Sys.OleObject Property

Description

The Sys.OleObject property returns an OLE server by its name and the name of the machine on which it is running. To specify the OLE server running on the local machine, do not specify the MachineName parameter.

Declaration

Applies To

The property is applied to the following object:

Parameters

The property has the following parameters:

Property Value

An object that represents the specified OLE server.

Remarks

• You cannot use TestComplete as a client application for in-process OLE objects, the bitness of which is different than the bitness of TestComplete.

• TestComplete does not release instances of OLE objects created via the Sys.OleObject method at design time, that is, when this method is used to explore the object in the Object Browser or to get code completion for the object’s methods and properties. For example, creating a Word.Application object launches Microsoft Word and it keeps running after you have finished working with the object in the Object Browser or the Code Editor. To release the used OLE object instance, you need to manually close the process that the object is running in or to execute the script code that would release that object, for example:

  JavaScript, JScript

  Python

  VBScript

  DelphiScript

  C++Script, C#Script

  JavaScript, JScript

  function QuitWord()
  {
    Sys.OleObject("Word.Application").Quit();
  }

  Python

  def QuitWord():
    Sys.OleObject["Word.Application"].Quit()

  VBScript

  Sub QuitWord
    Sys.OleObject("Word.Application").Quit
  End Sub

  DelphiScript

  procedure QuitWord;
  begin
    Sys.OleObject('Word.Application').Quit;
  end;

  C++Script, C#Script

  function QuitWord()
  {
    Sys["OleObject"]("Word.Application")["Quit"]();
  }

• Note for Microsoft Office users: In order to be able to get an OLE object for an already running application, this application must be registered in the Running Object Table (ROT). However, Microsoft Office applications that are launched from the shell (for example, from the Start menu or the TestedApps project item) do not register their running objects at startup, but rather once the application loses focus. So, if you obtain an OLE object for an already running Office application, you may get errors when accessing its properties and methods (for more information on this problem, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238610/).

  To work around the problem, you can activate any window other than the tested Office application before attaching to its OLE server. This will allow the Office application to register itself in the ROT, so you will be able to work with it via OLE. In scripts, you can activate a window using the Activate or Click action. For example, use the following statement to activate the Windows taskbar:

  JavaScript, JScript

  Python

  VBScript

  DelphiScript

  C++Script, C#Script

  JavaScript, JScript

  Sys.Process("Explorer").Window("Shell_TrayWnd").Activate();

  Python

  Sys.Process("Explorer").Window("Shell_TrayWnd").Activate()

  VBScript

  Sys.Process("Explorer").Window("Shell_TrayWnd").Activate

  DelphiScript

  Sys.Process('Explorer').Window('Shell_TrayWnd').Activate;

  C++Script, C#Script

  Sys["Process"]("Explorer")["Window"]("Shell_TrayWnd")["Activate"]();

  Another solution is to launch the desired Office application and work with it only using its OLE object. However, in this case you may not notice changes made to the application, because launched in this way, it is not displayed on screen initially. To make the application visible, can set the Visible property of its OLE object to True:

  JavaScript, JScript

  Python

  VBScript

  DelphiScript

  C++Script, C#Script

  JavaScript, JScript

  // Launch Excel
  var Excel = Sys.OleObject("Excel.Application");
  // Make it visible
  Excel.Visible = true;
  ...

  Python

  # Launch Excel
  Excel = Sys.OleObject["Excel.Application"]
  # Make it visible
  Excel.Visible = True
  # ...

  VBScript

  Dim Excel
  ' Launch Excel
  Set Excel = Sys.OleObject("Excel.Application")
  ' Make it visible
  Excel.Visible = True
  ...

  DelphiScript

  var Excel : OleVariant;
  ...
  // Launch Excel
  Excel := Sys.OleObject['Excel.Application'];
  // Make it visible
  Excel.Visible := true;
  ...

  C++Script, C#Script

  // Launch Excel
  var Excel = Sys["OleObject"]("Excel.Application");
  // Make it visible
  Excel["Visible"] = true;
  ...

• As an alternative to Sys.OleObject, you can use the getActiveXObject method which is specific to JavaScript (not JScript). It significantly improves performance of OLE object scripting.

See Also

Viewing COM Object Properties, Methods and Events
NetworkSuite.GetRemoteOLEObject Method