"Object does not exist" problems

Hey Vlad,

 

I've faced a similar problem with one of my applications, due mostly to the need to support legacy Janus controls. What I ended up doing was mapping the menu items as children of the menu bar, then calling a helper function to discover them in the future. I don't know if it will help you, but here are my steps:

       1. Identify the top-most menu

        2. Use MenuCrawler() to print the children to the Log

       3. Use the log to create a reverse-lookup

       4. Use the reverse lookup to create a click method     

 

This method is chalk full of potential pitfalls, but for my particular situation this method was a good jumping off point. Good luck out there.

 

- Howie

 

 

 

 

 

function MenuCrawler()

{

       //put in the name of the top-most menu

       GetSubMenu(Aliases.<Product>.Form.UICtrlsMainMenu, "[");

}

 

//this method recursively searches for child menu items

function GetSubMenu(menu, prefix)

{

       if(menu == null) { return; }

 

       var count = menu.Count;

       if(count == null || count <= 0){ return; }

 

       for(var i = 0; i < count; i++)

       {

              Log.Message(prefix + i + "] :: " + menu.Items(i).Caption); //this might need to be ".Text" or ".Content" depending on the circumstances

       

              GetSubMenu(menu.Items(i).SubMenu, prefix + i + "|");

       }

}

 

/* Some sample log output:

[0] :: File

[0|0] :: New

[0|1] :: Save

[0|2] :: Quit

[1] :: Help

[1|0] :: Contact

[1|1] :: About

*/

 

//new lookup method:

//this method returns the whole control, in case you need ".Enabled" or ".Visible" and whatnot

function FindMenuItem(path)

{

       var menu = Aliases.<Product>.Form.UICtrlsMainMenu;

       switch (path)

       {

              case "File" :         return menu.Items(0);

              case "File|New" :     return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(0);

              case "File|Save" :    return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(1);

              case "File|Quit" :    return menu.Items(0).SubMenu.Items(2);

              case "Help" :         return menu.Items(1);

              case "Help|Contact" : return menu.Items(1).SubMenu.Items(0);

              case "Help|About" :   return menu.Items(1).SubMenu.Items(1);

              default: return null;

        }

}

 

//this method specifically clicks on the button in question

function ClickMenuItem(path)

{

       FindMenuItem(path).Click();

}