In order to perform various operations over Syncfusion's GridDataBoundGrid control, you will need to obtain the objects corresponding to grid rows, columns and cells. This topic describes the properties and methods of the GridDataBoundGrid object that can be used for this purpose.

To perform these actions, TestComplete should have access to internal objects, properties and methods of the GridDataBoundGrid control. For this purpose, the .NET Application Support plugin must be installed and enabled.

When testing Syncfusion GridDataBoundGrid controls, use specific methods and properties of the corresponding SyncfusionEssGrid 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 GridDataBoundGrid 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.

Identifying Rows and Columns

The rows and columns in the GridDataBoundGrid control are identified by their indexes. The numerations are zero-based, so the first row and column have an index of 0, the second - 1, and so on. The index of the last grid row is Model.RowCount and last column is Model.ColCount. So, the total number of grid rows is Model.RowCount+1 and for columns, Model.ColCount+1.

Note that the rows and columns numeration includes row and column headers. That is, the starting indexes correspond to grid headers and indexes of the actual data rows and columns start from 1 or a greater number, depending on the number of headers. If you need to locate the range of actual data cells, use the grid’s GridCellsRange property. The Top, Bottom, Left and Right properties of the returned object let you get bound indexes of grid rows and columns that contain data cells. To determine the number of data rows and columns, use the GridCellsRange.Height and GridCellsRange.Width properties, respectively.

The following example works with the GDBGMultiHeader sample application that comes with Syncfusion's Essential Studio library and resides in the following folder.

<Syncfusion>\Windows\Grid.Windows\Samples\2.0\DataBound\GDBG Multi Header Demo\

JavaScript, JScript

function Test ()
{
  var p, Grid;

  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  // Post information about the grid structure to the test log
  Log.Message ("Total number of rows: " + (Grid.Model.RowCount+1));
  Log.Message ("Total number of columns: " + (Grid.Model.ColCount+1));
  Log.Message ("Number of data rows: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Height);
  Log.Message ("Number of data columns: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Width);
  Log.Message ("Index of the first data row: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Top);
  Log.Message ("Index of the first data column: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Left);
}

Python

def Test ():

  # Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  # Post information about the grid structure to the test log
  Log.Message ("Total number of rows: " + (Grid.Model.RowCount+1));
  Log.Message ("Total number of columns: " + (Grid.Model.ColCount+1));
  Log.Message ("Number of data rows: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Height);
  Log.Message ("Number of data columns: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Width);
  Log.Message ("Index of the first data row: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Top);
  Log.Message ("Index of the first data column: " + Grid.GridCellsRange.Left);

VBScript

Sub Test
  Dim p, Grid

  ' Obtain the application process and the grid object
  Set p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader")
  Set Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1")

  ' Post information about the grid structure to the test log
  Call Log.Message ("Total number of rows: " & (Grid.Model.RowCount+1))
  Call Log.Message ("Total number of columns: " & (Grid.Model.ColCount+1))
  Call Log.Message ("Number of data rows: " & Grid.GridCellsRange.Height)
  Call Log.Message ("Number of data columns: " & Grid.GridCellsRange.Width)
  Call Log.Message ("Index of the first data row: " & Grid.GridCellsRange.Top)
  Call Log.Message ("Index of the first data column: " & Grid.GridCellsRange.Left)
End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure Test;
var p, Grid : OleVariant;
begin
  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p := Sys.Process('GDBGMultiHeader');
  Grid := p.WinFormsObject('Form1').WinFormsObject('gridRecordNavigationControl1').WinFormsObject('gridDataBoundGrid1');

  // Post information about the grid structure to the test log
  Log.Message ('Total number of rows: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.Model.RowCount+1));
  Log.Message ('Total number of columns: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.Model.ColCount+1));
  Log.Message ('Number of data rows: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.GridCellsRange.Height));
  Log.Message ('Number of data columns: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.GridCellsRange.Width));
  Log.Message ('Index of the first data row: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.GridCellsRange.Top));
  Log.Message ('Index of the first data column: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Grid.GridCellsRange.Left));
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Test ()
{
  var p, Grid;

  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys["Process"]("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p["WinFormsObject"]("Form1")["WinFormsObject"]("gridRecordNavigationControl1")["WinFormsObject"]("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  // Post information about the grid structure to the test log
  Log["Message"]("Total number of rows: " + (Grid["Model"]["RowCount"]+1));
  Log["Message"]("Total number of columns: " + (Grid["Model"]["ColCount"]+1));
  Log["Message"]("Number of data rows: " + Grid["GridCellsRange"]["Height"]);
  Log["Message"]("Number of data columns: " + Grid["GridCellsRange"]["Width"]);
  Log["Message"]("Index of the first data row: " + Grid["GridCellsRange"]["Top"]);
  Log["Message"]("Index of the first data column: " + Grid["GridCellsRange"]["Left"]);
}

