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hina
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4 months ago

There was an attempt to perform an action on a zero-sized window

Hi, I am working with Desktop application and I am trying to click on an object. I can click on the same object multiple times until I start receiving the error message: "There was an attempt to per...
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rraghvani
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4 months ago

Are you able to include the before and after screenshots of the UI as well, together with the Object Browser?

In the Object Browser, if you click "View more members (Advanced view), you will get more properties and methods exposed. There may be other properties/methods that will give you an indication as to when the UI can be interacted with. Also, ask your Developers, they may be able to help too.

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hina
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4 months ago

Hi rraghvani,

I am posting the screenshot of the UI, the object "TestComplete Work Area 1" is always visible, so there's no change in UI when the height and width is 0 vs when it's not 0.

 

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    rraghvani
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    4 months ago

    I was hoping, if possible, to see something like this -

    Showing the Object Browser, Properties and the UI Control in question.

    Are you able to find out, what the exact control name is being used in your AUT, or is it a custom control?

    What methods are shown for item "TestComplete Work Area 1"?

    You are using the Click method, are you passing in any parameters?

    Can you enable Advanced View.

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      hina
      Contributor
      4 months ago

      I am posting the screenshot of the Object Browser, Properties and the UI:

      Here are the methods available for this object:

      While clicking the object, I am not passing any parameters.

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        rraghvani
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        4 months ago

        Could you try the following test, create a new function, copy and paste the FullName

        and then only perform either Click() OR Click(-1, -1) to see how the control behaves -

        void test()
{
  // Past FullName
  var btn = Sys["Process"]("AXISEL")["WinFormsObject"]...("TV")["OutlineItem"]("TestComplete Work Area 1 Collapsed")
  btn.Click()
  // OR
  btn.Click(-1, -1)
}

        Also, the item shown in the Object Browser is shown as "TestComplete Work Area 1 Collapsed" whereas the UI shows "TestComplete Work Area 1" without the word "Collapsed"? Could you also try using a wildcard e.g. 

        // Use wild card
...("TV")["OutlineItem"]("TestComplete Work Area 1*")

        And then run test() again.

        Also, try to enable the various Playback settings, and run the test() to see if it makes any difference.


        Finally, if the UI control is a custom control, then you need to speak with the developers and find out how to go about interacting with the control.