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lowres
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3 months ago
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How to replace a Value with a Variable.

Hello All. Hoping you can help.... I need to select an entry from a radComboBox. Im using ClickItem. If I clickItem and use a number it will pick the relevant Item from the list. It also works...
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    rraghvani
    3 months ago

    If you have a variable called FRUITNAME having the following string value "Banana[Enter]Apple[Enter]Pear" and you use the Keys operation. It will enter each fruit name followed by a carriage return. You can find more information at Keys Action.

    Scripts is different from Keyword Tests.

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lowres
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3 months ago

So a variable and an Enter press can not happen in the same item?

I come from writing in LoadRunner and Robot Framework tools, I can just drop in predefined variables anywhere like in my scripts as needed.

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rraghvani
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3 months ago

If you have a variable called FRUITNAME having the following string value "Banana[Enter]Apple[Enter]Pear" and you use the Keys operation. It will enter each fruit name followed by a carriage return. You can find more information at Keys Action.

Scripts is different from Keyword Tests.

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    lowres
    Occasional Contributor
    2 months ago

    OK Thanks Rraghvani, so its not possible.
    So you have to enter the [Enter] as part of the variable.
    Thanks.

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      rraghvani
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      2 months ago

      Hi Lowres,

      I'm not familiar with LoadRunner or Robot Framework, and there may be a terminology difference between the tools.

      With TestComplete, you declare a variable and assign it a value - Project.Variables.FRUITNAME = "Banana". To select "Banana" from your list control, use the mapped alias name followed by the appropriate method to click the item - Aliases.MyApp.ListOfFruits.ClickItem(Project.Variables.FRUITNAME). 

      I strongly suggest you read through https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/index.html and try out their tutorials. TestComplete is straight-forward to use, but you need to understand how the basics works first.