GUI Controls

Here are my notes on programming and testing GUI controls.

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Window Controls

Window Functions

      Click                   'Click an x,y coordinate within the Window
                              ;(mostly for otherwise unknown components)

      DoubleClick             'Double Click an x,y coordinate within the Window
                              ;(mostly for otherwise unknown components)

      RightClick              'Right Click an x,y coordinate within the Window
                              ;(mostly for otherwise unknown components)

      CloseWindow             'Send a CloseWindow command to the window

      InputKeys               'Input keystrokes to the window
      InputCharacters         'Input literal characters to the window

      SelectMenuID            'select a menuitem by its ID
      SelectMenuItem          'select a text menuitem
      SelectMenuItemContains  'select a menuitem via a partial text match

      SetPosition             'set the size, position, and state of a window
      Minimize                'minimizes the window
      Maximize                'maximizes the window
      Restore                 'restores the window

      VerifyImage             'CompareImage OR RegionImage against a stored VP
      VerifyOCRValue          'Retrieve and compare OCR text with an ImageVP

      VerifyMainMenu          'verify the full menu structure against bench file
      VerifyMenuID            'verify the state of a menuitem by its ID
      VerifyMenuItem          'verify the state of a text menuitem
      VerifyMenuItemContains  'verify the state of a menuitem found via partial text match

      CompareStoredProperties 'perform CompareProperties against a stored VP

ActiveX Name	Description	Code	Actions	Comments
HTMLTitle	Window Title	WT#

Navigation Controls

ActiveX Name	Description	Code	Actions	Comments
Alert	Pop-up Dialog	A#	invocation and navigation
ToolbarWindow32	Toolbar	TB#	Toolbar
HTMLLink	Hyperlink	L#	Click
HTMLImage	Button	B#	Click, RightClick, CompareStoredProperties, CompareStoredData (against a stored baseline of properties)
HTMLMapArea	Image Area (for Tabs)	T#	presentation sequence and behavior of tabs

Data Controls

ActiveX Name	Description	Code	Actions	Comments
EditBox	Text input field	F#	SetTextValue (using InputKeys special characters), SetTextCharacters (set and verify new text value using literal text), SetUnverifiedTextValue
ComboEditBox		CEB#	Click, Select, SelectPartialMatch, SelectIndex, SetTextValue
CheckBox	CheckBox	CB#	Click, Check, Uncheck
ComboBox	Drop-down list	L#	SetTextValue, Click (to open or close), Select (a text item), SelectPartialMatch, SelectIndex, SelectUnverified
ListBox	Pull-down menu selection	S#	(With Single Click:) SelectTextItem, SelectPartialMatch, SelectUnverifiedTextItem, SelectUnverifiedPartialMatch (With Double Click:) ActivateTextItem, ActivatePartialMatch, ActivateUnverifiedTextItem, ActivateUnverifiedPartialMatch VerifySelectedItem, VerifyItemUnselected, VerifySelectedPartialMatch	Click and press F4
ComboListBox		CLB#	Select, SelectIndex
Radio Button		RB#	Click

There are both verified.

Complex Controls

ActiveX Name	Description	Code	Actions	Comments
CDateTimeCtrl CMonthCalCtrl	Calendar	CAL#	A standard MSW calendar object.
mdiclient	MDI Client object	MDIC#	An mdiclient object.
frame_mdiclient	MDI Frame	MDIF#	Enables WinRunner to treat a window as an mdiclient object.


HTMLTable
HTMLTableCell (within a table)
HTMLMap (image map)
HTMLMapArea (image map)
HTMLId

DateTime
GroupBox
Header
HotKeyControl
JavaCanvas
JavaListView
JavaPanel
JavaPopupMenu
Label
ProgressBar
PushButton
RadioButton
ScrollBar
SpinControl
StatusBar
Toolbar
Trackball
TreeView

• database value retrieval and carry-over of values from previous screen
• formatting (size, positioning, background color, label text, etc.) of new windows (NW#) and Pop-Up Dialogs (PD#)
• formatting of individual elements (position, alignment, color, font name, size, color), including new windows (NW#)
• value of data source in display of dynamic labels (DL#), fields (F#), and Field Groups (FG#)
• rejection of text and numeric Input Character Limits for fields (F#), and Field Groups (FG#)
• formatting of dates (inclusion and sequence of elements, separators)
• formatting of numbers (decimal alignment)
• calculation (totaling) of numbers in fields (F#), and Field Groups (FG#) (according to Element Reference)
• hierarchy presentation (according to business rules)
• sorting (according to business rules)
• expansion and contraction of expandable rows (ER#)
• field highlighting logic after user actions (selections)
• data validation (error detection and handling of invalid input text, numbers, dates)
• operation of pull-down menu selections (S#)
• onclick behavior of individual checkboxes (C#) and checkbox groups (CG#)
• common client browser navigation (back button & Alt-cursor, etc.)
• common application navigation (help, glossary, etc.)
• action on actionable elements (AE#) and
• invocation and navigation from pop-up dialogs (PD#)