HELP: automating tests on tk guis?

[Raymond Soo]

Is there anything written out there to help automate tests on GUIs created by
Tk?

That is, instead of a manual test procedure to "press button 1, wait for blah
to appear etc.".

If you can help, please EMAIL me at

rs...@awadi.com.au

thanks,

ray

[Christopher D. Browne]

Ray:
We have not been able to find any tools that are built for TCL.
We did have someone work on a capture/playback tool that used that used that
output of the commands into a file that you could play back. If you find a
commerial tool out there. We would like to know. I would love to have one.
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[Christopher C. Wood]

In article <rsoo.9....@awadi.com.au>, rs...@awadi.com.au (Raymond Soo) writes:

|> Is there anything written out there to help automate tests on GUIs
|> created by Tk? That is, instead of a manual test procedure to
|> "press button 1, wait for blah to appear etc.".

"Automated Testing" and "expect" are very tightly coupled in my
brain's information space. A coworker has my copy of "Exploring
Expect" by Don Libes; published by O'Reilly and Associates. Also see
the comp.lang.tcl FAQ, and ftp from ftp.cme.nist.gov;
/pub/expect/expect.shar.Z

Still learning what expect can do,

Chris
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Speaking only for myself, of course.
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[Cameron Laird]

In article <rsoo.9....@awadi.com.au>,

Raymond Soo <rs...@awadi.com.au> wrote:
>Is there anything written out there to help automate tests on GUIs created by
>Tk?
>
>That is, instead of a manual test procedure to "press button 1, wait for blah
>to appear etc.".

.
.
.
Start with TkReplay <URL:http://www.cs.unm.edu/~crowley>.
If that's not enough, write; there are other, not-so-public
efforts underway.
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+1 713 996 8546 FAX

[Larry W. Virden]

Read over <URL:http://www.teraform.com/%7Elvirden/tcl-faq/part4.html> paying
particular attention to DejaGNU. It is based on the expect Tcl program
and is specifically intended to be a framework for developing test automation.
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