Developing Support for the Object Spy or OIC

Using the pointing-hand mechanism of Object Spy or Object Identification Center (OIC), the OpenText Functional Testing user can view the supported properties and methods of any visible object in an open application. To support this OpenText Functional Testing capability, the Testing Agent must provide the object ID of the object in the application that is located at the screen coordinates that OpenText Functional Testing specifies. To do this, implement the GetElementFromPoint method in the ISpyable interface.

The Object Spy or OIC can also display the native operations and properties of an object in the application if the objects in your environment are COM objects. For more information, see Developing Support for Accessing Native (Run-Time Object) Properties and Methods.

The following diagram shows the general sequence of methods that OpenText Functional Testing calls when the Object Spy or OIC is used. This illustrates the purpose of the methods that the Testing Agent must implement. For example, OpenText Functional Testing calls GetElementFromPoint, which is implemented by the Testing Agent in the ISpyable interface, and then GetElementType from the ITestable interface:

• Implementing GetElementFromPoint

• Testing Your Support for the Object Spy or OIC