Change runtime property of an object

[Geek_Guest]

How to change the runtime property of an object? Can anyone explain me with syntax for the same.

Question asked by visitor Abhijith

[sutnarcha]

Use SetTOProperty

Eg: This example is from QTP help document.

Window("Date").ActiveX("Calendar").SetTOProperty "ProgId", "MSCAL.Calendar.7"

[Anshoo_Arora]

SetTOProperty will only change the property of the test-object, not of the run-time object.

You can do this by using objectType().object.objectProperty="Value_of_the_Property"

[naga.sd.k]

hi anshoo..
i have tried this...objectType().object.objectProperty="Value_of_the_Property"
its not working....can u be in little brief with example....
First of all runtime property....it is dynamic...what is the need of changing it....?

[bizzzzzare]

Hi Naga,

When we wish to modify the runtime properties of an Object, we actually are trying to assign it a different property compared to what it had as a Test Object.

Reasons could be many. Maybe the property of the Object changes during Application naviagtion. For Instance the Outer Text of a table can change during execution or completion of certain action.

So to change the OuterText of such an Object at Runtime, we need a method. Unfortunately QTP does not have a SETROProperty method like GETROProperty. Hence we use -

WebElement().Object.outerText = "abcd".

WebElement here indicates the Object Type we are working with...

Cheers...

[naga.sd.k]

Thnx.....bizzzzzare......got it ................u r explanation is crystal clear

[Anshoo_Arora]

objectType() = This is the object at hand
objectProperty = This is the property you want to change (Use Object Spy to view all Object's properties)