How to click a submenu in Coded UI?

Question

Hi,

I need to click a Rules sub menu ( Tools->Setup->Rules) in my application. Can you please tell me on how to do this?

Thanks in Advance...

Thanks

Selvaraj C

Answer 1

If you are are Handcoding, then you can do 1 o the following:-

1. If you need to click to launch submenu then individually click and expand then click on next item. The action would probably get aggregated if the controls are not custo controls.

2. If you need to hover, you can record an explicit hover using the keys "Ctrl + Shift + r" while the mouse is on the control.

If you are recording using coded ui, then 1 of the above 2 should work. If the controls arent custom controls you should be able to record an aggregated action which would get played back.

Which technology are you trying to record on? Is the menu being recognized as a Menu and a MenuItem?

Answer 2

 Hi,

  I tried the above steps but it doesn't works for me. I am using Coded UI Test builder to record the actions. While trying to click on the sub menu, the generated code is as follows:

            // Click 'MainMenuBar' client
            Mouse.Click(uIMainMenuBarClient, new Point(102, 10));

            // Click 'Desktop' client
            Mouse.Click(uIDesktopClient, new Point(55, 32));

            // Click 'Desktop' client
            Mouse.Click(uIDesktopClient, new Point(92, 165));

and below is the screenshot of my sub menu

Please share your thoughts on this

Thanks

Selvaraj C

Answer 3

does the main menu open when you click on it? if yes,can you try adding Wait between mouse.click()

Regards,

Chetan

Answer 4

Hi SelvaRaj,

Try using the below ways  :

//Click on Rules
HtmlHyperlink c_Link = new HtmlHyperlink(browser);
c_Link.SearchProperties.Add("InnerText", "Rules", PropertyExpressionOperator.Contains);
Mouse.Click(c_Link);

I hope it will work,as some times the control is hidden,but you can click on that control witout clicking on MainMenu link

Please let me know incase if it does not works

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Thanks and Regards -Rajendra

Answer 5

Hi,

My Application is a Windows based application. So I think that HtmlHyperlink is belongs to Web based Application. Am I right?

So, can you please tell me on how to achieve the same for the Windows based application.

Thanks

Selvaraj C

Answer 6

Replace HtmlhyperLink with WinHyperLink, if it does n't work then, Spy the menu item with CodedUITest builder and check that which control it is, accordingly you have to define your control

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Thanks and Regards -Rajendra

Answer 7

HI,

I tried with WinHyperLink but it doesn't work. Also when I am trying to spy the submenu, the menu get closed while spy the menu using Coded UI test builder. Please help me in this case. Also please tell me on how to use Win+I feature in Coded UI Test builder step by step

Thanks

Selvaraj C

Answer 8

Hi Selvaraj,

If you install VS2010 FP2, double click the UIMap.uitest, could you see the Rule control in the UI Control Map? Maybe you could share us a screen shot about it.

If you need to click to launch submenu then individually click and expand then click on next item. The action would probably get aggregated if the controls are not custo controls.

I agree with Srishti’s suggestion, if it is not the custom control, it would work well when we try to record the action with the Coded UI Test Builder.

If possible, you could share us a simple sample with sky driver, we try to record a coded UI test for this app.

Best Regards,

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Jack Zhai [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 9

Hi,

PFA the UI Visual Editor Screenshot. Sorry I am not able to upload the sample application in the Sky driver as we don't have any samples.

Please share your thoughts on this.

Thanks

Selvaraj C

Answer 10

You can use the Spy ++ or the UI Spy tools that come along with VS and VS SDK. You will be able to get the control information from them ,and can probably do hand coding for it