Accessing Cells

To access a particular cell in the GridDataBoundGrid control, use the grid’s Item property that takes the desired cell’s row and column indexes as parameters. However, sometimes it may be more useful to access cells specifies by column names rather than indexes. Since the order of columns in the GridDataBoundGrid control can be customized, column names, which are defined in the application code, can be more reliable that indexes. If you decide to refer to columns by their names, you will additionally need to use the grid’s ColNameToIndex method to get the column’s index by its name.

To obtain information about the currently selected cell, use the grid’s CurrentCell property. The CurrentCell.RowIndex and CurrentCell.ColIndex properties let you determine indexes of the current row and column, respectively.

The code snippet below demonstrates how you can get information about the currently selected grid cell:

Example

JavaScript

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

  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  // Click a grid cell
  ClickCell (Grid, 11, "CompanyName");

  // Get information about the selected cell
  Cell = Grid.CurrentCell;
  Log.Message ("Current row index: " + Cell.RowIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current column index: " + Cell.ColIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current cell text: " + Grid.Item(Cell.RowIndex, Cell.ColIndex).FormattedText.OleValue);
}

function ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId)
{
  // Convert the column's identifier to its absolute index
  let ColIndex = GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);
  // Make cell visible
  Grid.ScrollCellInView_3 (RowIndex, ColIndex);
  // Get the cell coordinates
  let rect = Grid.RangeInfoToRectangle (Grid.GridCellsRange.Cell(RowIndex, ColIndex));

  Grid.Click (rect.X + rect.Width/2, rect.Y + rect.Height/2);
}

function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId)
{
  // Check if the column is specified by name or index
  if (equal(aqObject.GetVarType(ColumnId), varOleStr))
    // Get the column index by name
    return Grid.NameToColIndex(ColumnId)
  else
    // Return the column index unchanged
    return ColumnId;
}

JScript

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

  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  // Click a grid cell
  ClickCell (Grid, 11, "CompanyName");

  // Get information about the selected cell
  Cell = Grid.CurrentCell;
  Log.Message ("Current row index: " + Cell.RowIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current column index: " + Cell.ColIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current cell text: " + Grid.Item(Cell.RowIndex, Cell.ColIndex).FormattedText.OleValue);
}

function ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId)
{
  // Convert the column's identifier to its absolute index
  var ColIndex = GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);
  // Make cell visible
  Grid.ScrollCellInView_3 (RowIndex, ColIndex);
  // Get the cell coordinates
  var rect = Grid.RangeInfoToRectangle (Grid.GridCellsRange.Cell(RowIndex, ColIndex));

  Grid.Click (rect.X + rect.Width/2, rect.Y + rect.Height/2);
}

function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId)
{
  // Check if the column is specified by name or index
  if (aqObject.GetVarType(ColumnId) == varOleStr)
    // Get the column index by name
    return Grid.NameToColIndex(ColumnId)
  else
    // Return the column index unchanged
    return ColumnId;
}

Python

def Main ():

  # Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  # Click a grid cell
  ClickCell (Grid, 11, "CompanyName");

  # Get information about the selected cell
  Cell = Grid.CurrentCell;
  Log.Message ("Current row index: " + Cell.RowIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current column index: " + Cell.ColIndex);
  Log.Message ("Current cell text: " + Grid.Item(Cell.RowIndex, Cell.ColIndex).FormattedText.OleValue);

def ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId):
  # Convert the column's identifier to its absolute index
  ColIndex = GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);
  # Make cell visible
  Grid.ScrollCellInView_3 (RowIndex, ColIndex);
  # Get the cell coordinates
  rect = Grid.RangeInfoToRectangle (Grid.GridCellsRange.Cell(RowIndex, ColIndex));

  Grid.Click (rect.X + rect.Width/2, rect.Y + rect.Height/2);

def GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId):
  # Check if the column is specified by name or index
  if (aqObject.GetVarType(ColumnId) == varOleStr):
    # Get the column index by name
    return Grid.NameToColIndex(ColumnId)
  else:
    # Return the column index unchanged
    return ColumnId;

VBScript

Sub Main
  Dim p, Grid, Cell

  ' Obtain the application process and the grid object
  Set p = Sys.Process("GDBGMultiHeader")
  Set Grid = p.WinFormsObject("Form1").WinFormsObject("gridRecordNavigationControl1").WinFormsObject("gridDataBoundGrid1")

