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GUI component

Creating Verification Points in GUI Scripts
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5. To select a visible or hidden object from a list of all objects on the Windows
desktop, click Browse to open the Object List dialog box. Select the object from
the list and click OK.
The Object List dialog box includes hidden objects that you cannot point to
because they are not visible through the user interface, such as objects with the
Visible property set to False and objects with no GUI component. This dialog
box also includes objects that are direct children of the desktop, such as
PowerBuilder DataStore controls.
When you select an object in the list and click OK, it is equivalent to pointing to
the object with the Object Finder tool and releasing the mouse button.
Double-click
to expand
the object.
Double-click
to collapse
the object.
Shows hidden objects
on the desktop.
As you select an object,
inverts the object's colors
in the application.
Returns the selection
method to the Object
Finder tool.
NOTE: If you first select an object with the Object Finder tool (in step 4)
and then click Browse, Robot highlights the selected object in the object list.
The object's parent is expanded down to the level of the object. This is useful
if there are many objects on the desktop. In this case, you would want to clear
the Automatically close dialog box after object selection check box in the
Select Object dialog box so that it reappeared after you selected the object.