SAPGuiElement Object

Description

Any object in an SAP GUI for Windows application.

IMPORTANT

This object may be recorded if you insert a checkpoint or output value on an unrecognized object in an SAP Gui for Windows application. You can also enter this object in your test manually to refer to any object in an SAP Gui for Windows application that matches a specified programmatic description.

For example, you can use a programmatic description to find the Text property of an SAPGuiElement with guicomponenttype = 102 to retrieve the text of a screen title and store it in the Data Table:

DataTable("TransactionTitle_out",dtGlobalSheet) =SAPGuiSession("Session").SAPGuiWindow("SAP Easy Access").SAPGuiElement(" guicomponenttype:=102").GetROProperty ("Text")

You can also accomplish this using the Description object. For example:

Set MyDescription = Description.Create()

MyDescription("guicomponenttype").Value = 102

DataTable("pGetROProperty_out1",dtGlobalSheet) =SAPGuiSession("Session").SAPGuiWindow("SAP Easy Access").SAPGuiElement( MyDescription).GetROProperty ("Text")

SAPGuiElement can also be used to record SAP GUI for Windows objects that do not have built-in test object support, for example, Picture or Image controls and BarChart controls. For example:

SAPGuiSession("Session").SAPGuiWindow("SAP R/3").SAPGuiElement("ImageCtrl").Object.doubleClickPictureArea "90","30"

For more information on this alternative recording mechanism, refer to the SAP Solutions Add-in section of the OpenText Functional Testing Help Center.

For more information on programmatic descriptions, see the OpenText Functional Testing User Guide.

Operations

The sections below list the built-in methods and properties that you can use as operations for the SAPGuiElement object.

Note: You can also view a list and descriptions of the SAPGuiElement description properties, for use in object repository descriptions, programmatic descriptions, checkpoint and output value steps, and as argument values for the GetTOProperty and GetROProperty methods.

Methods

CaptureBitmap	Saves a screen capture of the object as a .png or .bmp image using the specified file name.
Check	Checks whether the actual value of an item matches the expected value.
CheckProperty	Checks whether the actual value of the specified object property matches the specified expected value within the specified timeout.
ChildObjects	Returns the collection of child objects contained within the object.
GetAllROProperties	Returns the collection of properties and current values from the object in the application.
GetROProperty	Returns the current value of the description property from the object in the application.
GetTOProperties	Returns the collection of properties and values used to identify the object.
GetTOProperty	Returns the value of the specified description property from the test object description.
Highlight	Highlights the object in the application.
Output	Retrieves the current value of an item and stores it in a specified location.
RefreshObject	Instructs OpenText Functional Testing to re-identify the object in the application the next time a step refers to this object.
SetTOProperty	Sets the value of the specified description property in the test object description.
ToString	Returns a string that represents the test object.
WaitProperty	Waits until the specified object property achieves the specified value or exceeds the specified timeout before continuing to the next step.

Properties

Exist	Checks whether the object currently exists in the open application.
Object	Accesses the native methods and properties of the object.