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I downloaded the legacy app for the Developer Challenge: Employee Data Migration training. When I open the app the format does not allow me to see and enter the Employee number field (see first screenshot below), which is required to complete the exercise. The second screenshot is how the app shows in the training video. Can anyone help with this?

Screenshot of app opened on my local machine

 

Screenshot of app as shown in training video

 

That is correct. Part of this challenge is to get some of the data from the Windows app and some of it from the REST web service.


I understand this but because I cannot see the  “Enter the Emp number” field when I open the application I cannot properly capture this field as shown in the training video (see below).

 


You capture the employee number from the website and enter it into the Windows application, if I remember correctly. I believe that same employee number is used with the REST web service.


Again I understand this but I cannot capture the the field in the application to search the employee number captured from the HTML value on the website. If you look at my original post, the first screenshot is how the application opens on my computer and the employee number field is not visible - everything is compressed into a format that does not look like the second screenshot, which is from the training video.


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I see the problem. The Windows application we provided is not compatible with zoom levels set so high. You will have to reduce your Windows zoom settings to as close to 100% as possible.

 


Here’s what the application looks like at 300% zoom:

And here it is at 100% zoom:

We will have to make a note of this in the exercise. Apologies for the inconvenience.


@Liz777 I have a present for you.  😁

I reverse engineered the page, got the keys, and made you a brand-new version of the Employee Search application from scratch. This works fine at 300% zoom… tried it on my 13” laptop with a high-res screen.


Wow! Thank you😁


This application is written with a more modern framework, so the property you want to get to retrieve values from the application is “Value”. That might deviate from the instructions.

 


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