Namemapping for Multilingual testing

Thankyou for the suggestion,



Is this really the only way as I say we are looking at trying to automate the tests for multiple Languages:

(French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese.. plus no doubt more in the future..)



Are you saying I need to create a new mapping file for each language and then at the start of each test run select the appropriate name mapping configuration to use...?



this is all well and good but surely maintaining the 8+ name mapping configuration files as the application develops/ tests develop is a logistical nightmare??!! Its bad enough keeping the English file uptodate  let alone 7 others...



is there not another way?



how do other people do it?



regards

Kay

Depending on your AUT, you can also attempt to use properties (for NameMapping) that are not tied to the window captions or text. We use WndClass, ClassName, ControlID among others, and this allows the test to run on multiple languages.

Hi Alex,



Most of my application are in C++ and C#. Our team has created a framework in C#, which is my first problem because ID and index are dynamic, ClassName are the same, etc. I am doing regression tests with TestComplete, so the team won't open the code of these applications (more than 40 applications to test). 



I don't really have choice actually. As I said there is always a way, maybe my tests won't support multilingual so I can use the text.



Thanks and regards,



Aurélien

Hi,

Are you saying I need to create a new mapping file for each language and then at the start of each test run select the appropriate name mapping configuration to use...?

Please note that the project will contain just one NameMapping item, which can contain several configurations. The Name Mapping tree will remain the same, only recognition properties will differ.

Is this really the only way as I say we are looking at trying to automate the tests for multiple Languages:

The main idea is that you need to create a Name Mapping scheme once (let's say for the English version), then, add a configuration that will contain the other values for the same properties. Then, from a script, you need to check what version of the application is currently running (for example, by checking the name of the executable file of the application - "someapp_en.exe", "someapp_fr.exe", etc.). After you identify the version, you can choose the needed configuration (assume all the needed configurations have been manually created beforehand) by specifying the CurrentConfigurationName property value. See the Changing the Active Name Mapping Configuration help topic for additional information.

However, if you don't want to use Name Mapping configurations, you may consider using the other approach mentioned in the following newsgroup thread:

http://www.automatedqa.com/newsgroups/d.cgi?cmd=article&group=automatedqa.public.testcomplete&item=35816&utag=

Hi,



I tried to test using Namemapping configuration for Multilingual applications but the result is not what I expected. I have a create a test.txt with the word "French". I have mapped it and use the wText "French" as unique property of "Edit" object. The three is like this "NameMapping.Sys.NOTEPAD.wndNotepad.Edit". I have copied as new this namemapping and I have change the property of "Edit" object for "English" (I have replaced the word in the test.txt to do so). After I put back the word "French" in the test.txt.



Then I run this code (TestLangue then TestLangue2) in the ProjectSuite:




Sub TestLangue





   Call OpenFile("C:\Users\aurnoi1\Desktop\Test.txt")

   

   NameMapping.CurrentConfigurationName = "French"

   If NameMapping.Sys.NOTEPAD.wndNotepad.Edit.Exists Then

      Call Log.Message("Success")

      Else

      Call Log.Warning("Fail")

   End If

   

   NameMapping.Sys.NOTEPAD.wndNotepad.Close

   

End Sub





Sub TestLangue2





   Call OpenFile("C:\Users\aurnoi1\Desktop\Test.txt")

   

   NameMapping.CurrentConfigurationName = "English"

   If NameMapping.Sys.NOTEPAD.wndNotepad.Edit.Exists Then

      Call Log.Message("Success")

      Else

      Call Log.Warning("Fail")

   End If

   

End Sub









Sub OpenFile(path)





   Dim WshShell

   Set WshShell = Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell")

   WshShell.Run(path)





End Sub


The code open the file and validate if the object "Edit" exists. At first it correctly finds it (because the NameMapping is in French), but it finds it even when the NameMapping is in English. And after it proposes me to change English NameMapping because the property wText has changed. So I don't understand how I am suppose to this? Shouldn't it fail when searching for "Edit" object since the property is not the one expected?



My goal is the same that Kay Chamberlain. I have multiple applications supporting multilingual and sometimes the only unique property is a text. So I would like to try to avoid the problem of multiple object with same identifiers by this way.



Please find in attached file the ProjectSuite.



Best regards,



Aurélien

Ok. I figured out that I have to edit the wText value as a constant. Is there not another way? Because I have 12 languages supported and I don't think I will do this for all objects which don't have unique properties in my applications.



My original goal was to automatically map every objects that have a text (wText, caption, etc.) in their properties by a script. But if I have to go back behind to change the value as constant I don't think it worth it.



Is somebody has a suggestion?



Thanks and regards,



Aurélien.

Aurélien,

At first it correctly finds it (because the NameMapping is in French), but it finds it even when the NameMapping is in English. And after it proposes me to change English NameMapping because the property wText has changed. So I don't understand how I am suppose to this? Shouldn't it fail when searching for "Edit" object since the property is not the one expected?

This happened because you use the same recognition settings both in English and in French name mapping configurations. Take a look at the attached screenshots (img1 and img2). If you used different recognition settings, TestComplete would work as you expected.

I figured out that I have to edit the wText value as a constant. Is there not another way?

If you use language-specific text properties for object recognition (like wText or WndCaption), then you have to specify text in the appropriate language. To minimize possible editing, you can try using text properties that are not language-specific (like WndClass, it's always in English), or use non-text properties (like ChildCount, Height, ScreenLeft and others). Numbers are the same in all the languages :-).

Thanks for the reply Alex.



"If you use language-specific text properties for object recognition (like wText or WndCaption), then you have to specify text in the appropriate language. To minimize possible editing, you can try using text properties that are not language-specific (like WndClass, it's always in English), or use non-text properties (like ChildCount, Height, ScreenLeft and others). Numbers are the same in all the languages :-)."



My Problem is that objects I want to map have the same static properties (Same WndClass, ChildCount etc...). They are buttons on a panel and when you click on it, others buttons appear in the same panel at the same place but with different behaviors. There is always a way to map these objects but since the caption was the only unique property associated to the object, I was hopping to use the possibility to change the NameMapping properties depending the language. It will be painful to specify text for each language (12 languages and more to come).



I will find another way : )



Thanks and regards,



Aurélien

Aurélien,

The recognition settings to be used depend on the application type. For example, for MFC applications, you can use the ControlID property. Its values correspond to the objects' IDs defined in the MFC application. What application are you testing?

Is it possible to make your tested application Open?

If it is, you can try working with objects by their names specified in the application. In this case, you don't have to deal with name mapping configurations.