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ARR
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5 years ago

Capture objekt tree structure of elements that disappear

How can I capture properties and objekt tree structure of elements that disappear when clicking in object spy or testcomplete?   The tested app uses custom context menus. These can be captured with...
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ARR
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I do not use keyword testing. The contents of the context menu are dynamic and the parameters are passed dynamically to a function, which then identifies and addresses the element using FindChild or FindAllChildren.

I'm looking for exactly the parent element, but the information is inconsistent.

 

I'm not looking for a workaround, because this was just an example for better understanding. The requirement is: If I have an object, I want to be able to uniquely identify its parent element and its exact position in the object tree. This is not a problem with objects that remain on the sceen, but with objects that disappear when you switch to Testcomplete or Object spy.

 

In my example I want to use 'TestObj.FindChild(PropNames, PropValues, Depth, RefreshTree)' with as little depth as possible. If 'TestObj' is the direct parent then 'Depth' can be '1'. But because of the inconsistency of the information and the inaccessibility of the object tree it is difficult to find out who the parent element is. (Object spy says one thing, mapping another thing and Object Tree says nothing.) In this example, the (sub) context menu on the right side is not a child of the context menu on the left side. Then it would be easy.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

That's the thing... this isn't an "object" like others.  Menus like this are not something you're going to capture with Object Spy or such... They are properties of some other form... specifically, as the documentation says, MainMenu or PopupMenu or something like that.  So, you're not going to be able to "map" it or see the parent... that's not how TestComplete sees these objects.

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/window-and-process/mainmenu-property-window-object.html

 

So, unfortunately, I'm not sure you're going to be able to do precisely what you want with Object Spy or something like that.  You should be able to examine/iterate through the "Items" property of the menu object to find out the information you want to know...  

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/members/menu/items-property-menu-control.html

 

 

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    sonya_m
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    5 years ago

    Thanks Community!

     

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