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Kostja
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8 years ago
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Testing on VM always fails when not being watched

Hi everybody,

 

i got the following issue:

 

I use QAComplete to schedule and/or start tests on a VM. If i don't watch the test running (no RDP connection), then when a modal window opens up within my AUT the test will always fail because it is not recognised and i get the following error 'There was an attempt to perform an action at a point , which is beyond the screen.'

 

I also can't use methods like SetFocus orActivate, because the modal window doesn't have a Window Class.

 

Otherwise when i watch the test running, then everything works fine.

 

Any suggestions how to avoid this issue?

 

Thanks for help in advance.

  • Colin_McCrae's avatar
    Colin_McCrae
    8 years ago

    There is.

     

    ScrollIntoView is an available method on most controls.

     

    But as you are running on a VM, it would be FAR easier to simply configure that to run at a higher (virtual) resolution. It's a VM, so you can control the configuration.

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  • Kostja's avatar
    Kostja
    Contributor
    8 years ago

    After activating the picture capture while running i found the source of this issue. It is the resolution. The controls i want to perform an action onto are not visible and therefore the test always fails.

     

    Is there a way to set a control to visible or force TC to scroll itself till the object is visible/accessible (the object exists and is found by TC)?

     

     

    • Colin_McCrae's avatar
      Colin_McCrae
      Community Hero
      8 years ago

      There is.

       

      ScrollIntoView is an available method on most controls.

       

      But as you are running on a VM, it would be FAR easier to simply configure that to run at a higher (virtual) resolution. It's a VM, so you can control the configuration.