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Jerryth's avatar
Jerryth
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Using variables in expressions for drop down menus

I am trying to make selections from a drop down menu bar. (running against different translations so I can't use plain English text) Instead of saying a cryptic (which works correctly)     w.MainM...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    8 years ago

    Basically, what you need to keep in mind is that the contents of your variables are the strings you are replacing.  So, you need to make sure that the "Click" method, when the whole expression evaluates, looks like the string you want it to be. 

    In shankar_r's code, you have your first variable followed by an operator that concatenates that variable with the string '|'.  That is then concatenated with your second variable.

     

    I'm not sure where the brackets are coming from that you're trying to use.  Again, those are parts of the initial string.  If that's the case, modify shankar_r's code like so:

    w.MainMenu.Click('[' + ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup + "|" + ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits + ']');
tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
8 years ago

Sure... just remove the single quotes. The single quotes mean you're passing a literal string into the "Click" method.  So, since you want to click on the value contained within mnuSetup, simply pass the variable to the Click method.  Additionally, ProjectSuite.Variables allows you to just call the variable name rather than having to call "VariableByName".  So, your command should be able to just be as follows.

 

w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup);

 

  • Jerryth's avatar
    Jerryth
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    Thanks for the fast reply!

    That was part of my problem but not all of it.

     

    Going with single level specifier works

    w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup);

     

    I tried to specify 2 levels (To match this functionality  w.MainMenu.Click('[2|4]'); )

    w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup|ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits);

    error 110: SYNTAX ERROR while lexing character "|"

     

    So I tried adding the brackets [  ]

    w.MainMenu.Click([ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup|ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits]);

    same result

     

    I tried a comma

    w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup,ProjectSuite,Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits);

    "Wrong number of parameters or invalid property assignment. "

     

    I tried square brackets + quotes
    w.MainMenu.Click('[ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup|ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits]');

    "The control item '[ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup]' not found."

     

    Do you see what I am messing up?

    • shankar_r's avatar
      shankar_r
      Community Hero
      8 years ago

      I modified your code like below which will work,

       

      VBScript

       

      w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup & "|" & ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits);

       

      JavaScript

       

      w.MainMenu.Click(ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup + "|" + ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits);

       

      let me know your results.

      • tristaanogre's avatar
        tristaanogre
        Esteemed Contributor
        8 years ago

        Basically, what you need to keep in mind is that the contents of your variables are the strings you are replacing.  So, you need to make sure that the "Click" method, when the whole expression evaluates, looks like the string you want it to be. 

        In shankar_r's code, you have your first variable followed by an operator that concatenates that variable with the string '|'.  That is then concatenated with your second variable.

         

        I'm not sure where the brackets are coming from that you're trying to use.  Again, those are parts of the initial string.  If that's the case, modify shankar_r's code like so:

        w.MainMenu.Click('[' + ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuSetup + "|" + ProjectSuite.Variables.mnuConfigDisplayAndUnits + ']');