Find Object Properties

[Hardeep]

What are the steps we can follow to find the object properties in the Silverlight web application in IE browser.

I am using free Webaii framework in Visual Studio 2010.

Does Webaii framework provides any tool for that or we need to use Spy ++ . If we have to use Spy ++ then - please explain the steps to find any object property in the Silverlight web application in IE browser.

[Stoich]

Hello Hardeep,
    the WebAii Framework per se is just an API for UI testing.
It sounds like you need the to use Test Studio. Test Studio offers many enhanced capabilities related  to test automation. One of these is the DOM Explorer which will let you explore a Silverlight application very extensively.
You can download a Test Studio Trail from your account.

I believe Spy++ only works on certain desktop applications and can't be used for Silverlight. I have very little experience with it so I'm not sure. I'm sure you can find plenty if info on the Internet.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Stoich

the Telerik team

[Hardeep]

Hi Stoich,

Thanks for your suggestion. Right now we are just looking on evaluting WebAii free framework and automate some of the scenarios.
I have surfed on internet there are some tools avaliable to Spy Silverlight application.
Please let me now if there is any best free tool around that we can use for getting silverlight application object properties.

Thanks,
Hardeep

[Cody]

Hello Hardeep,

We are not aware of any really good and free tool for fetching the properties of Silverlight elements, although we haven't done an extensive search for such a tool either. Our free framework can read most properties attached to Silverlight elements, but you have to know what property you are looking for ahead of time. Here's a code example:

Brush textblockBrush = (Brush)Pages.TelerikTreeViewFor.SilverlightApp.InstallerTextblock.GetProperty(new AutomationProperty("Foreground", typeof(Brush)));

Best wishes,
Cody
the Telerik team

[Hardeep]

Thanks Cody,

Can you please help me out with use of this code. Like what are libraries that needs to be added and basically what are should be declare in "Using". I tried using

using Brush=ArtOfTest.WebAii.Silverlight.UI.Brush;

Brush textblockBrush = (Brush)Pages.TelerikTreeViewFor.SilverlightApp.InstallerTextblock.GetProperty(newAutomationProperty("Foreground", typeof(Brush)));

But it throws error for Pages

Can you provide me the complete code how I can print the Object properties in the silverlight application on console.

Thanks,
Hardeep

[Cody]

Hello Hardeep,

To make it easy for you I've attached a complete sample VS 2010 project.

Kind regards,
Cody
the Telerik team

[emma]

Hi, we are trying to fetch int[] property of our silverlight element using the following code:
var SelectedIndexes = grid.GetProperty(new AutomationProperty("SelectedIndexes", typeof(int[])));

The following exception occurs running the test:
Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'System.Int32[]'.

Is int[] type supported?

Thanks very much.

[Cody]

Hello Emma,

No I am sorry. We cannot handle arrays of any kind with the GetProperty function.

All the best,
Cody
the Telerik team

[Tomasz]

Hello,

is there a way to read property of WPF application element during the test? I mean (for example) that Test Studio located (during the test) an element which have text content "some text" and I need to read/check (during the test) what is the TagIndex value of that element. Maybe it is possible in the coded step? Could You tell mi some advice?

[Elena]

Hello Tomasz,

This could be accomplished in a coded step. The example below is for html element but it should be applicable for a wpf element as well. Please give it a try and get back to us in case you need further assistance. 

HtmlDiv div = ActiveBrowser.Find.ById<HtmlDiv>("test");
Log.WriteLine(div.BaseElement.TagNameIndex.ToString());

Regards,
Elena Tsvetkova
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