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DCat1223's avatar
DCat1223
Frequent Contributor
9 years ago

Function onchange event doesn't work with automation

Hi...  I have a keyword test for an application that is used for employees to enroll in healthcare.  My company charges less for healthcare for an employee's spouse if the spouse is an employee also....
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    9 years ago

    What step are you executing on the field in question?  If you're using something like "SetText" or similar call, that is not going to trigger an "onchange" event.  Usually, in my experience, those fire when a user actually clicks or tabs out of a field in order to register the actual change.

     

    WorkAround #1: For the field that you know is going to trigger the onchange, once you've entered the data, actually call a "Click" or "Keys" function on the next field to trigger the event

     

    WorkAround #2: Now, this worked for me on a desktop application, but you might be able to call Object.OnChange() directly within your test scripts. I'm not sure if this is available for a web application but it's something to investigate.

     

    Either of these SHOULD trigger your onchange event.

    Let me know if this helps

  • ghuff2's avatar
    ghuff2
    9 years ago

    How are you interacting with the textbox through TestComplete? Are you calling the SetText() method or the Keys() method when inputting text? If you are using SetText() try using the Keys() method instead as that should trigger the onchange event for the textbox.

ghuff2's avatar
ghuff2
Contributor
9 years ago

How are you interacting with the textbox through TestComplete? Are you calling the SetText() method or the Keys() method when inputting text? If you are using SetText() try using the Keys() method instead as that should trigger the onchange event for the textbox.

  • DCat1223's avatar
    DCat1223
    Frequent Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thank you so much tristaanogre and ghuff2!  That was it.  I was using SetText.  Such a simple solution that has been driving me crazy.  This user community is outstanding!  Can't thank you guys enough!

     

    Cheers!

     

    Dave.

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      9 years ago

      DCat1223:

      Hi Dave,

       

      What version of TestComplete are you using?

      The case is that SetText did not fire the OnChange event for version up to 11.30, but since 11.30 the event must be fired (see

      version history in the documentation). So if you are using version 11.30 and up, you may report this problem to Support.