
  It was a good 200+ lines of algorithm but ultimately i was able to succesfully automate PB 12.5+ applications with TestComplete. The only problem i faced was occasional non-detection of changes inside pbdw Dynamic data windows by TestComplete causing crashes at Testing Application end.
  - mleko
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago
    Hi!
    Would you share, how exactly your algorithm works? We are facing similiar issue and can't really get over it.
- mleko
  Occasional Contributor
  6 years ago
  Hi! Have you figured out that problem?