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prekar
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Object Spy doesn't focus on dropdown arrow of the desktop application

Hi Everyone, I try to spy on drop down arrow of a desktop application built using power builder 12.5 but it doesn't find it.  I have tried ClickItem(), wIsdropdownopened function etc but nothing wo...
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    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    5 years ago

    You may also be able to traverse the values in the drop down with out actually opening it.  Look in the Advanced view of Object Spy for a value that has an index and that could give you the drop down values directly.

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    prekar
    Occasional Contributor
    5 years ago

    Thanks AlexKaras 

    The first option didn't as it told the textbox not visible but the second option worked.

    Thanks Reshail.. The Image based testing was much easier to do as my application contains too many drop down arrows and this helped me to capture all the dropdowns in one screen easily

    Thanks Marsha_R I did try that but only one element (First one) from the list is enabled and others are disabled /hidden