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mfoster711
Regular Contributor
9 years ago

Check PopupMenu exists

How do I check if a popup menu exists before I try to interact with it?    The following code works as long as the PopupMenu exists. If it doesn't, I get a run time error on the second line.   Cu...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Ah, I see. Property will be of no use for you.

    What you should do in this case:

    1) Open Object Spy in TestComplete and switch it to Point-and-Fix mode;

    2) (Right-)click on the control so that the popup menu is opened;

    3) Hover popup menu with the mouse and wait until it is recognized by Object Spy;

    4) Fix the captured object in the Object Spy (Ctrl-Shift-A shortcut if I remember correctly);

    5) Copy the identification code from Object Spy into your test code, adjust and use accordingly.

     

    (It is a usual thing that popup menu is a separate standalone object that is a child of either tested application process or main window.)

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mfoster711
Regular Contributor

I tried that but it does not work either. It always says the obj does not exists it when it does exist.

 

I believe this is because the PopupMenu is not a child of CurrField, it is a property of CurrField. CurrField does not have any child objects.

AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
9 years ago

Hi,

 

Ah, I see. Property will be of no use for you.

What you should do in this case:

1) Open Object Spy in TestComplete and switch it to Point-and-Fix mode;

2) (Right-)click on the control so that the popup menu is opened;

3) Hover popup menu with the mouse and wait until it is recognized by Object Spy;

4) Fix the captured object in the Object Spy (Ctrl-Shift-A shortcut if I remember correctly);

5) Copy the identification code from Object Spy into your test code, adjust and use accordingly.

 

(It is a usual thing that popup menu is a separate standalone object that is a child of either tested application process or main window.)

  • mfoster711's avatar
    mfoster711
    Regular Contributor
    9 years ago

    Alex - Thanks for that tip, it helped me find the answer. The popup menu is a wndclass #32768 window that is a child of the process and sibling object to the main window. I am able to check if that window exists to determine if the menu is displaying.