Reviewing Commonly-used API Calls
This section provides a quick reference of the most commonly used API calls. Review this information before starting to implement methods.
These methods are in CustomServerBase except where indicated.
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Adds an event handler as the first handler of the event. | |
Records a step in the test. |
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Called by UFT One to set the Windows message filter. | |
Called by UFT One to load event handlers and start listening for events. | |
Called when UFT One hooks the window message. | |
Stops listening for events. |
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DragAndDrop, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseClick, MouseDblClick, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, PressKey, PressNKeys, SendKeys, SendString | Mouse and keyboard simulation methods. |
Prepares the control for an action run. | |
Writes an event to the test report. | |
Generates an error message and changes the reported step status. | |
Displays the .NET warning icon. | |
Invokes one of the methods exposed by the test object's IDispatch interface. |
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Creates an EventListener instance in the Application under test process. | |
Creates an instance of an assistant object in the Application under test process. | |
Retrieves and deserializes the EventArgs object. | |
Initializes the EventArguments helper class with an EventArgs object. | |
Invokes a method of a CustomAssistantBase class in the control's thread. | |
Invokes the Custom Server's methods running in the UFT One process from the Application under test process. | |
Attaches to the source custom control by the control's window handle. |
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Retrieves a property of a control that is not thread-safe. | |
Invokes a method of a control that is not thread-safe. | |
Sets a property of a control that is not thread-safe. | |
Gets a parameter value from the settings of this control in the configuration file. | |
Returns the settings of this control as entered in the configuration file. |
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Called by UFT One to retrieve the data in a table. | |
Called by UFT One to retrieve the first and last rows of the table. | |
Called by UFT One to retrieve the names of the table columns. |