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xamEditors - Replay-Only Methods
Topic Overview
Purpose
This topic provides reference information about the replay-only user methods for testing the xamEditors that are common to all these editors. For information about the editor-specific recordable user methods for a particular editor, see its respective topic.
In this topic
This topic contains the following sections:
xamEditors Test Objects Replay-Only Methods
Supported editor controls
The methods covered in this topic apply to the following controls:
xamDateTimeEditor™
xamNumericEditor™
xamCurrencyEditor™
xamMaskedEditor™
xamComboEditor™
xamTextEditor™
xamCheckEditor™
Replay-only methods summary
The following table briefly explains the replay-only methods for testing the control. Detailed information about the methods is provided below the table.
Method Description
Sets the cursor position in the editor.
Selects all the text in the editor.
Selects a range in the text.
SetCaretPos
Description
This method replays the cursor positioning in the text editor.
Parameters
The following table explains the method’s parameters along with some sample code.
Method Parameter Description
The caret position specifies where to place the cursor in the xamEditors.
Setting the cursor position after 3 letters in a xamTextEditor:
WpfWindow("MainWindow").XamTextEditor("xamTextEditor").Set "Text here …"
WpfWindow("MainWindow").XamTextEditor("xamTextEditor").SetCaretPos 3
Default setting
This method takes the caret position as a parameter.
Possible exceptions
The following table lists the possible exceptions for the method and the reason that is likely to be causing them.
Exception name Exception description Possible reasons
The specified index is out of range.
The caret position cannot be set because it falls out of the valid range.
The method parameter value is not valid.
SelectAll
Description
This method replays the selection of the editor’s text.
Parameters
No parameters are used with this method.
Selecting all the text in a xamTextEditor:
WpfWindow("MainWindow").XamTextEditor("xamTextEditor").SelectAll
SetSelection
Description
This method replays selecting a range in the content of the text editor.
Parameters
The following table explains the method’s parameters along with some sample code.
Method Parameter Description
Starting position
Selection length
The starting position specifies the caret position in the text and the selection length specifies how many symbols will be selected.
Selecting a new range of text after the 4 letter and 6 letters after it:
WpfWindow("MainWindow").XamTextEditor("xamTextEditor").Set "Text here …"
WpfWindow("MainWindow").XamTextEditor("xamTextEditor").SetSelection 4, 6
Default setting
This method takes the start position and the selection length as parameters.
Possible exceptions
The following table lists the possible exceptions for the method and the reason that is likely to be causing them.
Exception name Exception description Possible reasons
The specified index is out of range.
The start caret position cannot be set because it falls out of the valid range.
The start position method parameter value is not valid.
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