Native properties and operations

Relevant for: GUI tests and components

If the operations and description properties available for a particular test object do not provide the functionality you need, you can access the native operations and properties of any run-time object in your application using the Object property.

After you insert the .Object method, use the statement completion feature with object properties to view a list of the available native operations and properties of an object.

Tip: If the object is a Web object, you can also reference its native properties in programmatic descriptions using the attribute/property notation.

For more details on the Object property, see your object's properties in the Object Model Reference for GUI Testing.

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Retrieving native properties

Use the Object property to access the native properties of any run-time object. For example, you can retrieve the current value of the ActiveX calendar's internal Day property as follows:

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Dim MyDay
Set MyDay = Browser("index").Page("Untitled").ActiveX("MSCAL.Calendar.7").Object.Day

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Activating native operations

Use the Object property to activate the internal operations of any run-time object. For example, you can activate the native focus method of the edit box as follows:

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Dim MyWebEdit 
Set MyWebEdit = Browser("Advantage Shopping").Page("Advantage Shopping").WebEdit("username").Object
MyWebEdit.focus

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