When working with QuantumGrid controls, you may need to simulate selecting several grid rows and this topic gives examples of how you can do this. For information on how to get values of the selected rows, see Obtaining Selected Rows in Developer Express QuantumGrid.

Using TcxGrid Internal Methods and Properties

In order for TestComplete to be able to perform these actions, the following conditions must be met:

The tested application must be compiled with debug information included (see Preparing Application With QuantumGrid Controls for TestComplete).
The Delphi and C++Builder Application Support and Developer Express Control Support plugins must be installed and enabled in TestComplete. The former plugin make Delphi and C++Builder applications Open to TestComplete. The latter plugin adds the DevExpressQuantumGrid object that provides support for QuantumGrid (TcxGrid) controls; without it you will not be able to work with QuantumGrid controls using their internal methods and properties.

Note also, that the compiler can exclude methods and properties that are not called in the application’s source code from the application’s binary code, so these methods and properties are unavailable to TestComplete (see Object Properties, Fields and Methods That Are Unavailable to TestComplete). To solve the problem, make sure that the desired methods and properties are used in the application’s source code. For instance, you can add a virtual method to your application that calls the desired methods and properties (the compiler does not exclude virtual methods).

When testing Developer Express QuantumGrid controls, use specific methods and properties of the corresponding DevExpressQuantumGrid object. You can call these methods and properties from your keyword tests, as well as from scripts. This topic describes how to work with an object’s properties and methods from your scripts. However, when testing a QuantumGrid control from your keyword test, you can use the same methods and properties calling them from keyword test operations. For more information, see Keyword Tests Basic Operations.

General Notes

QuantumGrid can display data in several levels. What data is displayed on a level and how they are displays is specified by view objects.

Multiple selection is possible only if the view object’s OptionsSelection.MultiSelect property is set to True. If you are not sure whether the tested grid supports multi-selection, ask the application developer about this. You can also check this yourself by selecting several records with Ctrl- or Shift-click.

Note that before selecting the rows, you need to locate the desired rows in the grid. For example, you can search for the desired rows using methods described in Searching for Records in Developer Express QuantumGrid.

Note:

When writing the code that will locate the desired rows, do not use the approaches that simulates keystrokes over the grid window, since pressing a key over the grid window removes the selection from the selected rows.

You can select multiple grid rows in the following ways:

By simulating Ctrl- or Shift-clicks over the desired records (Ctrl-click selects one row; Shift-click selects all rows in the range from the currently selected row to the row where the click occurs).
By using the internal properties of the TcxGrid object (TcxGrid is the class name of the QuantumGrid control).

Simulating Selections With Mouse

Normally, the users can select multiple rows in the QuantumGrid (TcxGrid) control by pressing Ctrl or Shift while selecting the rows. Holding Ctrl while selecting the row will add it to the current selection, and holding Shift will extend selection to the selected row.

To simulate a click on row indicators in a grid’s top-level table, use the ClickRowIndicator action of the DevExpressQuantumGrid object. For child-level tables, use the ClickRowIndicator action of a DevExpressQuantumGridLevel object corresponding to this level. The parameters of these actions specify the row to be clicked, and also whether the Shift, Ctrl, Alt or combination of these keys should be pressed during the click.

Example

JavaScript

function Main ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7);

  aqUtils.Delay (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (strictEqual(ViewId, undefined))
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first row of the range
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (StartRowIndex, ViewId);
  // Extend the selection
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (strictEqual(ViewId, undefined))
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first of the specified rows
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[0], ViewId);
  // Add other rows to the selection
  for (let i=1; i<RowIndexes.length; i++)
    Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[i], ViewId, skCtrl);
}

JScript

function Main ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7);

  aqUtils.Delay (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined")
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first row of the range
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (StartRowIndex, ViewId);
  // Extend the selection
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined")
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first of the specified rows
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[0], ViewId);
  // Add other rows to the selection
  for (var i=1; i<RowIndexes.length; i++)
    Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[i], ViewId, skCtrl);
}

Python

def Main ():

  # Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp")
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName")

  # Select a range or rows
  SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7)

  aqUtils.Delay (500)

  # Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = list(3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes)

# Selects a range of rows
def SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId):
  # If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined"):
    ViewId = 0
  # Select the first row of the range
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (StartRowIndex, ViewId)
  # Extend the selection
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift)

# Selects the specified rows
def SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId):
  # If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined"):
    ViewId = 0
  # Select the first of the specified rows
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[0], ViewId)
  # Add other rows to the selection
  for i in range(1, RowIndexes.length-1):
    Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[i], ViewId, skCtrl)

VBScript

Sub Main
  Dim p, Grid, RowIndexes

  ' Obtain the grid object
  Set p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp")
  Set Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName")

  ' Select a range or rows
  Call SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7, 0)

  aqUtils.Delay (500)

  ' Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  Call SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes, 0)
End Sub

