WaitWindow in connected applications is not working!!

Question

Hello,'WaitWindow' method is not working visual studio 2013 C# code. In the below code, I was expecting the system to wait for 40 seconds before saying that the window is not found. But it took only&nbsp;6 seconds to execute the test!I have tried to execute very similar C# script in TestComplete 10 and it works fine.I am new to connected applications. Please let me know if I am missing something very obvious!//===============================================//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C# Code in Visual Studio//===============================================using System;using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;using AutomatedQA.TestComplete;using AutomatedQA.script;using System.Threading;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Threading.Tasks;&nbsp;namespace SmartAutomation{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [TestClass]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public class AutomatedTest : Connect&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [TestMethod]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void Test3()&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " ::&nbsp; Test started");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var TestObject;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; string WndClass = "*";&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; string WndCaption = "Unavailable Window";&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; int WaitTimeInMilliSeconds = 40000;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TestObject = Sys["Process"]("IceDesktop")["WaitWindow"](WndClass, WndCaption, -1, WaitTimeInMilliSeconds);&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (TestObject["Exists"])&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " ::&nbsp; Window found");&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " ::&nbsp; Window not found");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }}//===============================================//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output in Visual Studio 2013//===============================================Test Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Test3Test Outcome:&nbsp; PassedResult StandardOutput:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17/06/2014 15:14:10 ::&nbsp; Test started17/06/2014 15:14:15 ::&nbsp; Window not found//===============================================//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C# script in TestComplete 10//===============================================function Test(){&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Log.Message("Test started");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var TestObject;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var WndClass = "*";&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var WndCaption = "Unavailable Window";&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var WaitTimeInMilliSeconds = 40000;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TestObject = Sys["Process"]("IceDesktop")["WaitWindow"](WndClass, WndCaption, -1, WaitTimeInMilliSeconds);&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (TestObject["Exists"])&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Log.Message("Window found");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Log.Message("Window is not found");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }}//===============================================//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Output in TestComplete 10//===============================================Test started&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15:22:57&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Normal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Window is not found&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15:23:37&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NormalRefer to the attached doc for more screenshots.Cheers,Bharat

bharat_kumar-ga · Answer

Hi ,

I have noticed that WaitWindow method is working fine after including Connect.RunTest at the beginning of my code.

public void Test3()

{

Connect.RunTest("DummyLogName", "Project Name", "Path of TC project suite .pjs file");

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Test started");

var TestObject;

string WndClass = "*";

string WndCaption = "Unavailable Window";

int WaitTimeInMilliSeconds = 40000;

TestObject = Sys["Process"]("IceDesktop")["WaitWindow"](WndClass, WndCaption, -1, WaitTimeInMilliSeconds);

if (TestObject["Exists"])

{

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Window found");

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Window not found");

}

Connect.StopTest()

}

This basically launches TestComplete in "Running-mode" and the WaitWindow method waits for the window for 40 seconds.

I am not sure why this 'WaitWindow' method is not working when RunTest method is not included in my code!!

After reading some online material I understand that we should include this 'RunTest' method in "Connected" applications.

But how is it going to work in 'SelfTesting' applications?? I donot want to link my code in visual studio with any .pjs files.

Is it possible??

Please suggest how to proceed.

Thanks,

Bharat

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Bharat, &nbsp; Are you using TestComplete 10.30? Please check whether the issue persists on this TC version. &nbsp; Anyway, it looks like you are trying to handle the moment when your tested app is hanging. I recommend that you use the approaches listed in the "Diagnosing Application Freezes" article for this purpose. &nbsp;

bharat_kumar-ga · Answer

Hi Tanya,

Thanks for looking into this.

We are using TestComplete 10.0.531.7

I will check this with TestComplete 10.30.1145 and get back to you.

And sorry, I am not trying to handle a hanging/frozen application. But it is very similar. I have to wait for the application to fetch data from different systems and show that data in a seperate window. This is a bit time consuming activity and I dont want to give fixed wait time to delay the script.

So I tried to use the WaitWindow method with some good amount of wait time as below.

TestObject = Sys["Process"]("ProcessName")["WaitWindow"]("*", "Window Caption", -1, 60000);

This above line works fine in TestComplete 10.0.531.7 but not in the Visual Studio!

Actually in Visual Studio, the system searches for that window for a maximum of 3 seconds and then returns a stub object if the window is not available. If the window is available within that 3 seconds it is returning the window object.

This means that the WaitWindow is working but waits for only 3 seconds or so!!

But anyway, I have slightly modified my code to achieve what I was trying to do. This works fine but I think it is not quite right!!

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Test started");

var TestObject;

string WndClass = "*";

string WndCaption = "Information";

int WaitTimeInMilliSeconds = 60000;

int i = 0;

while (true)

{

i = i + 1;

TestObject = Sys["Process"]("IceDesktop")["WaitWindow"](WndClass, WndCaption, -1, 1000);

if (TestObject["Exists"])

{

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Window found");

break;

}

if (i >= WaitTimeInMilliSeconds/1000)

{

break;

}

}

if (TestObject["Exists"])

{

//do what is required to do on that window

}

else

{

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " :: Window not found");

}

Thanks,

Bharat

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