Left Property

Applies to TestComplete 15.47, last modified on January 20, 2023

Description

Use the Rect.Left property to get or set the horizontal (X) coordinate of the rectangle’s left edge (relative to the screen).

Declaration

RectObj.Left

Read-Write Property Integer
RectObj An expression, variable or parameter that specifies a reference to a Rect object

Applies To

The property is applied to the following object:

Property Value

The horizontal coordinate of the rectangle’s left edge, in screen coordinates.

Example

The code below demonstrates how you can search for the desired image on a web page. To search the window, we use the Picture.Find method. This method returns a rectangle that specifies the coordinates of the image within the web browser window. To calculate the coordinates of the image center, we use methods of the Rect object. To obtain the scripting object corresponding to the found image, we use the Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint method. This method returns an onscreen object that contains Click and other actions, which you can use to simulate mouse clicks over the image.

JavaScript

function Test()
{

  let url = "http://smartbear.com/";
  // Launches the web browser and opens the web page
  Browsers.Item(btIexplorer).Run(url);
  let page = Sys.Browser().Page("*");

  // Obtains the image of the browser window
  let picture = page.PagePicture();

  // Loads the sought-for image
  let pict = Utils.Picture;
  pict.LoadFromFile("c:\my_image.bmp");

  // Searches for the image within the browser window
  let rect = picture.Find(pict);
  if (strictEqual(rect, null))
  {
    Log.Warning("The image was not found on the page.");
    return;
  }

  // Calculates the coordinates of the image center
  let x = page.ScreenLeft + rect.Left + rect.Width / 2;
  let y = page.ScreenTop + rect.Top + rect.Height / 2;
  // Obtains the IMG object by coordinates
  let img = Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint(x, y);

  // Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image
  if (img.Exists)
    img.Click();
  else
    Log.Warning("Unable to simulate the click.");

}

JScript

function Test()
{

  var url = "http://smartbear.com/";
  // Launches the web browser and opens the web page
  Browsers.Item(btIexplorer).Run(url);
  var page = Sys.Browser().Page("*");

  // Obtains the image of the browser window
  var picture = page.PagePicture();

  // Loads the sought-for image
  var pict = Utils.Picture;
  pict.LoadFromFile("c:\my_image.bmp");

  // Searches for the image within the browser window
  var rect = picture.Find(pict);
  if (rect == null)
  {
    Log.Warning("The image was not found on the page.");
    return;
  }

  // Calculates the coordinates of the image center
  var x = page.ScreenLeft + rect.Left + rect.Width / 2;
  var y = page.ScreenTop + rect.Top + rect.Height / 2;
  // Obtains the IMG object by coordinates
  var img = Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint(x, y);

  // Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image
  if (img.Exists)
    img.Click();
  else
    Log.Warning("Unable to simulate the click.");

}

Python

def Test():
  url = "http://smartbear.com/"
  # Launches the web browser and opens the web page 
  Browsers.Item(btIexplorer).Run(url)
  page = Sys.Browser().Page("*")
  # Obtains the image of the browser window 
  picture = page.PagePicture()
  # Loads the sought-for image 
  pict = Utils.Picture;
  pict.LoadFromFile("c:\my_image.bmp")
  # Searches for the image within the browser window 
  rect = picture.Find(pict)
  if rect == None:
    Log.Warning("The image was not found on the page.")
    return
  # Calculates the coordinates of the image center 
  x = page.ScreenLeft + rect.Left + rect.Width / 2
  y = page.ScreenTop + rect.Top + rect.Height / 2
  # Obtains the IMG object by coordinates 
  img = Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint(x, y)
  # Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image 
  if img.Exists:
    img.Click()
  else:
    Log.Warning("Unable to simulate the click.")

VBScript

Sub Test
  Dim url, page, picture, pict, rect, img, x, y

  url = "http://smartbear.com/"
  ' Launches the web browser and opens the web page
  Browsers.Item(btIexplorer).Run(url)
  Set page = Sys.Browser.Page("*")

  ' Obtains the image of the browser window
  Set picture = page.PagePicture

  ' Loads the sought-for image
  Set pict = Utils.Picture
  pict.LoadFromFile("c:\my_image.bmp")

  ' Searches for the image within the browser window
  Set rect = picture.Find(pict)
  If rect Is Nothing Then
    Call Log.Warning("The image was not found on the page.")
    Exit Sub
  End If

  ' Calculates the coordinates of the image center
  x = page.ScreenLeft + rect.Left + rect.Width / 2
  y = page.ScreenTop + rect.Top + rect.Height / 2
  ' Obtains the IMG object by coordinates
  Set img = Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint(x, y)

  ' Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image
  If img.Exists Then
    img.Click
  Else
    Call Log.Warning("Unable to simulate the click.")
  End If

End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure Test;
var
url, page, picture, pict, rect, img, x, y : OleVariant;
begin
  url := 'http://smartbear.com/';
  // Launches the web browser and opens the web page
  Browsers.Item(btIexplorer).Run(url);
  page := Sys.Browser.Page('*');

  // Obtains the image of the browser window
  picture := page.PagePicture;

  // Loads the sought-for image
  pict := Utils.Picture;
  pict.LoadFromFile('c:\my_image.bmp');

  // Searches for the image within the browser window
  rect := picture.Find(pict);
  if rect = nil then
  begin
    Log.Warning('The image was not found on the page.');
    Exit;
  end;

  // Calculates the coordinates of the image center
  x := page.ScreenLeft + Rect.Left + Rect.Width / 2;
  y := page.ScreenTop + Rect.Top + Rect.Height / 2;
  // Obtains the IMG object by coordinates
  img := Sys.Desktop.ObjectFromPoint(x, y);

  // Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image
  if (img.Exists) then
    img.Click
  else
    Log.Warning('Unable to simulate the click.');

end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Test()
{
  var url = "http://smartbear.com/";
  // Launches the web browser and opens the web page
  Browsers["Item"](btIexplorer)["Run"](url);
  var page = Sys["Browser"]()["Page"]("*");

  // Obtains the image of the browser window
  var picture = page["PagePicture"]();

  // Loads the sought-for image
  var pict = Utils["Picture"];
  pict["LoadFromFile"]("c:\my_image.bmp");

  // Searches for the image within the browser window
  var rect = picture["Find"](pict);
  if (rect == null)
  {
    Log["Warning"]("The image was not found on the page.");
    return;
  }

  // Calculates the coordinates of the image center
  var x = page["ScreenLeft"] + rect["Left"] + rect["Width"] / 2;
  var y = page["ScreenTop"] + rect["Top"] + rect["Height"] / 2;
  // Obtains the IMG object by coordinates
  var img = Sys["Desktop"]["ObjectFromPoint"](x, y);

  // Checks the results and simulates a mouse click over the image
  if (img["Exists"])
    img["Click"]();
  else
    Log["Warning"]("Unable to simulate the click.");

}

See Also

Bottom Property
Top Property
Right Property

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