AA manage Window Controls Can't find text box

[forumstaff]

Hello Phil,

I suggested for activating window as you are using wild cards. When working on a web page, the best option is to use a web-recorder and record the whole task. "Manage window control" is a tool to capture the windows application controls. It can be considered as an alternative for web pages.

Let us know if web-recorder doesn't help.

Thanks & Regards

[philkryder]

Originally Posted by forumstaff

Hello Phil,

I suggested for activating window as you are using wild cards. When working on a web page, the best option is to use a web-recorder and record the whole task. "Manage window control" is a tool to capture the windows application controls. It can be considered as an alternative for web pages.

Let us know if web-recorder doesn't help.

Thanks & Regards

is there any way to use the web recorder without it SPAWNING secondary windows?

My users already have the windows that they need already open.

[trentonponder]

Originally Posted by philkryder

is there any way to use the web recorder without it SPAWNING secondary windows?

My users already have the windows that they need already open.

I believe it is possible but not with `manage web controls.`

In fact, even if you have one AA task called by another AA task and the first task opened an IE window, you won`t be able to control that window with the second IE task. It`s real specific to how the window was launched.

If you`re not using `manage web controls` then you can use combinations of `activate window` and keystrokes to achieve your goal. It really depends on the site and your needs.

I would generally not recommend running a task on a machine being actively used unless that task does not open any windows. If this is the kind of thing, you`re running in the middle of the night and the user already has it open, then it may be better for the task to first close any instance of that window before beginning.

[philkryder]

actually,
I was trying to make something easy for users to navigate 3 windows and PASTE standard text into a text box.

I can't seem to RELIABLY move from one window to the next.

I use the CTL+F then type "text" method and then TAB from the find box to the control containing the TEXT then, I press "enter"

The problem is that sometimes the TABS are slow.
Sometimes the new window is slow.

Any ideas appreciated.
Phil

[trentonponder]

Originally Posted by philkryder

actually,
I was trying to make something easy for users to navigate 3 windows and PASTE standard text into a text box.

I can't seem to RELIABLY move from one window to the next.

I use the CTL+F then type "text" method and then TAB from the find box to the control containing the TEXT then, I press "enter"

The problem is that sometimes the TABS are slow.
Sometimes the new window is slow.

Any ideas appreciated.
Phil

If the text really is standard and you have some method to modify your application, why not just create drop-downs for your users to choose?

If you cannot modify the application, then your only chance is playing with the `wait until` and `delay` options (maybe a bit of `error handling` for good luck) and you`ll eventually get the timing right.

[philkryder]

yeah - can't modify the app

which is why it is so frustrating when AA goes blind.

I'm thinking this may relate back to the multiple monitors we run.

I've seen AA find things on the primary monitor that it is blind to on other monitors.

Phil