TestComplete supports testing of various Microsoft controls. You can also modify project properties so that TestComplete recognizes your custom Microsoft controls. The sections below describe how you can test Microsoft controls in detail.
About Supported Microsoft ControlsAbout Supported Microsoft Controls
TestComplete can work with any Microsoft control via a graphical user interface. Besides, TestComplete provides extended support for most of Microsoft controls. It automatically associates them with special scripting test objects that contain supplementary methods and properties for working with the controls, for example, for selecting individual items and retrieving the item text.
Requirements
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A license for TestComplete Desktop module.
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The Microsoft 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
Below is the full list of the Microsoft controls for which TestComplete provides extended support.
Note that TestComplete provides support for the listed controls as well as for their descendants. However, to make this possible, you need to specify the class name of your inherited control in the corresponding group of the project’s Object Mapping options. For more information, see Object Mapping.
Windows Forms
| Controls | Library | Classes |
|---|---|---|
| CheckBox | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox |
| DataGrid | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid |
| DataGridView | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView |
| DomainUpDown | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.DomainUpDown |
| LinkLabel | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel |
| Main menus and context menus | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip |
| NumericUpDown | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown |
| PropertyGrid | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid |
| RadioButton | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton |
| Strip StatusBar (StatusStrip) | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip |
| Strip Toolbar (ToolStrip) | .NET Framework v. 2.0 - 5.0 | System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip |
WPF
| Controls | Library | Classes |
|---|---|---|
| WPFRibbon | WPF Toolkit, .NET Framework v. 4.5.x - 4.8 | Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.Ribbon System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.Ribbon |
| WPFToolkitCalendar | WPF Toolkit, .NET Framework v. 4.0 - 4.8 | Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Calendar |
| WPFToolkitDataGrid | WPF Toolkit, .NET Framework v. 4.0 - 4.8 | Microsoft.Windows.Controls.DataGrid |
| WPFToolkitDatePicker | WPF Toolkit, .NET Framework v. 4.0 - 4.8 | Microsoft.Windows.Controls.DatePicker |
MFC
| Controls | Library | Classes |
|---|---|---|
| MFCEditBrowseCtrl | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCEditBrowseCtrl |
| MFCGridCtrl | CGridCtrl ver. 2.26, 2.27 | CGridCtrl |
| MFCMenuBar | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCMenuBar |
| MFCMenuButton | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCMenuButton |
| MFCPropertyGridCtrl | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCPropertyGridCtrl |
| MFCRibbonBar | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCRibbonBar |
| MFCStatusBar | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCStatusBar |
| MFCTabCtrl | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCTabCtrl CMFCOutlookBarTabCtrl |
| MFCToolBar | MFC Feature Pack for Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 | CMFCToolBar |
Silverlight
| Controls | Library | Classes |
|---|---|---|
| AutoCompleteBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.AutoCompleteBox |
| Button | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.Button System.Windows.Controls.HyperlinkButton |
| Calendar | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.Calendar |
| CheckBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.CheckBox |
| ComboBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox |
| DataGrid | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.DataGrid |
| DatePicker | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.DatePicker |
| ListBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.ListBox |
| PasswordBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.PasswordBox |
| RadioButton | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.RadioButton |
| RichTextBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox |
| ScrollBar | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.ScrollBar |
| ScrollViewer | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.ScrollViewer |
| Slider | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.Slider |
| TabControl | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.TabControl |
| TextBox | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.TextBox |
| ToggleButton | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton |
| TreeView | Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5 | System.Windows.Controls.TreeView |
Recognizing Custom Controls
To command TestComplete to recognize your custom Microsoft controls, open your project’s Object Mapping options and add the control’s class name to the corresponding subgroup of the Microsoft 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 Microsoft 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.