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Nickolas
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Handling Indicator manually

I've been messing around with Indicator for a while and I feel like in some cases I would like to stop TestComplete from pushing its actions to the Indicator message box.   For exemple, when I'm us...
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Nickolas
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Yes, I know how to handle my own messages...

I want to disable testcomplete's auto messages...

For example:

If a field doesnt exists on screen, it shows the default message (waiting for field "x") and has its own timeout...

I want to disable that, is it possible?

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    Nickolas
    Occasional Contributor
    10 years ago
    tristaanogre wrote:

    Before any method that you want to hide the indicator, call "Indicator.Hide()". Then, when you want to re-enable the indicator, call "Indicator.Show()". See https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/84805/

    Yes, I know that as well but I still want to use the indicator for my own purposes...

    If I hide the indicator I cant post my own messages, thats why I need to deactivate only the automatic messages sent from the Test Runner...

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      tristaanogre
      Esteemed Contributor
      10 years ago

      That's what was alluded to earlier.

      What you do is, before the method that you want to use your custom message, you call Indicator.PushText("My custom text"). Then, when the method executes, it will use that text rather than the default text. Then, to restore default text, call "Indicator.PopText()" after the call.

      Have you tried this?

      It would be helpful if you could post code snippets of what you are attempting. It may help to figure out what is going wrong in your implementation.

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        Nickolas
        Occasional Contributor
        10 years ago

         

        function funValidaDialog(sMensagem):boolean;
var 
  ObjProcesso, ObjJanela, ObjMensagem;
begin
  ObjProcesso:=Sys.Process('sige2'); 
  ObjJanela:=nil;
  ObjMensagem:=nil;
  
  Indicator.PushText('Verificando se a mensagem que contém: "'+sMensagem+'" existe...');
  ObjJanela := ObjProcesso.WaitWindow('#32770','X' , -1, 5000);   
  if ObjJanela.Exists then
  begin
    ObjMensagem := ObjJanela.WaitWindow('Static', sMensagem, 2, 1000); 
    if ObjMensagem.Exists then
    begin
      Result:=True;
    end
    else
    begin
      Result:=False;
    end;
  end
  else
  begin
    Result:=False;  
  end;
  Indicator.PopText; 
end;

        this is my code so far...

         

        Now, the message that I want to see during the whole process is: "Verificando se a mensagem que contém: "X" existe..."

        But all I can see is: "Waiting for Window: WndClass - "#32770", WndCaption - "X" " because the Test Runner posts another message after I post my message, and thats why I want to temporarily disable the automatic messages...

        And that happens when my executable's message box doesnt exists...