TestComplete supports testing of various VCL and CLX controls. You can also modify project properties so that TestComplete recognizes your custom VCL and CLX controls. The sections below describe how you can test VCL and CLX controls in detail.
About Supported VCL and CLX ControlsAbout Supported VCL and CLX Controls
TestComplete can work with any VCL and CLX controls via a graphical user interface. It checks a control’s class name and automatically associates it with the appropriate scripting object.
Most VCL and CLX controls are supported as standard Windows controls (see Supported Standard Windows Controls). Besides that, TestComplete provides extended support for some specific Delphi and C++Builder controls (see below). These controls are automatically associated with special program objects that extend the controls’ functionality with a number of supplementary methods and properties. These extended methods and properties let you perform various operations over the controls, for example, select individual items or retrieve the item text.
Requirements
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A license for TestComplete Desktop module.
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The VCL Control Support plugin. It provides access to controls via special program objects. It also enables creating table checkpoints for controls that display data in a tabular form. For the full list of these controls, see About Tables Collection.
This plugin is installed and enabled automatically.
If you experience issues when working with the controls, select File | Install Extensions from the TestComplete main menu to check whether the plugin is active. If the plugin is not available, run the TestComplete installation in the Repair mode.
Supported Controls
The table below contains VCL and CLX controls for which TestComplete provides extended support.
| Controls | Library | Classes |
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| Button, edit box, list box and other standard Windows controls | Borland Delphi 7, Borland C++Builder 6, Borland Developer Studio 2006, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, XE - XE8 |
See Supported Standard Windows Controls |
| DBGrid | VCL TDBGrid component of Borland Delphi 7, Borland Developer Studio 2006, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, XE - XE8 |
TDBGrid |
| Main menus | VCL TActionMainMenuBar component of Borland Delphi 7, Borland Developer Studio 2006, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, XE - XE8 |
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| StringGrid | VCL TStringGrid controls of Borland Delphi 7 and C++Builder 6, CLX TStringGrid controls of Borland Delphi 7 and C++Builder 6, CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010, XE - XE8 |
TStringGrid |
Supported Third-Party VCL Controls
Besides standard VCL controls included in Delphi and C++Builder, TestComplete supports controls of other vendors, such as Developer Express or TMS Software. For a list of supported third-party VCL controls, see the following topics:
Recognizing Custom Controls
To command TestComplete to recognize your custom VCL and CLX controls, open your project’s Object Mapping options and add the control’s class name to the corresponding subgroup of the Borland Controls group. The subgroup name corresponds to your custom control’s type. Once the control is mapped, it gets all the properties, methods and actions specific to the VCL and CLX control of the corresponding type.
If the specified custom control does not fit the control’s type, then it may not properly respond to commands that TestComplete sends, so recording or playing back user actions over the tested control will cause errors.
See Also
Supported Controls
Supported Standard Windows Controls
Supported Developer Express Controls
Supported TMS Controls
Testing Delphi Applications
Testing C++Builder Applications