Unable to Automate/Handle MenuStrip and MenuStrip Items

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Nagulameera Shaik
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Unable to Automate/Handle MenuStrip and MenuStrip Items

Post by Nagulameera Shaik » Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:38 am

Hi All,

I have menu-bar of type System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip. When I am tracking the control I am getting the control of type Ranorex.MenuBar, here is control xpath:
//menubar[@controlname='menuStrip' and @controltypename='MenuStrip' and @instance='0']

using the above menu bar I am not able to click any menu item (Ex: File, Language,Label ect..). Please find the attached screen shot.

I tried the following ways
public void SelectMenuItem(Adapter menuStrip)
{
MenuBar menuBar = menuStrip as MenuBar;
foreach(var menuStripItem in menuBar.Items)
{
}
foreach(var menuitem in menuBar.Children)
{
}
foreach(var elementMenuitem in menuBar.Element.Children)
{
}
}

AND

public void SelectMenuItem(Adapter menuStrip)
{

foreach(var menuitem in menuStrip.Children)
{
}
foreach(var elementMenuitem in menuStrip.Element.Children)
{
}
}

Same issue with context menu item as well. Not getting the item's/children's to operate/click.

It is simple menu-bar and almost 70% automation is blocked due to this.

I Checked in the product code and it is absolutely fine. just for you reference
- Created main menu which is menu-strip -- able to get the control
- Created the items(file, language,ect) and added to the main menu -- not getting the items at all
- Created the context menus for each menu item -- able to get the contextmenu
- Created the items(Synchronize,work offline, etc) to each context menu item -- not getting items at all

Let me know if required any further information. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance
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Vega
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Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:50 pm

Re: Unable to Automate/Handle MenuStrip and MenuStrip Items

Post by Vega » Thu Jul 14, 2016 2:53 pm

Hi Nagulameera Shaik,

Try using the info object for your menu items in conjunction with CreateAdapters<Type>();

Posting a snapshot would allow me to investigate your specific scenario more in depth.

Hope this helps!

Nagulameera Shaik
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:33 am

Re: Unable to Automate/Handle MenuStrip and MenuStrip Items

Post by Nagulameera Shaik » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:32 am

Dear Vega,

Thanks for your quick replay, Here the problem is ranorex not identifying menuitem object itself, how can I get menuitem info object.

I tried through parent(menu bar) info object as well as actual object but failed to get the menuitem.
As I mentioned, I tried parent(menubar).children, parent.element.children and parent.items. In all scenarios I am getting children and items are zero.

Even tried AccessibleName, AccessibleRole etc properties also.

Now I am planning to find the solution together with developer by changing the some of the properties of the menuitem.

Meanwhile any help is appreciated.

Vega
Posts: 222
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:50 pm

Re: Unable to Automate/Handle MenuStrip and MenuStrip Items

Post by Vega » Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:10 pm

Hi,

Do you know what technology is being used? Without seeing your SUT/scenario, here is something you could try:

You can try to utilize GDI capabilities in spy by right clicking your topmost parent form and selecting "Add process name to GDI capture list".
GDI.png

I hope this helps!
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