sapgui_get_property

Method and Property Functions

Retrieves the property of a SAP object.

int sapgui_get_property( const char *control_id, const char *property_name, char *output_param_name, [args,]  LAST );
control_idObject ID Strings
property_nameThe name of the SAP GUI Object Properties to retrieve
output_param_name A VuGen parameter to store the value of the property
argsOptional Arguments
LAST A marker indicating the end of the argument list. Not required if Optional Arguments are used.

The sapgui_get_property data retrieval function gets the value of the specified property property_name, in the SAP object with the identification number control_id. The value is saved in output_param_name.

Note that if the property is a set of strings, the function returns the property in the form string1,string2,...,stringn.

Return Values

This function returns LR_PASS (0) on success or LR_FAIL (1) on failure.

Parameterization

You can parameterize all string (char type) arguments.

Example

The following example uses sapgui_set_property to set the text within the command window to "dwdm". The script then verifies the text by retrieving it using sapgui_get_property and writing to a parameter ParamName1.

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Action() {
sapgui_select_active_window("wnd[0]");
sapgui_set_property("tbar[0]/okcd",
"text",
"dwdm", LAST );
// Verification - not recorded function
sapgui_get_property("tbar[0]/okcd",
"text", "ParamName1",LAST );
//Output is "dwdm"
lr_output_message(lr_eval_string("{ParamName1}"));
return 0;
}