Count of elements within a container : Automation API

[jainaakash]

Hi Team,

I need to get the count of elements within a container. Please let me know how can I do that.

In the following RxPath,
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/container[@automationid='Group_0']/element[6]/container[@automationid='ID']/text[@name='999']
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I know the first container (automationid=Group_0). Now I want to find a text which reside in at the above path but we dont know at which element id. I tried the following but it didn't work:

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Dim containerRow As Ranorex.Container = tblGrid.FindSingle (Of Ranorex.Container)("./Container[@automationid='Group_0]")
Dim idCell As Ranorex.Text = containerRow.FindSingle(of Ranorex.Text) ("./element/container[@automationid='ID']/text[@name='999']")
ttidCell.MoveTo
ttidCell.DoubleClick
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Q1. Is the above not correct..? Do I need to give sth like below
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Dim idCell As Ranorex.Text = containerRow.FindSingle(of Ranorex.Text) ("./element[]/container[@automationid='ID']/text[@name='999']")
or
' i as counter
Dim idCell As Ranorex.Text = containerRow.FindSingle(of Ranorex.Text) ("./element[i]/container[@automationid='ID']/text[@name='999']")
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Q2 How do I get the count for number of elements in the container so that I can loop in through and provide element details (like element[i]) and then try to find text.


Thanks

[sdaly]

To loop through items, this is one way of doing it -

Dim lstitems As List(Of Ranorex.Core.Element) = host.Local.Find("/desktop[@processname='explorer']/container/list/listitem")
msgbox(lstitems.count.tostring)
For Each item As Ranorex.ListItem In lstitems
item.MoveTo
Next


Hope this helps!
Scott

[Support Team]

Q1. Is the above not correct..? Do I need to give sth like below

Yes, the above code should be correct. If you omit the indexer ("element[6]" -> "element"), Ranorex tries to find the remaining part of the RxPath in every of the elements inside the container. So, the following code should be working:

Dim containerRow As Ranorex.Container = tblGrid.FindSingle (Of Ranorex.Container)("./Container[@automationid='Group_0]")
Dim idCell As Ranorex.Text = containerRow.FindSingle(of Ranorex.Text) ("./element/container[@automationid='ID']/text[@name='999']")
idCell.MoveTo
idCell.DoubleClick

Q2 How do I get the count for number of elements in the container so that I can loop in through and provide element details (like element) and then try to find text.

Search for all elements inside the container and then use Count property of the returned list, e.g.:

Dim elements As IList(Of Ranorex.Unknown) = containerRow.Find(Of Ranorex.Unknown)("./element")
Dim countElements As Integer = elements.Count

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

[artur_gadomski]

I find all the elemts by calling FindChildren method

IList<ComboBox> comboBoxes = repo.SomeForm.SomeOtherForm.FindChildren<ComboBox>();

Is this a good way to do that too or am I misusing this method?

[jainaakash]

Thanks guys, it worked.

[Support Team]

Is this a good way to do that too or am I misusing this method?

That's a perfectly valid way
I could have used that method in my previous posting instead of the Find method as well...

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

[martinO]

Hi Support Team

We would like to record/write our tests within Ranorex Studio without coding. Is there any way with Ranorex 3 to realize the discussed functionality of counting elements without having to code it? What is the easiest way to write a test that includes counting elements?

Thanks for your reply,
Fredi

[Support Team]

counting elements without having to code it

No, the recorder does not provide that functionality. However, even if it would, after you counted the elements, what would you want to do with that number then from the recorder? So what is the use case?

BTW, the code to count elements takes only one line...

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team