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Craig_Horne
Occasional Contributor
14 years ago

How to set ClientX and ClientY for a recorded button action to -1

Hello, On a recorded test I wish to be able to set the clientx and clienty for the buttons to -1. This is so where ever the button is on screen it will click the middle of the button. I have cr...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
14 years ago
There's no way to do this automatically.



However, it sounds to me like you're doing a "record and playback" method of developing tests.  My suggestion would be a two step process.



1)  Manually mapping your components in NameMapping/Aliases

2)  Manually adding "On Screen Actions" to your keyword tests where you can designate the co-ordinates as you go.



The only other option, as far as I know, is to do what you suggested, that being going back and re-editing your scripts by hand.