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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
8 years ago

How to deal with browser window

Hello guys,

 

I automate exes that uses a lot of theses windows. Theses ones don't allow an Edit field in which I can put a unc path. No, theses windows needs the use of mouse to select the appropriate folder.

 

Usually, my tests fail when I try to browse the right folder.

 

I do the following :

  - I do a "SetFocus"

  - I press "Home"

  - And I do successively as much "ClickItem" as I need to open child folder bu child folder until I select the right one.

 

Anyone has a better idea ? How do you deal with such browser dialog ?

 

Thank you

    • m_essaid's avatar
      m_essaid
      Valued Contributor
      8 years ago

      Hi shankar_r

      seems to be a great clue ! I tried it a little.

      I will tell you tomorrow after the night run.

    • m_essaid's avatar
      m_essaid
      Valued Contributor
      8 years ago

      Hi shankar_r, it seems to work very well.

       

      For an unknown reason in some of my environnements the ObjectIdentifier spaces are "spaces" when in others it's "underscores".

       

      I put a conditionnal mapping for each.

       

      Thank you very much...

  • m_essaid's avatar
    m_essaid
    Valued Contributor
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I finaly resolved this issue by using a property of the component that manages the folder dialog.

    This component is, in my application, a TMS FolderDialog for Delphi.

    If I assign the .Directory value before beeing executed, it keeps this value by default.

     

    This is the best way to solve that, without asking anything to the dev team.

     

    Hopefuly this property is visible for the TestComplete robot. I it hadn't been visible, I would have modified this TMS component.

  • m_essaid's avatar
    m_essaid
    Valued Contributor
    8 years ago

    Hi there,

     

    I still have issues with theses kind of windows.

    I mean, in this example assume you have another folder just under "Office14" (so not visible)

    I choosed first the folder in the combobox

    Then I tried to select the invisible folder... and the test fails.

     

    Any ideas ?

     

    Thank you in advance,

     

    Mehdi

    • dmiscannon's avatar
      dmiscannon
      Frequent Contributor
      8 years ago

      Your first picture shows a Windows Explorer window which is handled differently than a combo box. If you want to work with Explorer, the code below (written in VBScript) worked for me. There is probably a better way to do this.

       

      Dim FindFolder
' Global Variable 
FindFolder = False
' *********************************************************************************************************************
Sub FC

While FindFolder = False
  Folder() 'Search for the folder
  If FindFolder = True Then 
    Exit Sub ' Folder was found so exit While loop
  End If
  PageDown() ' Folder was not found, so page down
WEnd

End Sub
' *********************************************************************************************************************
Sub Folder()
' Searches for the folder
Dim PropArray, ValuesArray, p, w
' Creates arrays of property names and values
PropArray = Array("value", "ObjectIdentifier" ,"Visible")
ValuesArray = Array("FOLDER NAME", "Name", True) ' FOLDER NAME is the name of the folder you are looking for

Set p = Aliases.explorer.Items_View 'This is the mapped Explorer Window object containing the folder list
Set w = p.FindChildEx(PropArray, ValuesArray, 10, True, 1000)

If w.Exists Then
  w.DblClick ' Double Clicks on the desired folder to open it
  FindFolder = True   
End IF 

End Sub
' *********************************************************************************************************************
Sub PageDown()
' Pages down the Explorer folder view
Dim p
Set p = Aliases.explorer.Items_View.Vertical_Scroll_Bar ' This is the mapped vertical scroll bar of the Explorer window
p.Focus
p.UIAObject("Page_down").Click

End Sub

       

    • m_essaid's avatar
      m_essaid
      Valued Contributor
      8 years ago

      Hi Alex,

       

      Thank you for your help,

       

      I think that that's don't apply, because I need to select a folder not a file.

      When I need to specify a file to open or to save I paste the unc path with the name. But here I have to browse and select a folder, a specific place...

       

      I really don't understand why 95% of my attempts are successfull and some, not always the same, fails. The typical "Additional info" is that I'm trying to click beyond the screen coordinates or to attempt to click on negative coordinates.

      But, as I already said when I redo the same test, same VM, another day it succeeds...

       

      Do I have problems with my network ? Disk access ?