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Does Ranorex support automatic test GTK+ GUI application onp

Post by Melinda » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:54 am

Hi, i am wondering can i automated the testing which is for GTK+ GUI application running on Linux platform?

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Post by Support Team » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:26 am

Ranorex only supports the Microsoft Windows operating system. The currently supported Windows versions are listed on our homepage (right on the startpage, at the very bottom).

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Post by Melinda » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:03 am

Alex, thank you for the reply. for the reply.

Make more sure that: if the application i am testing is the GTK+ based GUI, can Ranorex support? As far as i know, GTK+ GUI is a little different from the Windows style GUI.

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Post by Support Team » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:30 pm

We currently provide only limited support Gtk+ using Win32-Controls.
Accessibility support for Gtk required ATK which is currently not available for Windows platforms.

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Post by dexter » Tue May 12, 2009 2:12 pm

Actually it is available under Windows. If you check this link: http://gtk-win.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/Downloads

You can see the atk is in the installer.

So if I just install atk under Windows, Ranorex will be able to see Gtk widgets, or the Ranorex code has to be modified first?

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Post by dexter » Tue May 12, 2009 3:23 pm

Rethinking, it would also need at-spi lib under Windows which is not ported yet (afaik)

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Post by Support Team » Tue May 12, 2009 3:56 pm

Exactly, without at-spi the atk implementation is pretty useless.
Even with at-spi, we would have to provide a dedicated implementation which could be a lot work because this stuff is CORBA based (i think?)

If somebody built a atk-to-MSAA or atk-to-UIA bridge into gtk+ we would support it.

BTW: Qt and WxWindows provide a MSAA implementation on Windows.

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Post by dexter » Tue May 12, 2009 3:59 pm

It is indeed corba based.

Anyways thx for the quick answer.