Re: how do I automate testing of Tk programs?



Matt wrote:
I've read a little about expect, but it doesn't seem to interact using mouse clicks. Maybe I am wrong about that ...

no, you are correct - expect handles interacting with apps via terminal
IO - not GUI

One simple thing I would like to do would be to automatically record a sequence of mouse clicks and keypresses so that I could replay the sequence to the Tk program under test.

Is that possible, and where do I start?

It is possible, there are commercial GUI testers (XRunner for unix boxes
comes to mind), but a good starting point is Android

http://wiki.tcl.tk/Android has info on this, as well as links
to a couple of other tools.

Another thing to think about if this is an app you are developing
you can ass hooks to all the functionality taht the GUI provides
in order to provide scripted control and testing.

Bruce
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