' Selects a range of rows
Sub SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId)
  ' Select the first row of the range
  Call Level.ClickRowIndicator (StartRowIndex, ViewId)
  ' Extend the selection
  Call Level.ClickRowIndicator (EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift)
End Sub

' Selects the specified rows
Sub SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId)
  Dim i
  ' Select the first of the specified rows
  Call Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes(0), ViewId)
  ' Add other rows to the selection
  For i = 1 To UBound(RowIndexes)
    Call Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes(i), ViewId, skCtrl)
  Next
End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId: OleVariant = 0); forward;
procedure SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId: OleVariant = 0); forward;

procedure Main;
var p, Grid, RowIndexes : OleVariant;
begin
  // Obtain the grid object
  p := Sys.Process('MySampleApp');
  Grid := p.VCLObject('FormName').VCLObject('GridName');

  // Select a range or rows
  SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7);

  aqUtils.Delay (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes := CreateVariantArray (0, 4);
  RowIndexes[0] := 3; Rowindexes[1] := 5;
  RowIndexes[2] := 7; Rowindexes[3] := 9;
  RowIndexes[4] := 11;
  SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes);
end;

// Selects a range of rows
procedure SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId: OleVariant = 0);
begin
  // Select the first row of the range
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (StartRowIndex, ViewId);
  // Extend the selection
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift);
end;

// Selects the specified rows
procedure SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId: OleVariant = 0);
var i : OleVariant;
begin
  // Select the first of the specified rows
  Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[0], ViewId);
  // Add other rows to the selection
  for i := 1 to VarArrayHighBound(RowIndexes, 1) do
    Level.ClickRowIndicator (RowIndexes[i], ViewId, skCtrl);
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Main ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys["Process"]("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p["VCLObject"]("FormName")["VCLObject"]("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  SelectRange (Grid, 2, 7);

  aqUtils["Delay"] (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  SelectRows (Grid, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange (Level, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined")
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first row of the range
  Level["ClickRowIndicator"](StartRowIndex, ViewId);
  // Extend the selection
  Level["ClickRowIndicator"](EndRowIndex, ViewId, skShift);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows (Level, RowIndexes, ViewId)
{
  // If the View parameter is omitted, initialize it with the default value
  if (typeof (ViewId) == "undefined")
    ViewId = 0;
  // Select the first of the specified rows
  Level["ClickRowIndicator"](RowIndexes[0], ViewId);
  // Add other rows to the selection
  for (var i=1; i<RowIndexes["length"]; i++)
    Level["ClickRowIndicator"](RowIndexes[i], ViewId, skCtrl);
}

Using TcxGrid Internal Methods and Properties

You can also select multiple rows in the QuantumGrid (TcxGrid) control using its internal properties and methods:

To select a range of rows in the grid, you can use the view’s DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex) method. The DataController.ClearSelection method lets you unselect all rows in the given view.
To mark an individual row as selected, you can assign True to the Selected property of the row object (to obtain this object, use the ViewData.Rows(RowIndex) property of the view object). Similarly, you can unselect a row by setting its Selected property to False.

Example

JavaScript

function Main_SelectMultipleRows_Internal ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  ClearSelection(Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRange_2 (Grid, null, 2, 7);

  aqUtils.Delay (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  ClearSelection(Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRows_2 (Grid, null, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (strictEqual(View, null))
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  // Select the specified range of rows
  View.DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes)
{

  // Obtain the view object
  if (strictEqual(View, null))
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  for (let i=0; i<RowIndexes.length; i++)
  {
    let Row = View.ViewData.Rows(RowIndexes[i]);
    // Select the row
    Row.Selected = true;
  }
}

// Unselects all rows
function ClearSelection (Grid, View)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (strictEqual(View, null))
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  View.DataController.ClearSelection();
}

JScript

function Main_SelectMultipleRows_Internal ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  ClearSelection(Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRange_2 (Grid, null, 2, 7);

  aqUtils.Delay (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  ClearSelection(Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRows_2 (Grid, null, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  // Select the specified range of rows
  View.DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes)
{
  var Row, i;

  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  for (i=0; i<RowIndexes.length; i++)
  {
    Row = View.ViewData.Rows(RowIndexes[i]);
    // Select the row
    Row.Selected = true;
  }
}

// Unselects all rows
function ClearSelection (Grid, View)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid.ActiveView;

  View.DataController.ClearSelection();
}

Python

def Main_SelectMultipleRows_Internal ():

  # Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp")
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName")

  # Select a range or rows
  ClearSelection(Grid, None) # Clear the previous selection
  SelectRange_2 (Grid, None, 2, 7)

  aqUtils.Delay (500)

  # Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = list(3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  ClearSelection(Grid, None) # Clear the previous selection
  SelectRows_2 (Grid, None, RowIndexes)

# Selects a range of rows
def SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex):
  # Obtain the view object 
  if (View == None):
    View = Grid.ActiveView

