Unable to select submenu items

[ChrisC]

We are currently evaluating Ranorex using the free trial version. I am trying to select submenu items (e.g. File->New), and have not been successful. I can successfully dump the menu tree as shown below:

Submenu(1)=File
Item(1)=New
Item(2)=Open...
Item(3)=Close
Item(4)=Save
Item(5)=Save As...
Item(6)=Page Setup...
Item(7)=Print Preview
Item(=Print...
Item(9)=Recent Files
Item(10)=Exit
Submenu(2)=Edit
Item(1)=Undo Move Nodes
Item(2)=Redo
Item(3)=Select All
Item(4)=Cut
Item(5)=Copy
Item(6)=Paste
Item(7)=Delete
etc.

However, the following C# code does not work: mainMenu.SelectItemText("File", "New");
mainMenu.SelectPosition(1, 1);

The File menu item is selected, but not the submenu item.

We are using VS2005 with .Net 2.0. We are also using third party controls from Syncfusion.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

[Support Team]

[ChrisC]

Thanks for your quick reply.

Our submenu item does have a shortcut (Ctrl+N).

The menu bar is not derived from a Windows Control. The mainMenu is the following Syncfusion class:
http://www2.syncfusion.com/library/classref/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.T ools.XPMenus.Bar.html

The top level items (File, Edit, etc) are of the following Syncfusion class:
http://www2.syncfusion.com/library/classref/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.T ools.XPMenus.ParentBarItem.html

Finally, the submenu items (New, Open, etc) are the following class:
http://www2.syncfusion.com/library/classref/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.T ools.XPMenus.BarItem.html

I tried the following code per your first suggestion and it did not work.
Control menuStrip = mainForm.FindControlName("BarControl_MainMenu");
Element menuItem = menuStrip.Element.FindChild(Role.MenuItem, "New");
if (menuItem == null)
return;
Mouse.ClickElement(menuItem);

menuItem was not null, but the ClickElement did not do anything.

I am unable to try your second suggestion because I am using the trial version. According to the documentation, PopupMenuSelectItem is only supported in RanorexPro.

I would greatly appreciate any other help you can provide.

Thanks,
Chris

[Support Team]

Can you please try this issue with the Recorder.
Start recording, click "File", "New", then stop recording and try to replay it.
You can download the recorder from:

http://www.ranorex.com/fileadmin/downloads/RanorexRecorder-1.2.1-Beta1 .zip

What is the "Element Name" of the New submenu?
Please check it with RanorexSpy (you must enable the HotTracker).

Jenö
Ranorex Support Team

[ChrisC]

I recorded the click "File", "New" and replayed it. The mouse arrow clicked the "File" menu item. After that, the mouse arrow moved to the top-left corner of the screen (not my application).

Here is the C# code generated by the recording:

[Support Team]

The Submenu seems to be a special Popup menu of Syncfusion.

Can you send me the screen shot of RanorexSpy if the mouse pointer is over the New submenu item (HotTracker should be enabled).
It's possible, that the Submenu is a top-level window and you have to find it with the Application.FormFind() function.

(Or can you send me a small sample application with such a menu?)

Jenö
Ranorex Support Team

[ChrisC]

I have the screen shot of RanorexSpy. Is there a way to upload an image to this forum?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris

[Support Team]

I sent you an email, please attach the image to your reply.

Jenö
Ranorex Support Team

[Support Team]

It seems to be a problem with the position of the menu item.
The submenu is like a context menu, so you can use the ContextMenu.SelectItemText() function.

Please try the following:

[ChrisC]

I tried your suggestion and the result was a little better, but still not right.

I used the code you included in your previous post. The "File" menu item is clicked, but then the "Close" submenu item is clicked. That is the third item in the submenu, and "New" is the first item. I removed the shortcut and accelerator keys from the "New" submenu item, but it did not help.

I would greatly appreciate any more help you can provide.

Chris

[Support Team]

I think i found the real problem.
It seems to be a bug in the Syncfusion Menu class, all submenu items return the same element location, so you cannot use this property.

You have only two possibilities.

1. Use the DoDefaultAction to select the menu item:

[ChrisC]

The solutions you provided solved our problem.

I can't thank you enough for your great support!

Chris