Way to check if a table is visible

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Way to check if a table is visible - mv8167 - 02-03-2012

I need a better way to check if a table is visible or not. Currently, if the WebTable is not visible, I open it. I determine which WebTable is needed by finding the "html id" but so far, my code always triggers.

My code is such:

Code:
NGNum = Browser("Wisdom").Page("Wisdom IA").Frame("parent").WebTable("innertext:=" & GroupName &".*", "visible:=True").WebTable("innertext:=" & "Document Type.*", "visible:=True").GetROProperty("html id")

If Not Browser("Wisdom").Page("Wisdom IA").Frame("parent").WebTable("innertext:=" & GroupName &".*").WebTable("innertext:=" & "Document Type.*", "visible:=True", "html id:=" & NGNum ).Exist(0) Then

                Browser("Wisdom").Page("Wisdom IA").Frame("parent").Link("name:=" & GroupName, "visible:=True").Click

Can anyone give me a better idea?

thx ;-)

RE: Way to check if a table is visible - rajpes - 02-06-2012

Code:
set desc=description.create

desc("micclass").value="WebTable"

desc("innertext").value="GroupName.*"

desc("visible").value="True"

If b().p().webtable(desc).exist then 

Browser("Wisdom").Page("Wisdom IA").Frame("parent").Link("name:=" & GroupName, "visible:=True").Click

end if

RE: Way to check if a table is visible - mv8167 - 02-06-2012

Rajpes,

You always give me such great ideas to try, including this time, thank you.

However, ;-) for whatever reason, even though I cant see the table, visible always will equal True. The code always is found to be True even if the table is hidden to the eye.

So I chatted with the developer on how they view and hide tables when we are looking at them.

His responce: "Look for the object with the name=“NestedGridx”. Check to see if there is a “style” property on that object. We are setting:

• style=”display:none;” – to hide the table
• style=”display:block;” – to show the table

If none of that exists, then QTP is probably providing an equivalent object/property with a different name – like a “visible:=True” which under the covers really is style=”display:block;”. All I can give you is what is actually happening in Image Access. From there, you’ll have to dig into QTP help to figure out how it exposes this."

I of course can see the Property of visble using QtP. I tried set to False then my code is always skipped, if True the code always run.

Have you had any similar issues to resolve before?

thx Rajpes

RE: Way to check if a table is visible - rajpes - 02-07-2012

check if any of these works

Code:
if  b().p().webtable().object.style="display:none;" then msgbox "hidden table"

if  b().p().webtable().object.currentstyle="display:none;"then msgbox "hidden table"

RE: Way to check if a table is visible - mv8167 - 02-07-2012

Thx Rajpes

With a little more resarch of your solution, i beleive i figured it out;

If Browser().Page().Frame().WebTable( "html id:=" & NGNum ).object.style.display = "none" Then

thx, ur the best