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syedhasan
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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umer_chaudhary
Occasional Contributor

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's avatar
russelld
Contributor
6 years ago

Hi, Just wondering if you ever got this issue figured out? Thanks

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    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's avatar
    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's avatar
      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's avatar
    mleko
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi! Have you figured out that problem?