Pass repository item as parameter to user code

[odklizec]

Hi krstcs,

Thanks for your idea, but this not what I want. I mean, yes, I want to obtain a path from "repo.FormVipApplication.FirstNameInfo". The problem is that I want to pass "repo.FormVipApplication.FirstNameInfo" via string parameter:

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public void ReflectionCall(string repoElement) {    
        Type myClass = this.GetType();    
           var txtBox = repoElement;
...

The problem is that the repo element cannot be currently passed from recording to code using other way than string parameter. But this makes the repo element useless because it's impossible to use parameter variable (containing repo element) like this:

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var txtBox = repoElement.Path;

This is why I'm messing with "Reflection"

[MarkusT]

Hello odklizec,

Unfortunately, it is not possible to get the path out of a RepoItem object since it is stored in RepoItemInfo object only. You would need to search for your RepoItemInfo object somehow.
The following example gives an idea how you could get a RepoItemInfo object and use it to get a RepoItem object. I hope this helps you to get another approach for your issue.

public void getRepoItem(string repoItemName)
{
	// get RepoItemInfo object from the item name
	RepoItemInfo repoItemInfo = getRepoItemInfoObject(repoItemName);
	Report.Info("Path: " + repoItemInfo.AbsolutePath);
	var repoItem = getRepoItemObject(repoItemInfo);
}

public RepoItemInfo getRepoItemInfoObject(string itemName)
{
	var items = repo.FormVipApplication.SelfInfo.Children;
	
	// searches for an item name within the app folder
	foreach (var item in items)
	{
		if (item.Name.Equals(itemName))
		{
			return item;
		}
	}
	
	// searches for an item name within a folder
	foreach (var item in items)
	{
		if (item.Children.Count > 0)
		{
			foreach (var folderItem in item.Children)
			{
				if (folderItem.Name.Equals(itemName))
				{
					return folderItem;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return null;
}

public Ranorex.Unknown getRepoItemObject(RepoItemInfo repoItemInfo)
{
	var items = repo.FormVipApplication.Self.Children;			
	
	// searches for repo item with the repo item name
	foreach (var item in items)
	{
		if (item.ToString().Contains(repoItemInfo.Name))
		{
			Report.Info(item.ToString());						
			return item;
		}			
	}
	return null;			
}

Please let me know if you need further information.

Regards,
Markus (T)

[odklizec]

Hi Markus,

Thank you very much! Exactly what I hoped to avoid (searching the repository) It looks it will require a bit more work to make our part of code somewhat more universal.

OK, one last question. Do you have an information (shareable) if there are some plans to support passing repo elements via parameters (e.g. in Rx5)? I just don't want to spend time with optimizing our code only to realize the Rx5 will natively support such functionality Thank you in advance!

[monkey2012]

Hi,
I am not sure if this is similar to what you need.
In my project, there are more than hundred items for each dropdown list:
Cheetah
Elephant
Lion
Tiger
Bear
:
:

and of course, I can't create those repo items manually. I only create a generic repo item with accessiblename="My Zoo Animal", I pass in "Lion" (as string) if I want to test "Lion" to my function which replace "My Zoo Animal" with "Lion"......, and so, a new repo item for Lion is created.

[MarkusT]

Hello odklizec,

Unfortunately, there are currently no concrete plans to implement this feature in our next major release.
Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,
Markus (T)

[bewiss]

Hi,
I would really like to have this feature implemented in the nearest future. Without, producing a lot of redundant code is unavoidable

Best regards
Bewiss

[Support Team]

Hello Bewiss,

May I ask you to send an email to [email protected] in order to raise a feature request or to up-vote an existing feature request?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Robert

[bewiss]

Hi Robert,

feature request is on it's way.
Hope it will be of avail

Thx

[bewiss]

Hey RR-Team, thx for including this feature into the latest release 5.2

[odklizec]

What a great news! Thanks! I completely overlooked this improvement in 5.2 release notes

[krstcs]

Yeah, this is excellent! Thanks!!

[Support Team]

Hello everyone,

That's correct. User Code actions now support arguments of different types, including repository items (RepoItemInfo or Adapter type)
A detailed description can be found on our website in the section User Code Actions.

Regards,
Bernhard