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mspatel
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8 years ago
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Pop Up Halts Execution

I am trying to put automation Tests around a vendor product ( prob build using .Net) and ran into this weird situation.  As result of some action , application displays popup menu to confirm change ...
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John_Laird
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Suggestion....I would look at WaitWinFormsObject and Exist property rather than using 'Delay'. You specify an object to wait on and how long you want to wait for it before timing out. May reduce the time required for your test to execute and make it more reliable. You can also use FindChild to find controls inside your forms without long paths that may be brittle.

 

Example (in Python but same ideas apply)...

if Aliases.YourApp.WaitWinFormsObject("FormName", 10000).Exists:
        expectedForm = Aliases.YourApp.WinFormsObject("FormName")
        controlInForm = expectedForm.FindChild("WinFormsControlName", "myControl", 10)
        controlInForm.ClickItem(nameOfItemInControl)

 

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
8 years ago

OK...

Considering even more optimization;) , I would eliminate obtaining tested object's reference twice.

Instead of

if Aliases.YourApp.WaitWinFormsObject("FormName", 10000).Exists:
        expectedForm = Aliases.YourApp.WinFormsObject("FormName")
        ...

my preference is

 

expectedForm = Aliases.YourApp.WaitWinFormsObject("FormName", 10000)
if expectedForm.Exists:
        expectedForm.<...>