New row in the grid

Hi, the test is working now. I had to use TAB and ENTER instead of mouse clicks.

Thanks so much for your help :-)

Hi, thank you all for the many replies. I will try them out in the next few days and share my solution with you.

TestComplete record and play is good; however, in your case, you will need to figure out what is the difference between the record and the play to adjust. To start, and accelerate your tool learning curve, rraghvani pointed out references for you to cover.

To help you debug, I suggest you isolate such problematic step in a "new test project" that consistently starts a fresh session landing on the grid to interact with as the user would. To simplify You could hard code your variables for this test.

1. Start with the Detailed Test Log by viewing each Message entry Details, as well as the Picture that highlights TestComplete element interaction.
2. Double click on the Message to jump back to the KeyWords step where you can right click to Highlight on screen or to navigate to the NameMapping Alias.
3. In the NameMapping Aliases node, right click to Highlight or to "Find Mapped Object".
4. In both Mapped Objects and Aliases you can update Criteria or manually map objects 

Once TestComplete record is finished, inspect the NameMapping node Mapping Criteria to validate they are unique, properly points back to the object, and especially after you start a new session.

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Hi Bene,

I typically do a Record New Keyword Test for situations like this.  This lets me see the KWT TestComplete creates based on my on screen actions. 

 I enter the quantity, press Tab, enter the item, press Tab again, and press Enter three times. This adds a new row to the "Item" table.

If I record this using Notepad as the tested app it records a 'Keys' operation....

What does your do? Pay attention to the Description as well.  Good info there. 🙂 You can use this tool to see what TC is doing and what you may need to do to get it to the second row.

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How would you manually do this? 

TestComplete can replicate user interactions as long as you call the appropriate methods and actions. While you mentioned pressing the Tab key multiple times to move between fields, this approach relies on keyboard navigation order and is generally outdated and less reliable. Instead, you should interact with the application the same way a typical user would do, such as clicking fields with the mouse, if that reflects real user behaviour.