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gdave
Regular Contributor
6 years ago

Loop Test

Hi all   I intend to design a loop test where my keyword test will look at the 'Next' button on the screen and its property. If the button is disabled it will select number 2 from one of the drop...
  • dmiscannon's avatar
    dmiscannon
    6 years ago

    I'm not 100% positive, but I believe your issue is the Data-Driven Loop inside of your While loop.

     

    If you convert the keyword test to script you will see that a Data-Driven Loop translates to a While Not loop. So you have a While Not Loop inside of a While Loop. The code will not exit the While Not Loop until all data is read from the Data-Driven Loop.

     

    I recommend finding a different way to feed the different data to your keyword test

    OR

    instead of using a While Loop use an If.. Then statement to exit your Data-Driven Loop. In other words, for each iteration of the Data-Driven Loop check the Enable property and exit the loop using a Go To label if the property is set as you want.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

     

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

I would do something like this... pseudo code, you understand, but translate to a keyword test.

 

set variable(boolean) HasNext = Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.buttonNext.Enabled
set variable(integer) rowtoclick = 0
while HasNext not equal to true
   Click row(rowtoclick)
   set variable rowtoclick = rowtoclick + 1;
   set variable(boolean) HasNext = Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.buttonNext.Enabled

Essentially, check the enabled property of the button and, with a while loop, click on each row, incrementing the row number each time.

 

Hope this helps give you direction.

gdave's avatar
gdave
Regular Contributor
6 years ago
tristaanogre wrote:

I would do something like this... pseudo code, you understand, but translate to a keyword test.

 

set variable(boolean) HasNext = Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.buttonNext.Enabled
set variable(integer) rowtoclick = 0
while HasNext not equal to true
   Click row(rowtoclick)
   set variable rowtoclick = rowtoclick + 1;
   set variable(boolean) HasNext = Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.buttonNext.Enabled

Essentially, check the enabled property of the button and, with a while loop, click on each row, incrementing the row number each time.

 

Hope this helps give you direction.

So here's what I did:

 

 

However the problem now is that it does not drop out of the loop as soon as the button is enabled and continues to iterate through numbers 1 to 12

 

In the above scenario the button is enabled when list box item 02 is selected however the test doesn't drop out of the loop at this stage and continues to iterate through all the remaining numbers. I dont want it to iterate through the remaining numbers if the button is enabled at early stages.

 

Thanks

G

  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    6 years ago

    I think what needs to happen is that you need to refresh the value being used in the while loop... that's why I reassigned the variable "HasNext" inside the loop, to make sure we get the latest version of it.  TestComplet caches some information so there needs to be some sort of refresh of the cache.

    Alternatively, in the "while" loop, in your evaluation of the Enabled property, instead of simply using "Object Property" use a code expression and utilize the WaitAliasChild method to "search" for the buttonNext which does a refresh of the object in memory.

    • gdave's avatar
      gdave
      Regular Contributor
      6 years ago
      tristaanogre wrote:

      I think what needs to happen is that you need to refresh the value being used in the while loop... that's why I reassigned the variable "HasNext" inside the loop, to make sure we get the latest version of it.  TestComplet caches some information so there needs to be some sort of refresh of the cache.

      Alternatively, in the "while" loop, in your evaluation of the Enabled property, instead of simply using "Object Property" use a code expression and utilize the WaitAliasChild method to "search" for the buttonNext which does a refresh of the object in memory.

      Would you be kind enough to provide me with an example of a code expression utilizing WaitAliasChild to "search" for the buttonNext ?

       

      Thanks

      G

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        6 years ago

        Aliases.MyApp.MyForm.WaitAliasChild('buttonNext', 1000).Enabled

         

        Put this in as a code expression.  It will return the "buttonNext" object's enabled property after a search and find of the object, waiting 1000 ms for it to resolve.