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betty1
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Checking the background color of an object on my GUI application

I am new to TestComplete and working with Keyword Tests to test my GUI application.  I want to see if a button on my screen is red, yellow, or green.  I can do a property checkpoint on each of the co...
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betty1
Occasional Contributor

I apologize for being unclear.  I am simply trying to detect the color of a button on my WPF GUI.  For example, if the following checkpoints all pass, the color is YELLOW (the ..X replaces the long object path)

 

Property Checkpoint 1

..X.RXLed_C.Fill.GradientStops.zcollection.zlistStore.zentry0.Color, "B", cmpEqual, 0.. 

 

Property Checkpoint 2:

..X.RXLed_C.Fill.GradientStops.zcollection.zlistStore.zentry0.Color, "G", cmpEqual, 255...

 

Property Checkpoint 3:

..X.RXLed_C.Fill.GradientStops.zcollection.zlistStore.zentry0.Color, "R", cmpEqual, 255.. 

 

These will each fail individually if they evaluate to False, but I was looking for a way to evaluate all 3 in the same step or better yet to get the 3 object properties and then I can manipulate them with an IF-Then.

I could not find a way to get those particular properties.  I am very new to TestComplete, so I just assumed there is an easier way and I haven't found it yet.  Thanks for the help.

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TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
4 years ago

Hi betty1,

Explore your control in the Object Browser - perhaps it provides a native property (like, Background color or Color) that you can call from script.

If this doesn't help, take a look at the following KB article:

https://smartbear-cc.force.com/portal/KbArticleViewer?name=Get-a-control-s-background-color&sp=testcomplete

 

Also, I've found several threads with a similar question:

https://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-General-Discussions/How-to-find-background-colour-of-Text-Box-of-Edit-Control/td-p/79955

https://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-General-Discussions/Get-Object-Background-Color/td-p/82957

 

I hope it helps.

 

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    IuliaVascan
    Occasional Contributor
    4 years ago

    I am looking forward for something like this, and I don't have a native property in Object Browser. Has the article also a version for python? 

     

    Thank you!