  ' Click a grid cell
  Call ClickCell (Grid, 11, "CompanyName")

  ' Get information about the selected cell
  Set Cell = Grid.CurrentCell
  Log.Message ("Current row index: " & Cell.RowIndex)
  Log.Message ("Current column index: " & Cell.ColIndex)
  Log.Message ("Current cell text: " & Grid.Item(Cell.RowIndex, Cell.ColIndex).FormattedText.OleValue)
End Sub

Sub ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId)
  Dim ColIndex, rect

  ' Convert the column's identifier to its index
  ColIndex = GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId)

  ' Make cell visible
  Call Grid.ScrollCellInView_3 (RowIndex, ColIndex)

  ' Get the cell coordinates
  Set rect = Grid.RangeInfoToRectangle (Grid.GridCellsRange.Cell(RowIndex, ColIndex))

  Call Grid.Click (rect.X + rect.Width/2, rect.Y + rect.Height/2)
End Sub

Function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId)
  ' Check if the column is specified by name or index
  If aqObject.GetVarType(ColumnId) = varOleStr Then
    ' Get the column index by name
    GetColIndexById = Grid.NameToColIndex(ColumnId)
  Else
    ' Return the column index unchanged
    GetColIndexById = ColumnId
  End If
End Function

DelphiScript

procedure ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId); forward;
function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId); forward;

procedure Main;
var p, Grid, Cell : OleVariant;
begin
  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p := Sys.Process('GDBGMultiHeader');
  Grid := p.WinFormsObject('Form1').WinFormsObject('gridRecordNavigationControl1').WinFormsObject('gridDataBoundGrid1');

  // Click a grid cell
  ClickCell (Grid, 11, 'CompanyName');

  // Get information about the selected cell
  Cell := Grid.CurrentCell;
  Log.Message ('Current row index: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Cell.RowIndex));
  Log.Message ('Current column index: ' + aqConvert.VarToStr(Cell.ColIndex));
  Log.Message ('Current cell text: ' + Grid.Item[Cell.RowIndex, Cell.ColIndex].FormattedText.OleValue);
end;

procedure ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId);
var ColIndex, rect : OleVariant;
begin
  // Convert the column's identifier to its index
  ColIndex := GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);

  // Make cell visible
  Grid.ScrollCellInView_3 (RowIndex, ColIndex);

  // Get the cell coordinates
  rect := Grid.RangeInfoToRectangle (Grid.GridCellsRange.Cell(RowIndex, ColIndex));

  Grid.Click (rect.X + rect.Width/2, rect.Y + rect.Height/2);
end;

function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);
begin
  // Check if the column is specified by name or index
  if aqObject.GetVarType(ColumnId) = varOleStr then
    // Get the column index by name
    Result := Grid.NameToColIndex(ColumnId)
  else
    // Return the column index unchanged
    Result := ColumnId;
end;

C++Script, C#Script

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

  // Obtain the application process and the grid object
  p = Sys["Process"]("GDBGMultiHeader");
  Grid = p["WinFormsObject"]("Form1")["WinFormsObject"]("gridRecordNavigationControl1")["WinFormsObject"]("gridDataBoundGrid1");

  // Click a grid cell
  ClickCell (Grid, 11, "CompanyName");

  // Get information about the selected cell
  Cell = Grid["CurrentCell"];
  Log["Message"]("Current row index: " + Cell["RowIndex"]);
  Log["Message"]("Current column index: " + Cell["ColIndex"]);
  Log["Message"]("Current cell text: " + Grid["Item"](Cell["RowIndex"], Cell["ColIndex"])["FormattedText"]["OleValue"]);
}

function ClickCell (Grid, RowIndex, ColumnId)
{
  // Convert the column's identifier to its absolute index
  var ColIndex = GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId);
  // Make cell visible
  Grid["ScrollCellInView_3"](RowIndex, ColIndex);
  // Get the cell coordinates
  var rect = Grid["RangeInfoToRectangle"](Grid["GridCellsRange"]["Cell"](RowIndex, ColIndex));

  Grid["Click"](rect["X"] + rect["Width"]/2, rect["Y"] + rect["Height"]/2);
}

function GetColIndexById (Grid, ColumnId)
{
  // Check if the column is specified by name or index
  if (aqObject["GetVarType"](ColumnId) == varOleStr)
    // Get the column index by name
    return Grid["NameToColIndex"](ColumnId)
  else
    // Return the column index unchanged
    return ColumnId;
}

Accessing Rows, Columns and Cells in Syncfusion GridDataBoundGrid

Identifying Rows and Columns

Accessing Cells

Example

See Also