New help starting to test WinApps in Windows 8/10

[Aracknid]

Hi,

I been hand coding Ranorex scripts for desktop based browsers for years, in visual studio. But I'm stumped with starting to work with Windows Apps in Windows 10 (we didn't bother with it in windows 8 ).

For example, I start the browser I want using the code system.diagnostics.process.start("iexplore",sURL), but I have no idea how to find or start a windows app, and specifically the new Edge browser in Windows 10.

Can some please point me to some code examples or point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Aracknid.

[Aracknid]

After much trial and error and searching the web, I found a way to launch the Edge browser using the following command line:

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explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_########!MicrosoftEdge

where ##### is a bunch of chars that 'may' be unique to your system, or not. I don't know.

go to C:Windows\SystemApps folder and you will find the Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_###### folder here

I should point out I'm using the latest Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, build 10162 from July. Older versions may be different since it was called Spartan...not Edge...


Still would appreciate any help though with Windows App testing. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Aracknid.

[Support Team]

Hello Aracknid,
There are a few things to consider when running windows 8 Apps. Please refer to our Windows8 Troubleshooting guide for further details. Note that all metro style applications work in a highly sandboxed environment.
Also, you should still be able to use the system.diagnostics.process.start with the full path to the executable in the command line argument. For example:

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\excel.exe");

Unfortunately, we cannot support Windows 10 issues at the moment.

Regards,
Bassem
Support Team

[Support Team]

Hello All,
As we currently do not support starting the Edge browser with the Host.Local.OpenBrowser() method, you can use the following API in a usercode action/code module:

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public void ActivateWindowsApp(
        string appId,
        string appFamilyName,
        Duration timeout,
        string arguments
)

Using Spy you are able to identify the appId and appFamilyName parameters:

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So for example, creating a usercode method that accepts a URL to open the browser to:

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public void StartEdgeBrowser(string url){
 Host.Local.ActivateWindowsApp("MicrosoftEdge","Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe",new          Duration(60000),url);
}

Regards,
Bassem