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albrewer1
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4 months ago
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Interacting with an Infragistics UltraOptionSet

I've been tasked with automating a legacy (desktop MFC/WPF) UI that includes an Infragistics UltraOptionSet. TestComplete is unable to see "inside" this control, and does not provide explicit support...
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  • caitlinrich's avatar
    caitlinrich
    4 months ago

    You could try putting on the MSAA wildcard (*) - sometimes that helps applications see deeper and identify objects it otherwise can't see. It can be turned on via Tools > Current Project Properties > Open Applications > MSAA, and select the checkbox next to the wildcard asterisk. 

    Otherwise, using an OCR Action may be a good option for selecting the radio button. 

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albrewer1
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4 months ago

Is there keyboard access to the control? 

Fortunately, the control does react as expected to keyboard controls, and that's the way I ended up going. My concerns are just as you said - most approaches to this will be brittle and environmentally dependent. I was hoping for a way to signal to TC that there's more stuff inside the control, but it looks like there's simply no way to do that.