Thank you very much David for very clear info. I will try to install the patches and see how it works. Again very appreciate David. Happy NewYear! Ann
--- On Fri, 12/30/11, David Whitehouse <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Whitehouse <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Get visibleText To: [email protected] Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 6:48 PM Ann, according to http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/document/FID/DOCUMENTUM_QTP_00644, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 do not support Windows API text recognition as XP did. Under QTP, getvisibletext only works in the optical character recognition (OCR) mode and its reliability is unreliable at best. Once you install QTP patches 00626 and 00644, text recognition under Tools > Options > Text Recognition will only allow the "Use only OCR" option to be selected. These patches do not limit text recognition but they accurately reflect your choices in QTP's tools. If these are not installed, you may want to do that and select the OCR only option. However, Getvisibletext should be your tool of last resort and it may not work as you need. Your best options are to use the object's test or native properties to retrieve the text content. Again, if the content is painted on the screen and is not reflected in the object's accessible property then the OCR option is your only choice unless you can extend QTP to make the information accessible. On Dec 30, 2011, at 9:17 AM, ann hoang wrote: Thank you very much for your info. I did try get visible text and it works well in winxp but when I change os to win 7 and all of my get visible text is not working any more so now I try to find other way to work it out. Please advise! Many thanks Ann --- On Thu, 12/29/11, David Whitehouse <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Whitehouse <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Get visibleText To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 10:54 PM Ann, the syntax for retrieving text using getroproperty is: var = object.getroproperty("text") I have found that getvisibletext is unreliable, especially when the background of the text has a graduated shading. Getvisibletext uses OCR to read the text from the screen. Errors occur when the contrast between the text and the background is not uniform. Getvisibletext should only be used to read text that cannot be obtained any other way. However, understand that it may be unreliable. I have an application where text is sometimes painted on the screen and cannot be obtained through an object's text property. Getvisibltext is the only way to get the text in this instance; however, I have to ensure that the row is not highlighted since highlighting uses vertically graduated shading. On Dec 29, 2011, at 9:07 PM, ann hoang wrote: Hi Anish, Thank you very much for your info. If I use GetROProperty method so does it get text in real time? if yes Please give me examples how to use it. Many thanks Ann --- On Sat, 12/24/11, Anish Pillai <[email protected]> wrote: From: Anish Pillai <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Get visibleText To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 3:51 AM Hi Ann, GetTextLocation method in QTP is dependent upon the OS versions, service packs etc. Because of this your scripts that were running in Win XP might not run in Win 7. Refer to the below point taken from QTP help. The results of this method may be different in different run sessions depending on the operating system version you are using, service packs you have installed, other installed toolkits, the APIs used in your application, and so on. Therefore, when possible, it is highly recommended to use the GetROProperty method to retrieve the value of the text (or equivalent) property from an object in your application instead of using the GetTextLocation method. Regards, Anish Pillai [Automation Repository] [Subscribe via Email] [RSS Feed] -- AR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google "QTP - HP Quick Test Professional - Automated Software Testing" group. 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