siliconcreature wrote: > >Hello all, > >Right now I have a windows application in the testing phase, my boss also want me to test it on the wine platform, it basically >works. but he also asked me to do a random user input testing generated by software. i have been trying to use x11 extension xtest >to do it. it works some how, but I for the edit control i can not get focused on. so i am thinking writing a testing program in >wine. > Automated testing is not something that is simple to create. This can be a lengthy process. > >Can I modify the wine source code to create another process at the same time wine is loading the application exe, the new process >will share the same resource with the application, and it can use send_message/get message to simulate user input? will there be >other options to write a automatically testing process? > Might I suggest that you look at the tests that Wine runs within the distributed code for ideas on how to write an automated program test? The tests send messages to the active window to simulate user button presses, menu selections and other inputs. You can test the output against what you expect. However, I don't think this includes graphical capabilities, but you could ask on the wine-development mailing list for additional suggestions. James McKenzie
