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copied!<p>There are several differences between <code>WebElement(...).FireEvent</code> and <code>WebElement.Object.fireEvent</code> the first runs a QTP function which performs all sorts of work and the second directly goes to the DOM element. Here is a list of a few things that QTP does which aren't done in the native DOM method (there may be more).</p> <ol> <li>If the element isn't visible QTP makes it visible (this includes activating the tab and scrolling into view)</li> <li>QTP support <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1455212/testing-fly-out-menu-in-qtp/1455924#1455924">device replay</a> in which case it will move the cursor and simulate a real click (this gives you a better simulation of how real people interact with the application)</li> <li>QTP writes to the report that it performed a <code>FireEvent</code> step</li> </ol> <p>As for your problem, in general you can use the native DOM method in order to pass an event object but when I tried it I couldn't get it to work from QTP</p> <pre><code>set doc = Browser("B").Page("P").WebElement("W").Object.ownerDocument set ev = doc.createEventObject() ev.shiftKey = True Browser("B").Page("P").WebElement("W").Object.FireEvent "onclick", ev </code></pre> <p>However something equivalent does work when run from the browser.</p> <p>Starting in QTP11 there's support for running JavaScript files from the script using <code>Page("P").RunScript</code> until that you can simulate this ability manually. The following snippet works for me (I use the object from the repository to get the IE specific <code>uniqueID</code> of the element so I don't have to identify it again).</p> <pre><code>' Use QTP's object identification instead of reproducing the logic in JavaScript id = Browser("B").Page("P").WebElement("W").Object.uniqueID ' Construct JavaScript script script = "var e = document.createEventObject(); e.shiftKey = true; " & _ "document.getElementById('" &id & "').fireEvent('onclick', e);" ' Run it on the browser Browser("B").Page("P").Object.parentWindow.eval script </code></pre> <hr> <p>If all else fails you can try writing a small <a href="http://www.advancedqtp.com/knowledge-base/articles/code-techniques-id15/web-extensibility-lesson-building-a-toolkit-support-2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">web-extensibility</a> project and support this functionality.</p>

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