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vthomeschoolmom
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13 years ago

Inconstent behavior on ClickR

I have an object on my screen called CommandBars. (This is a VB6 app with Xtreme Suite controls. CommandBars is one of the XTreme Suite controls.) I wrote some script



  grdStatus.Row = STATUS_1MAN_INDEX   ' put the cursor on the right row

  set cb=frmStatus.WaitVBObject("CommandBars", 4000)                       

  grdStatus.ClickR

  set mnu = cb.FocusedCommandBar  ' trying to get the popup menu for the grid row right clicked upon.





So I was fiddling with this. It worked. The grid would receive a click where it was. Over the course of the evening, the VM I was working on ... died a horrible fiery death. So I put my code on a different VM.



I start debugging some stuff, and come up with an error here. Turns out that the right click is now moving the cursor to another row in the grid. Help for OnscreenObject.ClickR (since it does not seem to be one of the other object). The help file indicates that in the absence of coordinates, the click will be simulated in the center of the object.



Well whoa there nelly. The position of the row I want right clicked upon has not changed. It certainly was never in the center of the grid object.



Note that the grid in question is a Janus GridEX.



I really need a way to click and right click at the current cursor position since most of my objects are not supported by Test Complete! I can usually get the cursor where I need it using native object properties and methods. But I need to be able to issue clicks and right clicks there for the underlying click handlers to fire.



Help please!



n.b test Complete 7.




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  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
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    13 years ago
    Well, you are right clicking on your gridStatus object so it would naturally click in the center of that object.  Now, as to why the behavior changed, this is why co-ordinate based scripting really does not work well.  I'm guessing that something changed in screen resolution or even OS or something between the VM's so that the center of the gridStatus has shifted a few pixels, hence moving your mouse cursor to a different spot.



    Not sure if it's going to help you (and can't remember if anyone has referenced this to you) but there's an article that contains some links to sample script code for working with Janus grids.  You can find it http://smartbear.com/support/viewarticle/13207/



    That said, I wonder if you can get to an actual Cell child object of your grid (again, not knowing the specific properties).  If so, you could probably do something like 



    gridStatus.Cell(<row>, <column>).ClickR()




     where the <row> is the row number for the row you want to do the right click on and <column> is the "center" cell.  This way your ClickR is being called against the specific area of the grid and is not dependant upon co-ordinates and screen resolution to make sure you've got the correct row.
  • vthomeschoolmom's avatar
    vthomeschoolmom
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago
    Robert, trust me when I tell you I know how bad coordinates are. It is finding the ways around them that are the rub. Thanks for the tips. I would bet a buck that'll do it.



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  • vthomeschoolmom's avatar
    vthomeschoolmom
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago
    The frustrating thing is that in the other VM the position I was right clicking on was easily visibly NOT the center of the grid. :(
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    13 years ago
    Here's hoping it does work.  I've had to struggle my way around third-party non-supported controls before and try and figure out how to get what I want (don't even start talking to me about TVirtualStringTree).  I feel for you.



    Let me know if there's anything more I can do to help.
  • vthomeschoolmom's avatar
    vthomeschoolmom
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago
    I wonder if there is any way to use the position of the current cell to calculate coordinates for a right click? What is the relationship between position and coordinates? You would think the former could be used to calculate the later in the absence of an event to hit directly.
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    13 years ago
    Co-ordinates are pixels.  As for the Janus grid reference, it's at the very bottom of that article.



    As for getting the currently focused sell, I know that many grids have some sort of property or method that returns "FocusedCell".  That might be able to get you want you want as well.



    As for relationship between position and co-ordinates, co-ordinates for "click" are always relative to the object being clicked in number of pixels from the top and left of the object.  so, if you have an object that is 120 pixels by 80 pixels, Click(60, 40) will click roughly in the center.  So, the position of the object on screen doesn't affect the "click" co-ordinates, only the size in pixels.
  • vthomeschoolmom's avatar
    vthomeschoolmom
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago
    Thanks, Robert. A solution lies somewhere in all the great info you have given me. I will go find it!


  • vthomeschoolmom's avatar
    vthomeschoolmom
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago
    FYI: I checked out the sample referred to in the article. This is of very limited use as it deals mostly in underlying ado objects. We don't use ADO or data binding. The same does not show you how to manipulate the grid. Just thought you would want to know.