does menu item exist
Return a Boolean value to indicate whether a specified item on a menu exists.
| Name | Description | Type | Modifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| window | TA name of the window. | Interface Entity | None |
| menu | (Optional/Mandatory based on platform – see the section below) TA name of the menu control. | Interface Element | None |
| item | Menu item or menu item path (see ). | String | None |
| variable | (Optional) Variable to receive the returned Boolean value. Possible returned values:
| String | None |
A Boolean value to indicate whether a specified item on a menu exists.
This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.
This action is applicable to the following controls: menu.
Example - Case 1: Item on main menu of a Windows application
interface
use interface Window Application
 
window menu item variable
does menu item exist notepad File->Exit i1
Example - Case 2: Item on menu of a Java application
interface
use interface Car Rental
 
window menu item variable
does menu item exist welcome main menu File->View Cars i1
- menu argument:
- The menu argument does not apply in the case of an AUT with a user interface based on the Windows API. In such cases, the argument should be omitted.
- For other platforms, the menu control of interest should be captured as an interface element and passed to this action through the menu argument.
- item argument:
- Menu items are identified by their caption properties.
- If a menu path of more than one item must be specified, use arrow symbols ( -> ) as delimiters between menu items. For example,
Vehicles->Cars->Four-door sedans.
- variable argument:
- If the variable in argument variable has not been declared, the action creates it as a global.
- If the variable argument is left empty, TestArchitect supplies a global variable with the name _result.
- This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string
<ignore>is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to<ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.
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