Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 15, 2012
Description Get parent object reference. In the example given, it’s a browser process, but you can narrow it down to a page or a web container object (table, div, etc.). Use FindAllChildren to retrieve array of links. – You can limit search depth according to your context. – You may want to do filtered search using […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 24, 2011
Description Get object reference. Get total number of items in the list. Generate an index within the given range. Select item by index. Implementation ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 13, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete TestComplete provides a whole set of run-time GUI recognition functionalities, based, however, on the same approach: recognition by property values and/or location of the object in internal hierarchy. In addition to methods that immediately return a child object, if it’s available, there are others, that help finding objects that only about […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 07, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete TestComplete provides a whole set of run-time GUI recognition functionalities, based, however, on the same approach: recognition by property values and/or location of the object in internal hierarchy. In addition to methods that immediately return a child object, if it’s available, there are others, that help finding objects that only about […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 23, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete First of all, a short note to those readers who like to rush into conclusions. This post is about a feature, not bug. Here I continue exploring TestComplete GUI recognition capabilities with code example. The previous two posts (here and here) were about Find, FindChild, and FindAllChildren methods. Today I […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 17, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Close, minimize, maximize, move, resize browser window Description A WebForm (Page, Frame, table, etc.) can not be operated same way as window. The first thing function does is iterating upwards the hierarchy to access Process object, which is used to retrieve browser window reference. In the example presented, IEFrame property […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 11, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete TestComplete provides a whole set of run-time GUI recognition functionalities, based, however, on the same approach: recognition by property values and/or location of the object in internal hierarchy. Today’s post is about FindAllChildren method If proper selection of GUI recognition properties is challenge number zero for a beginner automation […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 10, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete TestComplete provides a whole set of run-time GUI recognition functionalities, based, however, on the same approach: recognition by property values and/or location of the object in internal hierarchy. Today’s post is about Find method We continue with example from the previous post. What happened when the script clicked on […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Nov 09, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete TestComplete provides a whole set of run-time GUI recognition functionalities, based, however, on the same approach: recognition by property values and/or location of the object in internal hierarchy. Today’s post is about FindChild method Let’s start with the example. Note highlighted lines: this is where object recognition properties are […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 18, 2010
“I don’t even see the code anymore; all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead”, Cypher (Matrix the Movie) Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Unlike operators from the popular movie, automation engineer sees picture first, but has a need to get inside down to the code. In TestComplete we can do that with Object […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 14, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Close all browser windows Description In the example presented, Internet Explorer browser program (executable name) is hard-coded (as “iexplore”). Closing begins from first instance number (i.e. a sequential number of the process in memory, if a few were loaded). In first attempt, .Close method is used, which allows an application […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 12, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Close single browser window Description In the example presented, Internet Explorer browser program (executable name) is hard-coded (as “iexplore”). Instance number (i.e. a sequential number of the process in memory, if a few were loaded), is parameterized. In first attempt, .Close method is used, which allows an application to finalize. Second […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Jul 08, 2010
In the Checking structure of created folders example I used a text file as a source, containing manually prepared folder names to check for. Today I want to show how file/folder structure could be captured automatically. Data Record Declaration For this example, data will be stored in Dictionary object serving as a dynamic array of records. Sample file […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on May 05, 2010
In the previous post I warned about possible synchronization issues while copying a complex and/or large file-folder structure. To ensure reliability of the operation performed we may verify the structure that was created. We need to answer the following questions before designing the script. Which folders and files should it verify? Which way should it […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on May 03, 2010
How to create a complex folder structure by using a template In the previous post I provided code example that creates a folder and then applies security permissions on it. However, as per requirements, user folders often come with a predefined structure of folders and some files created by default. Sure, we can write script […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Apr 29, 2010
In this post I provide code snippets for SetACL tool command line automation. Examples of command line instructions were taken from here. The code presented below is written in VBA for MS Excel. CreateUserFolder function can create folders on a local or network drive. After user folder is created, the function sets typical access permissions by […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Apr 13, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) While processing User Account put the following code in the beginning of operations to disable it. And enable it back once you’re successfully done. This way, in case of an unhandled exception that breaks execution of a script, any User Account that wasn’t properly processed will remain […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 11, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) Description The function below is used to clear group membership for a user account. The account is removed from all groups except recognized ones . By default, “Users” and “Domain Users” are in the list. The function can be easily modifed to recognize and process membership based on […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 09, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) Description The function below performs 1-layer deep search of User Account object in all Organizational Units contained under parent Organizational Unit. The function can be easily modified for a recursive search if children OU hierarchy is unknown. Use objUser.Get(“distinguishedName”) to retrieve full LDAP path of found […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 04, 2010
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Question The question was asked here. I need to make a small change in xml file created without re-mapping a window. How can I manually get Dexterity GUI field names from GP? Answer You can do that by accessing “Tools\Resource Descriptions\Windows” item of main menu of any Dexterity Window. […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 01, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to modify Attributes of an Object Introduction In Microsoft Active Directory Object Classes have Attributes representing additional information about an object. It could be Firstname, Lastname – for a person, Address and Phone number both for a person and organization. Access to Attributes is performed through LDAP calls, […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 18, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to create Security Group Description Security Group object could be created within its container object – Organizational Unit. The example below is based on the assumption that we successfully retrieved an instance of Organizational Unit. An existing User Account will also be added to the newly […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 16, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to create User Account Description User Account object could be created within its container object – Organizational Unit. The example below is based on the assumption that we successfully retrieved an instance of Organizational Unit. Note. You need to login as an authorized person to successfully execute […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 14, 2010
Basic Active Directory Queries How to retrieve Organizational Unit How to retrieve User Account How to retrieve Security Group Working with Active Directory Objects How to create User Account How to create Security Group How to modify Attributes of an Object Advanced Active Directory Queries Processing Security Group Membership for User Account Search for User […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 12, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to retrieve Security Group Description Build LDAP Query – Execute Query – Catch Errors Note. You need to login as an authorized person to successfully execute the script. Common definitions How to retrieve Active Directory Security Group (Excel/VBA source code) Note that Security Group is an object […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 11, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to retrieve User Account Description Build LDAP Query – Execute Query – Catch Errors Note. You need to login as an authorized person to successfully execute the script. Common definitions How to retrieve Active Directory User Account (Excel/VBA source code) Note that we enlist directory tree nodes […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 10, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to retrieve Organizational Unit Description Build LDAP Query – Execute Query – Catch Errors Note. You need to login as an authorized person to successfully execute the script. Common definitions How to retrieve Organizational Unit (Excel/VBA source code) Note that we enlist directory tree nodes backwars when […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Feb 09, 2010
Infrastructure – the basic, underlying composition of elements and their connections that form a system. In IT “infrastructure” is a layered definition. It includes electrical and communication lines, and equipment. It includes computer and networking hardware, as well as server and operating systems software. Common use application software is also a part of infrastructure. On […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 28, 2009
GP/QTP Automation: Conclusion but not closure The main question – whether it’s possible to automate Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains application testing (OS Patch smoke tests, UAT/Regression tests) – was answered positively, and proven in the actual implementation of automated test scenarios. Tools and Technologies Standard GUI recognition method (via Windows Handle) used by UI Automation tools […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 23, 2009
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Dexterity Macro Limitation and Suggested Workaround One of the major limitations identified in Dexterity Macro System is totally hard-coded data with no functionalities to read them from any external source. To overcome this issue we can dynamically generate Dexterity macro text file from a pre-built XML template. After the file […] ...
