Hi,I'm trying unsuccessfully to select few pages in a document by holding CTRL keyboard key down.i've tried the following:Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]("ListBoxItem")["Keys"]("^[Hold]");andAliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]("ListBoxItem")["Keys"]("[Hold]^");the only thing that is working is:Sys["Desktop"]["KeyDown"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL)but,the last one is a bit problem because if i'm debugging i can't do anything untill i'm using Sys["Desktop"]["KeyUp"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL)how to do that?thankx

Hi Ofer,To select several items of a list box, I recommend that you use the approaches described in the Selecting Multiple List Box Items help topic.

Hi Irina,Thanks,the problem i'm facing is that the items i'm selecting are by design not display on screen all time.i'll explain,i need to select few pages from a document who's containing 100 pages and delete this pages.on screen i can view only 3 pages at a time means, TC won't map all other pages except from this "exposed" pages.so i need to click the CTRL button and then tell TC what page i currently want to select and click it,and like that i'll choose all the pages i want to delete while CTRL is down and in the end i'll click the delete button.this function i wrote does that.the only problem i'm facing is that i think that the Sys["Desktop"]["KeyDown"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL) is doing some problems because when(after selecting all pages)clicking the delete only the last page selected has been deleted although all other selected pages are selected.//Mark few selected pages and delete it all at oncefunction DeleteFewSelectedPagesAllAtOnce() { //Get the number of pages currently in target view NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["wItemCount"] //Select a random number of pages to delete Loop = RandomInt(1, NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion) //Click Home keyboard key Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]("ListBoxItem")["Keys"]("[Home]"); //De-select the first page Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["ListBoxItem"]["Keys"]("^ "); //Get the number of pages currently in target view NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["wItemCount"] //Creating the pages array PagesArray = new Array() for(Position = 1;Position<=NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion;Position++) PagesArray[Position] = Position //Press the CTRL button and holds it untill finish selecting the pages to delete Sys["Desktop"]["KeyDown"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL) //Loop through the pages and delete them for(i = 1; i <= Loop; i++) { //Get the array length ArrayLength = PagesArray.length //Select current page to delete SelectedPage = RandomInt(1, ArrayLength - 1) var listBox = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]; var item = listBox.Items.Item(PagesArray[SelectedPage]-1); listBox.ScrollIntoView(item) //Log the deleted page number in the document Log["Message"]("Page number " + PagesArray[SelectedPage] + " will be selected and deleted") //Wait for the selected page to scrolled into view Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["WaitWPFObject"]("ListBoxItem", "", PagesArray[SelectedPage]["Exists"]) //Click the selected page Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["WPFObject"]("ListBoxItem", "", PagesArray[SelectedPage])["Click"]() //Deleteing the selected page number from the pages array so it won't be selected again PagesArray.splice(SelectedPage, 1) } //Release the ctrl button Sys["Desktop"]["KeyUp"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL) //Click the Del keyboard key to delete the page Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["WPFObject"]("ListBoxItem", "", SelectedPage)["Keys"]("[Del]") //Get the number of pages currently in target view NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]["wItemCount"] //Log the total number of pages in the document before start deleting and after Log["Message"]("Number of pages in document before deletion was " + NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion + " ,Number of pages in document after deletion is " + NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion) if(NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion == (NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion - (i - 1))) Log["Message"]("The number of document currently deleted " + (NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion-NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion) + " is correct") else Log["Warning"]("The number of document currently deleted " + (NumberOfPagesInTargetBeforeDeletion-NumberOfPagesInTargetAfterDeletion) + " isn't correct") //ResetProject["ResetProject"]() } do you think also that the problem the pages are not being deleted properly is because of the use i'm doing of Sys["Desktop"]["KeyDown"](Win32API.VK_CONTROL)? and if so how can use ListBox.ClickItem here?sorry for the long and thx

LOL i got it,ignore itbut,still after selecting all pages when clicking delete only the last selected page is being deleted and not all the pages TC selectany idea why?thx

