Engines 3.0 for Microsoft® Excel

Tricentis Tosca offers two separate engines for steering Microsoft® Excel and its associated artifacts:

  • Excel Engine 3.0 for steering Microsoft® Excel files.

  • Excel UI Engine 3.0 for steering the Microsoft® Excel application.

Steer Microsoft® Excel files

The Excel Engine 3.0 provides a set of standard Modules to interact with Microsoft® Excel files. While this engine provides a quick and convenient mechanism for performing various file operations, it does not allow you to interact with the Microsoft® Excel application itself.

For more information on the Excel Engine 3.0, see chapter "Excel Engine 3.0".

Steer Microsoft® Excel application

The Excel UI Engine 3.0 allows you to steer the Microsoft® Excel user interface (UI).

For basic file operations, the Excel Engine 3.0 is likely to be quicker and more convenient. Use the Excel UI Engine 3.0 to steer any of the following:

  • Controls embedded within worksheets.

  • The Excel ribbon menu and various options menus, including those of custom add-ins.

  • Excel application dialog windows.

  • Other features that are part of the Microsoft® Excel application UI.

For more information on the Excel UI Engine 3.0, see chapter "Excel UI Engine 3.0".