How to automate Desktop application using robot framework

[Shiva Prasad Adirala]

One of project requirement is to automate Desktop application and client suggested to use robot framework. Is there any Library to automate desktop application as i am new to RF.

Thanks In Advance.

[adam.wyp...@gmail.com]

For Java you can use Remote Swing Library, for C++ I will try with AutoIt.

[Matthew Hoang Vu]

Hi,

In my experience, you can consider the "pywinauto" library for Test Automation on Desktop application. The usage and behavior of this library is quite same as the Selenium.

Thanks.

HieuHoang

2018-06-20 15:38 GMT+07:00 Shiva Prasad Adirala <adiral...@gmail.com>:

One of project requirement is to automate Desktop application and client suggested to use robot framework. Is there any Library to automate desktop application as i am new to RF.

Thanks In Advance.

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[Manjunath Venkata Avvari]

I had used RF long back, now planning to use again in new project. You could try using AutoItLibrary for Desktop applications, another one is SikuliLibrary (you have to store images, not recommended)

[Tomas Pekarovic]

https://github.com/alans09/robotframework-RanorexLibrary   this is one way (library should be working, even if it is not maintained)

or you can use pywinauto and create own - python based library to work with (we used RanorexLibrary for years and it was enough for desktop application) (or AutoITLibrary, but it was not working at majority of products)

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[David]

Sadly the Ranorex tool to which RanorexLibrary interfaces with is not free as I last recall? Workaround is to use the trial version as best you can.

If one is open to using Selenium/AppiumLibrary and the WebDriver interface, a few more options are available like https://github.com/Microsoft/WinAppDriver for Windows 10.

Aside from pywinauto, there's also PyAutoGUI.

On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 11:58:05 PM UTC-7, Tomas Pekarovic wrote:

https://github.com/alans09/robotframework-RanorexLibrary   this is one way (library should be working, even if it is not maintained)

or you can use pywinauto and create own - python based library to work with (we used RanorexLibrary for years and it was enough for desktop application) (or AutoITLibrary, but it was not working at majority of products)

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:51 AM Manjunath Venkata Avvari <avvar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I had used RF long back, now planning to use again in new project. You could try using AutoItLibrary for Desktop applications, another one is SikuliLibrary (you have to store images, not recommended)

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:08:09 UTC+5:30, Shiva Prasad Adirala wrote:

One of project requirement is to automate Desktop application and client suggested to use robot framework. Is there any Library to automate desktop application as i am new to RF.

Thanks In Advance.

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[Parthiban]

Hi,

We are using Teststack white for automating desktop application with robot framework  refer this site http://www.teststack.net/ 

[Doanh Nguyễn văn]

Hi All,

How effectiveness after your apply? Any limits?

Vào 15:38:09 UTC+7 Thứ Tư, ngày 20 tháng 6 năm 2018, Shiva Prasad Adirala đã viết:

[Manjunath Venkata Avvari]

Try using “robotframework-autoitlibrary” for automating desktop application using RF

Regards,

Manju

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[Brandon Wolfe]

I know its an old question but just throwing this out for anyone still looking:

While looking into it I found that AppiumLibrary was lacking features needed for working well with Windows and Winappdriver. I ended up extending that library and re-purposing it for Desktop automation.

Anyone interested can find the example tests here: https://github.com/Accruent/robotframework-zoomba/blob/master/test/Desktop/DesktopTests.robot

Setup information here: https://github.com/Accruent/robotframework-zoomba#getting-started

[IRM QA]

Hi,

Please try using robotframework-zoomba library it works. It uses vb’s inspect.exe for getting object éléments.

Thanks

Ram L

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[Sheetal Shahare]

Can you please give detailed information on how to use Library  "robotframework-zoomba" for desktop applicaton.

How to inspect element.

e.g In desktop application i need to fill up certain form 

so how to inspect certain text fields and buttons ?

[Brandon Wolfe]

https://accruent.github.io/robotframework-zoomba/DesktopLibraryDocumentation.html

" Locating or Specifying Elements

All keywords in DesktopLibrary that need to find an element on the page take a locator argument. To find these locators we use *Accessibility Insights* to inspect the application under test. This tool allows you to see every UI element/node that you can interact with using DesktopLibrary. *Accessibility Insights* can be downloaded at https://accessibilityinsights.io/ The tool will show various element attributes. The table below shows you witch locator strategy you should use to find elements with the corresponding attributes.

To locate xpath we suggest using the *WinAppDriver UI Recorder* located here: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinAppDriver/releases"

Otherwise inspect.exe exists but Microsoft has deprecated it and is telling people to move to accessibiity insights:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/inspect-objects#:~:text=Inspect%20(Inspect.exe)%20is,as%20Microsoft%20Active%20Accessibility%20properties.

[Sheetal Shahare]

Hi ,

i am working in offline enviroment so I have downloaded .whl file robotframework_zoomba-2.7.1-py3-none-any.whl  which is not compatible with robotframework version(3.2.1) i have 

Please guide me how do i install in offline enviroment.

[Brandon Wolfe]

I am not familiar with setting up an offline environment but I would guess you have a few choices here:

1. Update to robotframework 3.2.2 on your local
   1. This is the current version that Robotframework-Zoomba 2.7.1 is using
2. Generate a new wheel file with your version needs
   1. Clone the Robotframewrok-Zoomba repository
   2. In requirements.txt change the robotframework version to the one you have installed
   3.  Generate the wheel file
      1. Some information here: https://medium.com/swlh/beginners-guide-to-create-python-wheel-7d45f8350a94
         1. Skip to the last section as the setup.py file is already ready for this
3. You could use an older version of robotframework-zoomba (2.4.4)
   1. https://pypi.org/project/robotframework-zoomba/2.4.4/#files
      
   2. Not recommended as there have been quite a few releases and features since then