Using the Certify Utilities Interface Tool

With the Certify Utilities Interface tool, you can do the following tasks:

Test actions before you execute a Certify process
Create or import user scripts and test them by executing the Run Script action
Discover Microsoft UI Automation (UIA) values for Active Window actions

Accessing the Certify Utilities Interface Tool

Open the Certify Utilities Interface tool from Certify by selecting Configure > Interfaces > Utilities from the menu.

The Certify Utilities Interface tool opens.

To test an action:

Open the Certify Utilities Interface tool.
From the Actions drop-down list, select an action that you want to test.
Click Execute.

The action's parameter dialog opens. The parameter dialog is unique for each action.
Select parameters and enter values for each parameter.
Click OK.

The action is executed as if it was in a Certify process. The status appears with the narrative and returns values. If the execution fails, a message appears in the Interface Error Message field.
To view screen coordinates, select the Screen Coordinates option.
To keep the Utilities Interface tool on top, select the Always on Top option.
To view the log file, click Log.
To close the tool, click Close.

Discover UIA values for Active Window actions:

Open the Certify Utilities Interface tool.

From the Actions drop-down list, select an Active Window action.
Click Execute.

The action's parameter dialog opens. The parameter dialog is unique for each action.
Select parameters and enter values for each parameter.
Click OK.

The action is executed as if it was in a Certify process. The status appears with the narrative and returns values. If the execution fails, a message appears in the Interface Error Message field.

With the Touch option, you can get the UIA values for the Active Window actions.
Open the application you want to discover UIA values.
Select the Touch option.
In the application, hover your mouse over the object to discover the value.

The UIA value appears in the Touch field.
Press the <Ctrl> key to save this value and view its properties.
To view the Objects Tree, click Tree.

The Objects Tree dialog opens.
Select an object to see the parent and child nodes of the object.
To highlight the object in the application, right-click on the object and select Highlight in App.
If needed, copy and paste values to a Clipboard to use as a Certify parameter.
Close the Objects Tree when you have completed your research.
Click View to see more properties and values.

The View dialog opens.
If needed, use the right-click menu to do the following tasks:
Copy and paste values to a Clipboard to use as a Certify parameter.
Change the reading order.
Show Unicode control characters.
Insert a Unicode control character.
Close the View dialog when you have completed your research.