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gracegift
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7 years ago

How to enter two integers using SetText method

I am using Python scripting with TestComplete and I am hitting an issue.  I have a textbox in which I would like to enter two numeric values separated by a comma (i.e., 35, 50).  The closest method I can see that would work is SetText; however, I don't know how to enter two integers and have them show up as expected.


Here is my code thus far; if I input (a) into the last line, it returns 35.  If I input (b), then it returns 50.

 

def Test1():
a = 35
b = 50
Aliases.CoordinatesTextBox.SetText(a,b)

 

What do I need to do in order for 35,50 to be displayed?

  • I'm not incredibly familiar with python so the syntax may be off.  Basically, you're going to need to concatenate those as strings... yes, I know they are integers, but SetText takes a string parameter so you're going to need to convert them to strings and then concatenate the strings.

     

    It MIGHT look something like this

     

    def Test1():
    a = 35
    b = 50
    coords = aqConvert.IntToStr(a) + ','+aqConvert.IntToStr(b)
    Aliases.CoordinatesTextBox.SetText(coords)
  • I THINK it would simply be something like below... again, I'm not extremely familiar with Python so, from the little I've gleaned, this SHOULD work.

     

    def Test1(xCord, yCord):
    coords = aqConvert.IntToStr(xCord) + ','+aqConvert.IntToStr(yCord)
    Aliases.CoordinatesTextBox.SetText(coords)

     

     

  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor

    I'm not incredibly familiar with python so the syntax may be off.  Basically, you're going to need to concatenate those as strings... yes, I know they are integers, but SetText takes a string parameter so you're going to need to convert them to strings and then concatenate the strings.

     

    It MIGHT look something like this

     

    def Test1():
    a = 35
    b = 50
    coords = aqConvert.IntToStr(a) + ','+aqConvert.IntToStr(b)
    Aliases.CoordinatesTextBox.SetText(coords)
    • gracegift's avatar
      gracegift
      New Contributor

      Robert - excellent!  That worked!

       

      Taking this one step further, how would I setup Test1 so that I could pass in a and b as parameters ?  I would like to be able to write Test1(35,50) and have it enter 35,50 into the textbox field.

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor

        I THINK it would simply be something like below... again, I'm not extremely familiar with Python so, from the little I've gleaned, this SHOULD work.

         

        def Test1(xCord, yCord):
        coords = aqConvert.IntToStr(xCord) + ','+aqConvert.IntToStr(yCord)
        Aliases.CoordinatesTextBox.SetText(coords)