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DainiusA's avatar
DainiusA
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5 years ago

Log version number in an app

Hello,   I am new to the scripting so sorry for this kind of questions, i am trying to log the current version of the desktop app, but can't find a way how to do it. So i have an app that has a ve...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    5 years ago

    I see your problem right away in your Version2.png.

    You are using the property WPFControltext and the value you have in your mapping is the version number that keeps on changing.

    I would do  two things for your mapping.

     

    1) Rename the mapped object from TextblockVersija10740527226 to simply TextblockVersija.  Be sure you also delete all other mappings of the object as they are, essentially, useless

    2) Edit the properties.  Delete the "Name" property.  It's generally unecessary.  And edit the WpfControlText property and, in the value, replace "1.0.7405.27226" with the asterisk (*) symbol.  This wildcards the version number.  The mapping will find the object based upon the ClrFullClassName and the Control text that contains the word Versija.

     

     

    The general principle to learn is that, when mapping objects, you need to make sure that the properties you're using are not changing from one version to the next.  If they are, you have two choices.  Either select a different set of properties or wildcard the section of the property value that is changing.

     

    Please let me know how this works.

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DainiusA
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I am trying to search for a word - Versija.

 

But i can't understand how to get the part of the text block.

 

1)Screenshot of the Object Browser(Version1, Version 1-1, Version 1-2, Version 1-3 )

 

2) Then i try to map it everytime it takes all the text and then i try to edit the properties it says it dones't match the object's property value(Version2.PNG and Version3.PNG).

tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

I see your problem right away in your Version2.png.

You are using the property WPFControltext and the value you have in your mapping is the version number that keeps on changing.

I would do  two things for your mapping.

 

1) Rename the mapped object from TextblockVersija10740527226 to simply TextblockVersija.  Be sure you also delete all other mappings of the object as they are, essentially, useless

2) Edit the properties.  Delete the "Name" property.  It's generally unecessary.  And edit the WpfControlText property and, in the value, replace "1.0.7405.27226" with the asterisk (*) symbol.  This wildcards the version number.  The mapping will find the object based upon the ClrFullClassName and the Control text that contains the word Versija.

 

 

The general principle to learn is that, when mapping objects, you need to make sure that the properties you're using are not changing from one version to the next.  If they are, you have two choices.  Either select a different set of properties or wildcard the section of the property value that is changing.

 

Please let me know how this works.

  • DainiusA's avatar
    DainiusA
    Contributor
    5 years ago

    This is perfect ! Тhank you very much.

     

    Could you consult me with one more question.

    I want to log version with a message everytime i change the version(with the numbers no matter that they are changing)

     

    I want to get a result something familar to this(Capture.PNG)

     

    • tristaanogre's avatar
      tristaanogre
      Esteemed Contributor
      5 years ago

      Once you find the object with the mapping, since we already know what property to use, you can simply

       

      Log.Message("The current version is: " + Aliases.Uvs_WinPos.HwndSource_Cashier_480X320.Cashier_480X320_ActiveItem.TextblockVersija.WPFControlText)

       

      This will log the contents of that property.

       

      Now, you can get all fancy and parse out the version number so all you have is the numeric portion using split strings, and so on... but simply speaking, all you need to do is just log the object property that contains the version.

      • DainiusA's avatar
        DainiusA
        Contributor
        5 years ago

        Sorry for the very late kudos, but i really appreciate your help, so it's better later then never i think 🙂