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dhanapal1
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14 years ago

Scrol bar handling

Hi 



     I try to map the web scroll bar object into namemapping for .Net application.  I can't map those object which is detected as frame object.

      frame = iexplore["pageMiserBa"]["frameThisapp"]["frameMainframe"]["formTheform"]["panelPagesdiv"]["frameIdtab1"];

      frame["Drag"](1010, 185, 0, 293);

      frame["Click"](1016, 481);

      frame["Click"](1016, 481);

      frame["DblClick"](1015, 331);

   

   Any one tell me how to map as scrollbar object. 

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  • dhanapal1's avatar
    dhanapal1
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    Hi



          Thanks for immediate response.

              Please go thru the screen shots.  In my application tabbed frame with scrollbars and table with scrollbars.  in both cases objects are not identified as scrollbar object and table object.  just it identified as frame capture the location where i have clicked or draged. pleases give me a suggestion or some example to tacle those problems.

           
  • AlexeyKolosov's avatar
    AlexeyKolosov
    Staff
    14 years ago

    Hi Dhanapal,





    Could you please clarify why you actually need to simulate scroll actions (considering the fact TestComplete usually scrolls the needed object to view automatically when an object is to be clicked)? Also, if simulating the scroll action explicitly is a requirement for your test, please clarify why the approach suggested in my previous e-mail does not suit your needs.


  • dhanapal1's avatar
    dhanapal1
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    Hi



           Actually that is used to scroll to top or bottom only.  I need to scroll the page or table based on page by page or fixed intervals. lentgh of the table is not fixed one it may varies dynamically.



    Thanks

    Dhanapal
  • dhanapal1's avatar
    dhanapal1
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    Hi 

         please go thru the above thread once and read this.









    Actually I have to develop a general function for moving the table using scrollbar. If I click the scrollbar in the table( or page) it should come down or move. 

    While calling the function I will pass the value that how many pages should come down. For example if I click the scrollbar 6 times 6 pages will come down.



    Based on the table size and page the scrollbar position will keep on change. While developing the common function we have to find out the scroll bar position where we have to exctaly click.


    Please let me know how to find out the scrollbar position in run time and how to use it or if you have some other idea to handle the scrollbar please share it with me.


    Thanks,

    Dhanapal















  • AlexeyKolosov's avatar
    AlexeyKolosov
    Staff
    14 years ago
    Hi Dhanapal,



    It looks like you misunderstood the question. The question is "why you actually need to perform scrolling actions manually?". When you need to click a specific object, TestComplete usually scrolls the object to view automatically. If you need to make a specific object visible (for example, to take a screenshot), you can use the scrollIntoView method which is much more reliable than scrolling via coordinates (considering the fact the coordinates may change in your case). If you need to verify a control's contents, you do not need any scrolling at all - TestComplete will be able to obtain the needed object's properties regardless of its position on the screen. So, you do not actually need to use coordinate-based scrolling unless your testing task is very specific.



    BTW, if you need to verify contents of a web table, you can use the HTML Table checkpoint, which can be downloaded from the following page:


    New TestComplete HTML Table Checkpoint – Simplify Creation of Tests for Web Applications
  • ZooZoo's avatar
    ZooZoo
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    hi,



    I have to stop automation run when function fails.

    Anyone please tell me what syntax should i use?
  • ZooZoo's avatar
    ZooZoo
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago

    Hi,



    In what scenario and when test complete will identify scrollbar as a separate object?


    Webpage, table in IE and window panel every where it’s not identifying as a separate object.


     

    If anyone knows please do let me know when  & where test complete will identify scrollbar as separate object?

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    13 years ago
    Hi,



    When and where depends on the tested application and the way how scrollbars are implemented by the given programming language/library control.

    If TestComplete's Object Spy cannot recognize the scrollbar as a separate object, the generic approach is to select the parent object (usually this is either grid, or edit box, or the similar control) and to examine its properties. Quite often there are properties like HScroll, VScroll, Scroller, etc. which provide more or less usable access to the scrollbar's properties and methods.