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jonathon
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5 years ago
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How to work when Object Spy doesn't find object

Hi   Just starting out with TC. I'm a little unsure what the best practice is when I can't find the element with object spy. I have multiple items that I currently can't find. So what is the best p...
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bach_ls
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The easiest way to do it is to record clicks (using record test functionality) and check how Testcomplete mapped these actions. Your case is a bit complicated, because you want to find specific element on ribbon (for reference you can read this section of reference manual: https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/test-objects/controls/desktop/wpf/ribbon/ Check Properties and Methods links too). To select element on ribbon, you basically invoke method like ClickItem or ClickItemXY on ribbon object and  you pass the name of element (e.g "ribbon|dept") as an argument. Like I said, the easiest way to know this name, is to record click on item in ribbon and see how Testcomplete will name it.

As of the second part (View Menu) I can only advice the same approach. 

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
5 years ago

As mentioned, try recording to "learn" your application a bit and how TestComplete interacts with it.

 

For your example, that's a ribbon or menu control in which the icons themselves are not individual objects but are interacted with via a "ClickItem" or "ClickMenu" or some other method.  Again, try a quick record to get an idea of what this looks like and then make your modifciations accordingly.