Irina,can you please check the function i've attached?sometimes it run smoothly and sometimes it display a message where TC is waiting for the object(the page)to delete to be exposed.ican't understand what is it.thanks

Here's is the message i'm getting from time to timeType Message Time Priority Has Picture LinkUnable to find the object WPFObject("ListBoxItem", "", 2565). See Additional Information for details. 15:06:20 Normal why sometimes TC is able to find the object and sometimes not.i think the answer is that the scrollintoview function doesn't function properly

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irina_lukina
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Hi Ofer,

what i'm currently using just moves faster, it ScrollIntoView faster .can you please explain me why?

It's difficult to say for sure. Could you please post here the value of the ClassName property of the mentioned list box control?

ho and i also couldn't find wItem under listBox object tree as well. why is that?

The wItem property is added by TestComplete, and it's specific to the list box controls. That's why, it resides in the Extended properties category. Did you look through this category?

it looks like item in the marked line is empty. why is that?

I'm afraid, I cannot answer this question without knowing what exactly has changed in your application since the last test run. Have you changed anything?

Thanks.
Oferv
Super Contributor
14 years ago
ClassNameProperty: System.Windows.Controls.ListBox

I do find wItem under Extended but it has no value,just the button params next to it(which i don't know what its purpose)

With regarding the fact that it ran properly ans suddenly it's not i also don't know what has been changed,grrrrrrr....... anything.can you use the AUT i shared with you on the ftp to go over and see what can be the problem?

Thanks Irirna
Oferv
Super Contributor
14 years ago
I've attached a file that shows that listBox.wItem(SelectedPage) exist but TC says it doesn't.

pls see attached file

Thanks,
Oferv
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Sorry wrong attachment.this is the right one
irina_lukina
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Hi Ofer,

I do find wItem under Extended but it has no value,just the button params next to it(which i don't know what its purpose)

The Parameters button lets you specify the parameters for the selected property of the method. The wItem property has only one parameter - index of the needed list box item. So, to obtain the value of the needed item, you need to click the Parameters button on the right of the wItem property and specify the item's index (zero-based) in the ensuing dialog. When you close this dialog, the wItem line will hold the value of the specified item.

With regarding the fact that it ran properly ans suddenly it's not

Most likely, the index is out of bounds. I've looked through the screenshot you posted here and noticed that you are randomly generating the index of the needed item. Why do you do this? Also, you start the index from 1, but it starts from 0 (when you specify it for the wItem property).

Also, please clarify what you mean when you say that the property doesn't work. Do you see any error message? If you do, please post here the entire text of the shown error.

Thanks.
Oferv
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Hi,

I select a random item because the purpose of this test is to click a random item,select it and delete it and i'm using the ScrollIntoView in order to "expose" the item to TC(the AUT build by design to high performance so it expose to the user only the number of page can be view on the screen).so,in order for TC to "see" those items i need to scroll it into view.the random pages i'm using is to select a random page which sometime can be one out of 6000.

When i'm saying it doesn't work i mean that i can see what random page Tc has been selected but when trying to scroll this item into view nothing happen.

var item = listBox.wItem(SelectedPage) - i can see the selected random number under the watch List

listBox["ScrollIntoView"](item) - but there's no ScrollIntoView perform

there are no error messages display i just can't see the selected item scrolled into view

Thx
Oferv
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Lets assume that these are the only line codes i have

var listBox = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["AssemblyViewTabControl"]["Grid"]["Grid2"]["UserControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentViewer"]["m_thumbnails"]

var item = listBox["Items"]["Item"](SelectedPage);

listBox["ScrollIntoView"](item)

if i have 10 items in the list box and SelectedPage=1 the selected item will be truly 1 but,if SelectedPage=10 the script throw an error,see attached file.
so i can't understand how do i select the last item?????!!!!!!

can you please explain why is that happen?

thanks
irina_lukina
Super Contributor
14 years ago
Hi Ofer,

I've found your support case in our DB. Please, continue working with David via e-mail.

Thanks.

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