The Event control is used to manage events that can be handled by TestComplete. This is an ActiveX control. It can be used either in TestComplete or in any other external application. The unique feature of this control is that you can modify the list of its events using the TestComplete Events project item. See Adding Events to Event Controls and Removing Events From Event Controls for more information.

The Event control includes the following methods:

Method	Description
`AttachTo (Obj)`	Attaches the `Event` control to the Obj object. Obj must implement the `IDispatch` interface. After the `Event` control has been attached, it can handle Obj events that are added to the control. Note that if you are going to handle a COM application event that corresponds to a COM-server application (for instance, Microsoft Word or Outlook application), you should specify the application COM object rather than the TestComplete `process` object that corresponds to the desired program. For instance, in the case of Outlook, specify the `Application` object that is returned by the `Sys.OleObject` property or the `getActiveXObject` method: JavaScript JScript Python VBScript DelphiScript C++Script, C#Script JavaScript var objOutlook; ... objOutlook = getActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); Events.GeneralEvents.AttachTo(objOutlook); ... JScript var objOutlook; ... objOutlook = Sys.OleObject("Outlook.Application"); Events.GeneralEvents.AttachTo(objOutlook); ... Python `objOutlook = Sys.OleObject["Outlook.Application"] Events.GeneralEvents.AttachTo(objOutlook)` VBScript Dim objOutlook ... Set objOutlook = Sys.OleObject("Outlook.Application") Events.GeneralEvents.AttachTo(objOutlook) ... DelphiScript var objOutlook : OleVariant; begin ... objOutlook := Sys.OleObject('Outlook.Application'); Events.GeneralEvents.AttachTo(objOutlook); ... end; C++Script, C#Script var objOutlook; ... objOutlook = Sys["OleObject"]("Outlook.Application"); Events["GeneralEvents"]["AttachTo"](objOutlook); ...
`AttachToTestComplete`	Used by Connected Applications to attach to the given `Event` control. After attaching to TestComplete, you will be able to handle TestComplete events that are added to the given `Event` control (for the full list of TestComplete events, see TestComplete Events).
`DetachFrom (Obj)`	Detaches the `Event` control from the object Obj. Note that after the `Event` control has been detached, you will not be able to handle these events.
`DetachFromTestComplete`	Used by Connected Applications to detach the given `Event` control from TestComplete. Note that after detaching from TestComplete, you will not be able to handle TestComplete events added to the `Event` control.

Note: The Event control only contains the AttachToTestComplete and DetachFromTestComplete methods if you added TestComplete events to the control.

See the following topics for more information on how to use these methods:

Creating Event Handlers for External COM Objects

Creating Event Handlers in Visual C++ Applications

Creating Event Handlers in C# Applications

Creating Event Handlers in Visual Basic Applications

Creating Event Handlers in Delphi and C++Builder Applications

Event Control

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