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Trouble with Using the Windows Explorer UI in TestComplete
The application we develop adds a context menu option in Windows explorer. Therefore, I need to be able to find a file in Windows Explorer, open its context menu, and select our function. However, TestComplete is not playing nicely with Windows Explorer so far.
For example, I tried recording these steps:
1) In an Explorer window, click in the address bar.
2) Enter the path I want to go to.
3) Press Enter.
The steps I get in Testcomplete are:
Okay, then I just clean up the redundant steps and try to play back... but on playback, TestComplete is always "Waiting for" the objects: toolbarAddressComputer, toolwindow, editAddress, etc.
I've tried using On-screen Actions vs recording and I'm getting nowhere. My MSAA settings have all options selected. Suggestions?
UPDATE:
I tried checking the option "Work with MSAA objects in mode compatible with TestComplete 6 and earlier." Now recording and playback work. However, my object names seem a lot more basic... everything's just an "item", like so.
Here is the same object clicked with compatibility mode on and then turned off. The latter is a much nicer name.
ALSO, this means tests that I recorded before outside of Windows Explorer aren't all working. I have a test that opens a blank Excel file and now the playback can't find the object to click to open a blank document.
What do you advise? Can I get things working without compatibility mode? I really don't want to go back and re-record tests...
For example, I tried recording these steps:
1) In an Explorer window, click in the address bar.
2) Enter the path I want to go to.
3) Press Enter.
The steps I get in Testcomplete are:
Okay, then I just clean up the redundant steps and try to play back... but on playback, TestComplete is always "Waiting for" the objects: toolbarAddressComputer, toolwindow, editAddress, etc.
I've tried using On-screen Actions vs recording and I'm getting nowhere. My MSAA settings have all options selected. Suggestions?
UPDATE:
I tried checking the option "Work with MSAA objects in mode compatible with TestComplete 6 and earlier." Now recording and playback work. However, my object names seem a lot more basic... everything's just an "item", like so.
Here is the same object clicked with compatibility mode on and then turned off. The latter is a much nicer name.
ALSO, this means tests that I recorded before outside of Windows Explorer aren't all working. I have a test that opens a blank Excel file and now the playback can't find the object to click to open a blank document.
What do you advise? Can I get things working without compatibility mode? I really don't want to go back and re-record tests...