Visual Relation Identifier Dialog Box

Relevant for: GUI tests and components

This dialog box enables you to define related objects for the visual relation identifier of a specific test object. UFT One uses this identifier in addition to the test object description during the run session to identify the test object.

To access
  1. Open the Object Properties Dialog Box for the test object you want to identify, or select it in the Object Repository window.
  2. In the Visual Relation Identifier Settings row of the Object Repository window or Object Properties dialog box, click in the Value cell.
  3. Click the Browse button in the text box.
Relevant tasks
See also

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Elements

Description
Test object to identify

The name of the test object as it appears in the object repository (read-only).

Add. Opens the Select Test Object Dialog Box, which enables you to add a test object to the Related Objects list, either from the object repository or directly from the application. Any object you add from the application is automatically added to the object repository.

Remove. Removes the selected related object from the Related Objects list.

Note: Removing the related object from the list does not remove the test object remains from the object repository.
Preview

Highlights the visual relation between all related objects and the objects matching the test object to identify (main UFT One window is hidden). While in Preview mode, the text to the right of the button displays the number of matching objects. This enables you to test the relation details you are defining without closing the dialog box or running the steps.

Note:  

  • During the Preview process, the main UFT One window is hidden. Click the Preview button again to restore the UFT One window.
  • While the Preview button is pressed, you can change the relation details and preview the changes without returning to the UFT One window.

  • If UFT One is unable to perform the Preview operation, a message box opens. This could be the result of one of the following scenarios:

    • One or more related objects cannot be found in the object repository.
    • One or more related objects are already used in a visual relation identifier for another test object.
    • One or more related objects cannot be uniquely identified in the object repository.
Related Objects

The list of related objects.

Tooltip. The tooltip for each related object displays the full name.

Note: If the related object cannot be found in the object repository, an indicating icon is displayed next to the name of that related object, and a tooltip is displayed when you hover the cursor over the icon.

Relation Details

The details of the visual relation for the selected related object. You can select a value from one or more of the relation categories.

For details on the available visual relation categories, see Visual Relation Categories (Relation Details Area).
<Relation description>

Textual description of the currently defined visual relations.

Category

Description
Horizontal

Enables you to define related objects according to their horizontal location relative to the object to identify. The following options are available:

  • Left
  • Right
  • In line (horizontally)
Vertical

Enables you to define related objects according to their vertical location relative to the object to identify. The following options are available:

  • Above
  • Below
  • In line (vertically)
Distance and hierarchy

Enables you to define related objects according to their distance or hierarchical location relative to the object to identify. The following options are available:

  • Closest on the X-axis
  • Closest on the Y-axis
  • Closest on both axes
  • Contains