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schwarz
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago
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Problem accessing mainform window

Hi all!   Since we migrated our testing machines to Windows10, we sometimes encounter problems using TestExecute (v11.31). After our application is started, the mainform does not seem to have the ...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    8 years ago

    Hi Jens,

     

    I hope that you with Support guys will solve this problem. Just a quick note though: Window objects (what forms are) cannot get focus indeed. It is controls on the form that usually can be focused. Windows/forms must be activated instead using the .Activate() method.

    Far not sure that this might help, but anyway...

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    schwarz
    8 years ago

    Hi Alex,

     

    Thanks for your reply, it´s the same that we were advised by the support team. SetFocus() on a form works for us usually - but not in this case. It's no problem to use Activate() instead of SetFocus(), but it bothers me a bit that we have to use Activate() everytime when we start a tested app to prevent that occasional error.

    Anyway, it is working now.

     

    Thanks...

     

    Best regards

     

    Jens Schwarz

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3

Hi Jens,

 

I hope that you with Support guys will solve this problem. Just a quick note though: Window objects (what forms are) cannot get focus indeed. It is controls on the form that usually can be focused. Windows/forms must be activated instead using the .Activate() method.

Far not sure that this might help, but anyway...

schwarz's avatar
schwarz
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Hi Alex,

 

Thanks for your reply, it´s the same that we were advised by the support team. SetFocus() on a form works for us usually - but not in this case. It's no problem to use Activate() instead of SetFocus(), but it bothers me a bit that we have to use Activate() everytime when we start a tested app to prevent that occasional error.

Anyway, it is working now.

 

Thanks...

 

Best regards

 

Jens Schwarz

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    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    8 years ago

    Hi Jens,

     

    Thank you for the update.

    Actually, I am a bit wondered that SetFocus() applied to the window/form worked for you on some environment...

    I used to call .Activate() for application windows before using them because if the window cannot be activated (effectively - put on top of all windows) then the OnUnexpectedWindow event will be triggered in TestComplete. This can happen if some unexpected modal window was left on the screen after the previous actions. Handling the OnUnexpectedEvent it is possible to process this blocking modal window and make it possible for the test run to continue but not fail.