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Sys2k
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago
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Infragistics Wingrid add new box button

My application is using an Infragistics Wingrid that has an add new box button. The only way I can Click the button is with a Click on the grid object at a given point. How do i click the Button and ...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    9 years ago

    Hi Sys2k,

     

    Please make sure you have modified MSAA settings in the current project (Tools > Current Project Properties) and not in the default project properties (Tools > Default Project Properties).

     

    MSAA classes

     

    Please also check your grid in the Object Browser – are there any child objects for its buttons, like on the image below? If the button is there, you can map it from the Object Browser.

     

    infragistics-grid-button.png

     

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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Hi Sys2k,

 

Open the project properties > Open Applications > MSAA, add this item and select the check box next to it:

WindowsForms*.Window.*

Now the button should be identified as a separate object.

Sys2k's avatar
Sys2k
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Unfortunately this too is not allowing me to select just the button it keeps mapping as the ugrid instead.

  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    9 years ago

    Hi Sys2k,

     

    Please make sure you have modified MSAA settings in the current project (Tools > Current Project Properties) and not in the default project properties (Tools > Default Project Properties).

     

    MSAA classes

     

    Please also check your grid in the Object Browser – are there any child objects for its buttons, like on the image below? If the button is there, you can map it from the Object Browser.

     

    infragistics-grid-button.png

     

    • Sys2k's avatar
      Sys2k
      Occasional Contributor
      9 years ago

      It was beautiful. It is finding it perfectly now. Was Set in Default. If I may is there a listing of the different things like that? How did you know 

      WindowsForms*.Window.*

      Would work?

       

      • HKosova's avatar
        HKosova
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        9 years ago

        Glad it worked. :)

         

        There're some techniques to identify embedded objects like in your case - MSAA, UI Automation and Text Recognition. MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility) uses the application's accessibility information to identify text objects on the screen, similar to screen readers. UI Automation is a newer form of MSAA. Text Recognition intercepts the system text paint events to find text objects on the screen. You would usually use only one of these methods, because they give similar results.

         

        To apply MSAA, UI Automation or Text Recognition to specific objects, you need to add the window class names of these objects to your project configuration. Window class name is the WndClass property. For .NET objects it looks like this:

        WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098_r16_ad1

        "WindowsForms*.Window.*" is a wildcard mark for this value to ignore changing numbers.

         

        These docs may be of interest:

        Improving Object Recognition

        Ways to Interact With Objects