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TestComplete Cookbook

By : Gennadiy Alpaev
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TestComplete Cookbook

By: Gennadiy Alpaev

Overview of this book

<p>TestComplete is an automated testing tool, designed for advanced and novice testers alike, to create, manage and run tests for any desktop, Web or rich client software. It does not depend on any development tool, or application type. Your tests will work fine with any application regardless of whether it was created in C#, C++, Delphi, Java, or any other development language. TestComplete is the most efficient tool of its kind, in regards to the price and quality of the product.</p> <p>This guide takes a refined approach towards quickly learning the capabilities of TestComplete, using relevant illustrations and practical examples. Each example is consonant with true-to-life situations, which testers would come across sooner or later, while automating tests. With the help of these examples, we will look into complex themes and learn how to test web applications in the most effective manner.</p> <p>Throughout the first chapters, we will be dealing with some fairly simple tasks that are of interest to people new to TestComplete, gradually moving towards advanced-level automation approaches, which are riveting both for novices and experienced TestComplete users.</p> <p>We will explore various methods of tests creation for study (e.g. recording, modification and manual coding with use of different approaches), learn test creation using different methods(each of them being suitable for a specific use-case), learn how to distinguish between different methods for accessing controls elements, selecting a most appropriate approach for each of the cases in view. We will also undertake distributive testing for the sake of shortening the overall time for test launches.</p> <p>This practical guide will help you to answer frequently asked questions relating to automation testing and set the tone for the correct direction of your advancements, which are instrumental to organizing automation in your project.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
TestComplete Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Finding objects by properties' values


Sometimes, there arises a need to locate an object by a number of characteristic properties (for example, choosing an enabled element from among several look-alike ones). TestComplete provides the Find method, allowing location of the controls element by several properties and their values.

In this recipe, we will search for and find one of the two buttons with the same text of C. There are two such buttons: one works to clear the results input and the other stands for hexadecimal calculations. We need to select and click on the button for clearing the results.

Getting ready

Launch the Calculator Plus application (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Calculator Plus\CalcPlus.exe) and switch it to Scientific mode (navigate to View | Scientific).

How to do it...

The following example demonstrates usage of the Find method:

  1. First we declare two arrays which contain properties and values of the desired object as follows:

    var properties = ["WndCaption", "Enabled"];
    var values...