Unable to handle a "Flash" process

If it's the same thing I experienced it seems that flash creates a special overlay object and "projects" the normal interface onto it. This object doesn't have all of the components embedded within it but (my guess) translates the e.g. clicks back to the original flash components.



That was my guess at the time. If anyone knows any different I'm happy to hear it.

Thanks,

How did you handle it?



I'll be happy to hear any idea :)

What are you trying to do with it? All I had to do was test that the app could go to fullscreen and then revert back to normal.



I assume you are doing more than that? :)

Hi Mark,



I am trying to activate some of the functionalities I had on regular-screen mode - on a full screen: Click some buttons (that were clicked on the regular-screen)



Thanks :)

What problems are you having? Just clicking the buttons? Did you want to do screen comparisons?



If you need to click on the buttons I don't know if there's much more you can do than record the clicks as normal in record mode and then play them back performing screen checkpoints as you need to.



You won't be able to grab any strings from that screen as far as I know.



But what functionality do you need to test exactly?

Hi Mark.



I have an application that works both on Full and regular screen and I need to test the functionality of some buttons (play, pause, etc...) on both conditions.



the buttons were mapped on the regular screen mode and obviously have the same mapping propertries and values. but... when I try to commit any method on one of the object when the app is at full-screen mode (such as button.Click) - the TC throws an error that it can't find the object. and indeed.... the objects were mapped under "browser", but on a full screen mode it's not a browser process - it's a flash process (which I wasn't able to map)



I am quite sure that mapping the flash process will solve my problem. Can you guide me how to do so?



Thanks.

mor

Hi Mor,



Hmmm I'm not sure if mapping the flash process will help but you should be able to see it in the list of proceses Object Browser (at least when a process is open on FireFox, not sure about the other browsers). If you don't see the flash process click on the "Display Process Filter Window" and make sure it's checked.



Peronally I would use image comparison to determine if e.g. a button press occurred.  I can't think of any straightfoward way though perhaps by clicking on the "full screen" you can check properties on the original flash buttons, etc. I'm not sure if that will work though.



But if mapping the flash process helps please let me know!