gui scripting

[Tonino]

HI,

I have a 2 phase question:

Phase 1 is I am needing to automate a report generation from a
proprietary product. Currently a person sits and input's the data into
a GUI frontend and clicks's the appropriate buttons to start the report
generation. What I am wanting todo is automate this, but since the GUI
is from a proprietary product all I have is the GUI.

This is done on a Linux Xfree server. Can anyone please point me in a
direction to a pythonic gui scripting module ?
Python is the best tool and we use it elsewhere - so it is the best
option.

Second phase will have this done on a Windows platform... but that is
second priority ...

Thanks

 

[Cameron Laird]

HI,

I have a 2 phase question:

Phase 1 is I am needing to automate a report generation from a
proprietary product. Currently a person sits and input's the data into
a GUI frontend and clicks's the appropriate buttons to start the report
generation. What I am wanting todo is automate this, but since the GUI
is from a proprietary product all I have is the GUI.

This is done on a Linux Xfree server. Can anyone please point me in a
direction to a pythonic gui scripting module ?
Python is the best tool and we use it elsewhere - so it is the best
option.

Second phase will have this done on a Windows platform... but that is
second priority ...

.
.
.
While I understand and applaud your affection for Python,
the solution that I think will best suit you is based on
Tcl. <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/android > has details.

For the Windows side, see <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/8813 >.

 

[Tonino]

thanks - this helps )

will play with android ...

 

[Tonino]

hmm - there is a problem - Android uses Xtest extensions - this is BAD


I Need to be able to get values from the form that is returned ... and
the Xtest stuff does not allow you to access the values of a returned
form in the GUI ...

example :

if the GUI has a form that is returned and in this form it has columns
on the left expressing names for values on the right - you cannot get
the text for the columns on the left or the associated values ...

Thanks

 

[Follower]

Second phase will have this done on a Windows platform... but that is<http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/winGuiAuto.py.html>

<http://www.tizmoi.net/watsup/intro.html>

--Phil.

 

[Tonino]

hi,

thanks - am already involved in a process to modify winguiauto.py -
this is a GREAT start but we need more control and better handleing

Thanks for the WATSUP site - will check on this as well

Thanks
T

 

[Simon Brunning]

thanks - am already involved in a process to modify winguiauto.py -
this is a GREAT start but we need more control and better handleing

Can you be more specific?

Thanks for the WATSUP site - will check on this as well

WATSUP uses winguiauto.py.