Ranorex Forum

Hi,
I am using Dev Express wpf grid im my application. I want to track a particular cell value of the grid. I used Ranorex spy which gives the cell's path as 'unknown' element. How can i get the value inside the cell?
Thanks,
Siva R S

Hi,

Please can you post us a Ranorex Snapshot of the entire data grid?
How to create a Snapshot
And please let me know which value you want to validate or automate,
then I will provide you an RxPath to the element.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

Hi,
I have attached the snapshot with this. The gridcontrol1 in snapshot is a devexpress wpf datagrid. The rxpath of a cell in the grid is of type 'unknown'. I want to extract the value from the cell. How can it be done?
Thanks,
Siva R S

Hi,

Thank you for the Snapshot.
I tried DevExpress 9.1.4 and it is working out of the box. I get a "Text element" from this data grid, where you can see the value of the cell.
Which version of DevExpress is in use on your site?
Have you implemented this control by your own? If yes, maybe you have something forgotten to implement.

See attached Snapshot Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

Hi,
I am using version 10.2 of dev express grid. I have bind the datagrid to BindingList of C#. When i use ranorex spy to select a cell, it always returns me an unknown type. How can i get the text value from the selected cell?
Thanks,
Siva R S

We will have a look at the 10.2 version of the grid. This is probably an issue with the UIAutomation implementation of the grid, which is provided by DevXPress.

Michael
Ranorex Team

Hi Michael,
Waiting for your results

Hi,

it seems to be a limitation of the control from DevExpress. But you can use following workaround, until we add this special pattern to our software, in order that you have access to it without using code. This fix will be available in the next release of Ranorex.

First of all you have to add following references to your project

• UIAutomationClient
• UIAutomationTypes

Then please change the target framework to ".NET Framework 3.0". This setting can be changed using the project properties. You will find the target framework under the "Compiling" tab.

Now you have to adapt your code:

• Add following to your using statements:

  using System.Windows.Automation;

• With this piece of code you should get the property value of your item.

  UIAutomation uia = "yourRxPathToTheElement";
  string value = (string)uia.AutomationElement.GetCurrentPropertyValue(ValuePattern.ValueProperty);

BTW, sometimes even we need a little bit more time to find a solution.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. But I cannot get the class UIAutomation as you mentioned. I have included all the references and changed the target framework to 3.0. There is a class called Automation and AutomationElement. How to get UIAutomation class and instantiate with the RxPath as you mentioned?
Thanks
Siva R S

Hi,

Please check your references if the Ranorex.Plugins.WPF reference is available.
If not please add it do your references and try it again.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. It really worked. But our application is targetting .NET 3.5 framework. So i cannot use that solution. Is it possible to use GDI plugin for ranorex to get the value from grid cell?. I tried with this link http://www.ranorex.com/blog/automation- ... n#more-926. But it didn't work. Any idea?
Thanks,
Siva

Hi,

vengaishiva wrote:But our application is targetting .NET 3.5 framework. So i cannot use that solution

You don't need to change the target framework of your application (AUT). Just change the Ranorex project to .Net 3.0 or 3.5 Framework. By the way, 3.5 includes the 3.0 framework.

vengaishiva wrote: Is it possible to use GDI plugin for ranorex to get the value from grid cell?

You cannot use the GDI Plug-In for WPF, because the drawing engine is completely different.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I am using ranorex 2.3 now. The UIAutomation class does not contain the property AutomationElement. Is there any workaround for it?
Regards,
Siva R S

Hi,

Sorry, but this class was added with Ranorex 3.0 and isn't available in Ranorex 2.3. So the only chance to use this feature is to upgrade to Ranorex 3.0.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team