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Hi

I am trying to automate  a video conversion application and am having trouble with selecting UI elements from one of the main dialogs.  On opening the application, I am presented with 4 icons which form a menu for the main conversion dialogs - I can capture each icon as an UI element without issue so selecting the correct dialog automatically is not an issue.  The main panel which then appears has a similar icon driven menu at the top.  However, only the whole panel can be captured as a UI element but NONE of the menu icons nor any of the data entry fields in the panel. 

 

What am I doing wrong or are some applications in the way that they are written impossible to work with?  Let me know if you need to see screenshots from my efforts and the application in question. 

 

Thanks

  

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    MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    5,727 Moderator on at

    Probably not doing anything wrong. Some systems just suck.

     

    here is what I live by:

    UIs are first

    if I can’t get the UI to work, then I try to use hotkey a (Send Keys)

    if that doesn’t work, than I use ‘Mouse to Image’

  • bluehatchef Profile Picture
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    I ended up using "mouse to image".  Thanks for the assistance

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