Locating a Screen Element

You can use the Locate tool to verify that a captured screen element is correct or to find the screen element in the application screen. After you have modified the parameters of a screen element, you can use the Locate tool to verify that these changes have not affected Real-Time Designer's ability to identify it.

To locate a screen element:

1.

Open the Screen Element window, as described in Screen Element Definition Window.

2.

Open the relevant third-party application.

3.

Click the screen element in the Screen Elements tree on the left to display it in the main work area.

4.

Click Locate.

Real-Time Designer is minimized and the screen element is marked by a blinking, bounding rectangle in the actual third-party application, as shown below for Windows standard calculator window:

5.

Alternatively, right-click the element in the Physical Objects Screen Elements tree and select the Locate option to locate the screen element.

The screen element is highlighted in the actual third-party application. This verifies the connector between Real-Time Designer and the third-party application.

Real-Time Designer is minimized and the screen element is marked by a blinking, bounding rectangle in the actual third-party application, as shown in Step 4.

You can also use the Snapshot tab to locate the screen element. Clicking a screen element in the Screen Elements tree highlights that screen element in the snapshot of the screen ins the Snapshot tab. See Using the Snapshot Tab for details.