shayak has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm doing GUI Automation using Perl. i need to select some check-boxes in a window. But the problem is i don't know the name or the group name of the check boxes. Is there a way to do it? If i can select all the check-boxes also it will be fine. Plz Help..

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Re: Regarding Checkboxes
by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 08, 2011 at 12:17 UTC

    If you are using Win32::GuiTest try using the spy program listed in the examples to find information about available controls.

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Re: Regarding Checkboxes
by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 08, 2011 at 12:17 UTC

    If the elements have hotkeys assigned to them, you can send the appropriate keystrokes. Otherwise, I have used a combination of the tab key and the cursor keys to navigate such kinds of hostile UIs. See the SendKeys function in Win32::GUITest.

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      The Problem of using TAB is that its an automation. So i dont know in which window how many TAB's i have to do. IS there any way to select all the checkboxes. Like whatever check box comes in any window, it just selects it..
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        You will need to count the times you need to "press" TAB.

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