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Joberry's avatar
Joberry
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Invalid Bitmap using Legacy OCR

I have a number of application fields (Uniface unitext), They contain text but Testcomplete does not expose the wText (It appears unable to recognose any of the field content, although all properties...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    > picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

    Unless it is a typo in the post, picObj must be Set :

    Set picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

    Does this help?

    Otherwise, I did not spot anything wrong in your code sample and you may ask Support directly via the https://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=TestComplete form.

     

    One more possible approach is to:

    -- select all text in a field;

    -- copy it to the clipboard (via the <obj>.Keys("^c") call)

    -- assign to script variable (e.g. aFieldVal = Sys.Clipboard);

    -- use this script variable for checkpoint.

    Note: as clipboard is a shared resource, it is recommended to assign its value to the script variable as soon as possible to avoid possible overwrite.

     

AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3

Hi,

 

> picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

Unless it is a typo in the post, picObj must be Set :

Set picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

Does this help?

Otherwise, I did not spot anything wrong in your code sample and you may ask Support directly via the https://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=TestComplete form.

 

One more possible approach is to:

-- select all text in a field;

-- copy it to the clipboard (via the <obj>.Keys("^c") call)

-- assign to script variable (e.g. aFieldVal = Sys.Clipboard);

-- use this script variable for checkpoint.

Note: as clipboard is a shared resource, it is recommended to assign its value to the script variable as soon as possible to avoid possible overwrite.

 

Joberry's avatar
Joberry
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago
AlexKaras wrote:

Hi,

 

> picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

Unless it is a typo in the post, picObj must be Set :

Set picObj = FormObj.Windows("UniText","",VarIndex).picture

 

Yep it was a type in the Forum not the script....  I will raise a support ticket as suggested...

 

For the meantime the copy text to clipboard is a simple work of genius and suits my needs perfectly!

 

It provides a nice workaround to my issue :-) Thankyou

 

  • sonya_m's avatar
    sonya_m
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    5 years ago

    Thanks everyone for participation!

     

    Joberry I am glad to hear you've found a workaround!

    Please keep us posted in this thread about you support investigation results.

    In the meantime, I'll mark the workaround as a temporary solution.

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      5 years ago

      Hi,

       

      > the workaround as a temporary solution.

      You may consider this as a self-promotion :) ...

      Though as Joberry was looking for text checkpointing and as long as the approach with clipboard use suits the needs, I expect better performance and reliability from clipboard approach when compared to the OCR one which might be not too accurate sometimes.

      I would appreciate it if Joberry let us know the reply from Support about the OCR case that was observed.

      OCR and clipboard are just two different approaches for the given case. The potential risk of clipboard-based approach is that in the environments with the shared clipboard (e.g. when several remote desktop sessions are opened on the same host with tests running in one RDP window and user working in another RDP window) there is a chance of clipboard content to be overwritten. That is why it is recommended to copy a value to the clipboard and store it to the variable as soon as possible.