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Nformation's avatar
Nformation
Contributor
12 years ago
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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, T...
  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    12 years ago

    Hi,


     


    One note: enabling all MSAA options may slow down the test execution. I suggest that you add the DirectUIHWND class to MSAA and enable it. This allows TestComplete to recognize objects inside Windows Explorer.


     

Nformation's avatar
Nformation
Contributor
12 years ago
It is working now.  I don't now why because I didn't consciously change anything, but it is working. All MSAA options are checked and "Work with MSAA objects in mode compatible with Testcomplete 6 and earlier" is not checked. Where I was just getting "Item" objects, I'm now getting "FormTemp", "toolwindow", "editAddress", etc.  (Temp is the name of my folder).  I'm going to leave my settings and not touch them :)