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schwarz
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Modal dialog is sometimes not focused after it´s opened

Hi all,   Sometimes we are running into this problem:  TestExecute opens a modal dialog (e.g. a properties dialog) on the main form of our application. After that, the main form is still focused, a...
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Ryan_Moran
Valued Contributor
10 years ago

We had a similar issue with Delphi apps, but TestComplete was not the cause.

Instead it was an issue with Delphi/Windows which was exposed by the "speed" in which TestComplete clicked through various windows. The fix was to add to the Delphi application two things:

 

form.PopupMode := pmExplicit;
form.PopupParent := frmMyFormName;

 

This assumes you do not have a line of code that explicitly sets focus back to the main form with the .Focus() method;

and that you are not attempting to click back to the main form prior to closing the modal window or dialogue.