  # Select the specified range of rows
  View.DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)

# Selects the specified rows
def SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes):

  # Obtain the view object 
  if (View == None):
    View = Grid.ActiveView

  for i in range(0, RowIndexes.length-1):
    Row = View.ViewData.Rows(RowIndexes[i])
    # Select the row
    Row.Selected = True

# Unselects all rows
def ClearSelection (Grid, View):
  # Obtain the view object 
  if (View == None):
    View = Grid.ActiveView

  View.DataController.ClearSelection()

VBScript

Sub Main
  Dim p, Grid, RowIndexes

  ' Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("MySampleApp")
  Grid = p.VCLObject("FormName").VCLObject("GridName")

  ' Select a range or rows
  Call ClearSelection (Grid, Nothing) ' Clear the previous selection
  Call SelectRange_2 (Grid, Nothing, 2, 7)

  aqUtils.Delay (500)

  ' Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  Call ClearSelection(Grid, Nothing) ' Clear the previous selection
  Call SelectRows_2 (Grid, Nothing, RowIndexes)
End Sub

' Selects a range of rows
Sub SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)
  ' Obtain the view object
  If View Is Nothing Then
    Set View = Grid.ActiveView
  End If

  ' Select the specified range of rows
  Call View.DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)
End Sub

' Selects the specified rows
Sub SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes)
  Dim Row, i

  ' Obtain the view object
  If View Is Nothing Then
    Set View = Grid.ActiveView
  End If

  For i = 0 to UBound(RowIndexes)
    Set Row = View.ViewData.Rows(RowIndexes(i))
    ' Select the row
    Row.Selected = True
  Next
End Sub

' Unselects all rows
Sub ClearSelection (Grid, View)
  ' Obtain the view object
  If View Is Nothing Then
    Set View = Grid.ActiveView
  End If

  View.DataController.ClearSelection
End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex); forward;
procedure SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes); forward;
procedure ClearSelection (Grid, View); forward;

procedure Main;
var p, Grid, RowIndexes : OleVariant;
begin
  // Obtain the grid object
  p := Sys.Process('MySampleApp');
  Grid := p.VCLObject('FormName').VCLObject('GridName');

  // Select a range or rows
  ClearSelection(Grid, nil); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRange_2 (Grid, nil, 2, 7);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes := CreateVariantArray (0, 4);
  RowIndexes[0] := 3; Rowindexes[1] := 5;
  RowIndexes[2] := 7; Rowindexes[3] := 9;
  RowIndexes[4] := 11;
  ClearSelection(Grid, nil); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRows_2 (Grid, nil, RowIndexes);
end;

// Selects a range of rows
procedure SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex);
begin
  // Obtain the view object
  if View = nil then
    View := Grid.ActiveView;

  // Select the specified range of rows
  View.DataController.SelectRows (StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex);
end;

// Selects the specified rows
procedure SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes);
var Row, i : OleVariant;
begin
  // Obtain the view object
  if View = nil then
    View := Grid.ActiveView;

  for i := 0 to VarArrayHighBound(RowIndexes, 1) do
  begin
    Row := View.ViewData.Rows(RowIndexes[i]);
    // Select the row
    Row.Selected := true
  end
end;

// Unselects all rows
procedure ClearSelection (Grid, View);
begin
  // Obtain the view object
  if View = nil then
    View := Grid.ActiveView;

  View.DataController.ClearSelection;
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Main_SelectMultipleRows_Internal ()
{
  var p, Grid, RowIndexes;

  // Obtain the grid object
  p = Sys["Process"]("MySampleApp");
  Grid = p["VCLObject"]("FormName")["VCLObject"]("GridName");

  // Select a range or rows
  ClearSelection (Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRange_2 (Grid, null, 2, 7);

  aqUtils["Delay"] (500);

  // Select multiple rows
  RowIndexes = new Array (3, 5, 7, 9, 11);
  ClearSelection (Grid, null); // Clear the previous selection
  SelectRows_2 (Grid, null, RowIndexes);
}

// Selects a range of rows
function SelectRange_2 (Grid, View, StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid["ActiveView"];

  // Select the specified range of rows
  View["DataController"]["SelectRows"](StartRowIndex, EndRowIndex);
}

// Selects the specified rows
function SelectRows_2 (Grid, View, RowIndexes)
{
  var Row, i;

  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid["ActiveView"];

  for (i=0; i<RowIndexes["length"]; i++)
  {
    Row = View["ViewData"]["Rows"](RowIndexes[i]);
    // Select the row
    Row["Selected"] = true;
  }
}

// Unselects all rows
function ClearSelection (Grid, View)
{
  // Obtain the view object
  if (View == null)
    View = Grid["ActiveView"];

  View["DataController"]["ClearSelection"]();
}

Selecting Multiple Rows in Developer Express QuantumGrid

General Notes

Simulating Selections With Mouse

Example

Using TcxGrid Internal Methods and Properties

Example

See Also