Use FindChild for MenuItems with "_" in WPControlText

Question

Hi,I want to use built-in FindChild function to find the items in the application menu.I'm trying the following tod o it the following way:Sys.Process("ApplicationNmae").FindChild(new Array("ClrClassName", "WPFControlText"), new Array("MenuItem", "File"))The problem is that the WPControlText is actually "_File" instead of "File".Has anyone any idea of how to overcome this? (I can't provide beforehand the position of "_" character).

ryan_moran · Accepted Answer

Ok so I do something similar to this but I have a pretty length set of procedures to find items by text so I'll keep it as simple as I can.

Sys.Process("ApplicationNmae").FindChild(new Array("ClrClassName", "WPFControlText"), new Array("MenuItem", "*"))

Return all objects into an array and check the MenuItem property of each item individually stripping the _ and any other invalid characters from the value.

Not sure what language you are using but I can provide an example if you'd like.

sergi · Answer

Hi Ryan,Nice suggestion. I hadn't seen FindAllChildren function.I wanted something more straightforward, but this actually just adds a for loop which shouldn't have many iterations in the worst case scenario..I'm using JScript. If you want to share your code, maybe you are doing it better and more users can benefit from it.

chrisb · Answer

Would using a 'wildcard' in your search work?&nbsp;http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/54937/

sergi · Answer

Hi Chris,not really since the underscore character can be anywhere, not only at the begining..I have for example "Save _As" instead of "Save As".This is due to key accelerators..

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Sergi, &nbsp; How about "*Save*As*"? &nbsp;

sergi · Answer

Hi Tanya,The problem is that the "_" character can be anywhere.The closest I've got is adding a '*' between each character of the original string.Ex. "File" -&gt; "*F*i*l*e*"This works but not always and I'd rather use a cleaner and more robust solution.

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