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Everseeker

Contributor

10 years ago

Silly little Status box... Come here...

First off, this little status box vexes me...

I am a lucky guy... 3 monitors, all 26"...wide screens...

All the way over on the left is my "main" window, with the "Object Under Test"

And, I keep TC on the middle screen. (Wish that was more useful then it is... see the next part for more on that)

But Wayyyyy over ... Right up against the right side of the right window.... is this little #@@*&*@ Gem

If I want to pause a test, I have to haul my cursor WAYyyyy over, across 3 screens, to Cli<Zing>.....dang... TC took the cursor to click something... OK, Now, Wayyyy over on the <Zing>...... sigh. How do I get it to pop up in a different location? Failing that, I found the shortcut to STOP (Shift F5) what is the one to Pause?(Not on the toolTip)

Next: OK, I came from a QTP Shop... feel free to heap scorn and derision upon me...Done?

OK, now... I REALLY DO like to know where I am in a test. I miss the little yellow arrow from QTP

Is there ANYTHING like it for TC?

And, Last (Related)

So, I am going to be running script Umpti_Floxi_Mopping 200 times..., then there is Umpti_Moxi_Mopping for 100 more

SURE WOULD BE NICE to have a "Umpti_Floxi_Mopping - Iteration xxx of yyy" somewhere on the screen (Heck, that Looney Status box could be sooo useful...

Am I not seeing an obvious Option, or ???

leandroaraujoso
10 years ago
Everseeker wrote:
"So, I am going to be running script Umpti_Floxi_Mopping 200 times..., then there is Umpti_Moxi_Mopping for 100 more
SURE WOULD BE NICE to have a "Umpti_Floxi_Mopping - Iteration xxx of yyy" somewhere on the screen (Heck, that Looney Status box could be sooo useful...

Am I not seeing an obvious Option, or ???

Hello Everseeker,

As for knowing the iteration you are, you could use the Indicator.PushText(<"Iterations nn of nn goes here>");
and then Indicator.PopText().

To see more about Iteration check this out http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/59146/

Regards,

Leandro de Araújo Souza
richardw_1
10 years ago
Hi,

I feel your pain on that silly box! I have come across a way to create your own shortcut as it is not currently assigned in test complete.

If you go to;

Tools > Customize Keyboard

Within there on the categories section find "Test Engine" and in the Commands section find "Pause".

Set the nessecary shortcut you desire and boom. Done.

Hope that aids some pain relief!

richardw_1
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago
Hi,

I feel your pain on that silly box! I have come across a way to create your own shortcut as it is not currently assigned in test complete.

If you go to;

Tools > Customize Keyboard

Within there on the categories section find "Test Engine" and in the Commands section find "Pause".

Set the nessecary shortcut you desire and boom. Done.

Hope that aids some pain relief!
- joe_2
  Contributor
  10 years ago
  Richardw_1, I don't know about him, but I think you're a lifesaver with that customize tip. I've known about shift-f2 a long time now, and wished there was a pause version. Never thought to make my own though.
Everseeker
Contributor
10 years ago
Awwww...

Thought I was making progress.
Had a test die, so I clicked the "Stop" button... not expecting much. Well, This happened

Forgive me if I do not clap.... that's the last thing TC did before locking itself up ...again... (Sigh)
leandroaraujoso
Contributor
10 years ago
Everseeker wrote:
"So, I am going to be running script Umpti_Floxi_Mopping 200 times..., then there is Umpti_Moxi_Mopping for 100 more
SURE WOULD BE NICE to have a "Umpti_Floxi_Mopping - Iteration xxx of yyy" somewhere on the screen (Heck, that Looney Status box could be sooo useful...

Am I not seeing an obvious Option, or ???

Hello Everseeker,

As for knowing the iteration you are, you could use the Indicator.PushText(<"Iterations nn of nn goes here>");
and then Indicator.PopText().

To see more about Iteration check this out http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/59146/

Regards,

Leandro de Araújo Souza
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
10 years ago
Hi,

> Failing that, I found the shortcut to STOP (Shift F5) what is the one to Pause?(Not on the toolTip)

Tools | Options | General | Global Shortcuts.

And yes, it is natural and expected that the action is performed against the target UI object if test code uses .click() functions.