Menu Object

Applies to TestComplete 15.62, last modified on March 14, 2024

Description

The Menu object is used to work with menus of various types from scripts:

  • Standard Win32 Menu
  • Borland Action Menu Bar
  • ComponentOne Menus and Toolbars
  • Developer Express XtraBars
  • Developer Express ASPxMenu
  • Infragistics UltraWinToolbars
  • GWT MenuBar menus
  • Janus UI Controls
  • Java applications’ menus
  • JavaFX applications’ menus
  • Microsoft MenuStrip menus
  • Microsoft ContextMenuStrip menus
  • Qt applications’ menus
  • SAP GUI popup menus
  • Syncfusion Essential Tools Menus
  • Telerik Menus and ToolBars
  • WPF applications’ menus

The Menu object lets you work with different types of menus - main, system, context menus and submenus. It has specific actions for selecting or checking menu items and properties that provide access to menu items.

Members

Example

The following code snippet demonstrates how to obtain Windows Notepad menus.

JavaScript, JScript

function MenuSample()
{
  var Notepad = Sys.Process("Notepad");
  var wndNotepad = Notepad.Window("Notepad", "*");

  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  var MainMenu = wndNotepad.MainMenu;
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad system menu
  var SystemMenu = wndNotepad.SystemMenu;
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad context menu
  var wndEdit = wndNotepad.Window("Edit");
  wndEdit.ClickR();
  var PopupMenu = wndEdit.PopupMenu;
  …

}

Python

def MenuSample():
  Notepad = Sys.Process("notepad");
  wndNotepad = Notepad.Window("Notepad", "*")

  # Obtains the Notepad main menu 
  MainMenu = wndNotepad.MainMenu
  # ...

  # Obtains the Notepad system menu 
  SystemMenu = wndNotepad.SystemMenu
  # ...
  
  # Obtains the Notepad context menu 
  wndEdit = wndNotepad.Window("Edit")
  wndEdit.ClickR()
  PopupMenu = wndEdit.PopupMenu
  # ...

VBScript

Sub MenuSample

  Set Notepad = Sys.Process("Notepad")
  Set wndNotepad = Notepad.Window("Notepad", "*")

  ' Obtains the Notepad main menu
  Set MainMenu = wndNotepad.MainMenu
  …

  ' Obtains the Notepad system menu
  Set SystemMenu = wndNotepad.SystemMenu
  …

  ' Obtains the Notepad context menu
  Set wndEdit = wndnotepad.Window("Edit")
  wndEdit.ClickR
  Set PopupMenu = wndEdit.PopupMenu
  …

End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure MenuSample();
var Notepad, wndNotepad, MainMenu, SystemMenu, wndEdit, PopupMenu;
begin
  Notepad := Sys.Process('Notepad');
  wndNotepad := Notepad.Window('Notepad', '*');

  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  MainMenu := wndNotepad.MainMenu;
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad system menu
  SystemMenu := wndNotepad.SystemMenu;
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad context menu
  wndEdit := wndNotepad.Window('Edit');
  wndEdit.ClickR;
  PopupMenu := wndEdit.PopupMenu;
  …

end;

C++Script, C#Script

function MenuSample()
{
  var Notepad = Sys["Process"]("Notepad");
  var wndNotepad = Notepad["Window"]("Notepad", "*");

  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  var MainMenu = wndNotepad["MainMenu"];
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad system menu
  var SystemMenu = wndNotepad["SystemMenu"];
  …

  // Obtains the Notepad context menu
  var wndEdit = wndNotepad["Window"]("Edit");
  wndEdit["ClickR"]();
  var PopupMenu = wndEdit["PopupMenu"];
  …

}

See Also

Working With Menus in Desktop Windows Applications
Working With Standard Windows Controls
SubMenu Property (MenuItem Objects)
MainMenu Property
PopupMenu Property (Window Objects)
SystemMenu Property
ActionMainMenu Property
C1MainMenu Property
EssMainMenu Property
JMainMenu Property
StripMainMenu Property
UICtrlMainMenu Property
UltraMainMenu Property
XtraMainMenu Property
SwingMenu Property (Specific to JMenuBar Controls)

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