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Using Squish for Windows and Image-Based Object Lookup for Automation via VNC
Read moreIf you are unable to install Squish on the device you want to test, and you are using a GUI toolkit not supported by Squish so that using the Built-In Hook is not an option, you might still be able to test your application using Squish for Windows and...
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Monitoring long-running tests by intermediary logging of results
Read moreMotivation The set of tests being run on an application tends to grow as more features are added, or more bugs are fixed. This comes at the cost of execution times: for example, a test suite that took 30 min could now take 2 hours. Since normal logging info/test results...
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Live update of Python code during debugging, using builtin reload()
Read moreIntroduction When debugging a Test Script, one can use Python’s built-in reload() from the Squish Script Console to get recent changes to module functions in the currently running Test Execution. Debugging Python Test Scripts While debugging your Test Scripts in the Squish IDE, the Script Console might come in...
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Finding and editing dead code with Coco
Read moreAs part of the coverage report, Coco generates a list of lines with dead code. One would often like to remove these lines, but when they are spread over a large project, it requires some effort to navigate the editor to them. This can be made easier with a...
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Convert Text-Based Object Maps to Script-Based Object Maps
Read moreWith Squish 6.4 we introduced script-based object maps, which provide a more powerful way to manage object names. Script-based object maps will enable you to use native script language concepts to organize the object map, to reduce redundancy and to help with dynamic object lookup. In this article I...
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Automate UI Testing of Windows applications under Wine on Linux
Read moreIf your Windows application runs fine under Wine, you can automate the GUI tests of your application using Squish for Windows running under Wine on Linux too. One reason to try Wine is to get a broader variation of Windows OS’es for finding hard to trigger bugs. Also, compared...
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Replay Squish tests using the ‘squishtest’ module
Read moreWhy? Since 5.1, Squish offers a squishtest Python module. It lets you use Squish as a module in Python scripts without involving the squishrunner. If using the squishtest module helps you improve your testing efforts but you already have a lot of existing testcases (written in Python), this might...
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SQLite driven testing using Javascript
Read moreData Driven Testing (DDT) is a method to structure tests. It is recommended for a huge set of data which may grow in the future. Code has to be written only once and new data can be fed into the test without touching the code at all which is...
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Screenshot Verification Points for Menus & other volatile Objects
Read moreCreating a screenshot verification point (VP) usually consists of these steps: Bring the AUT into the desired state. Pick the desired object. In Application Objects view check the checkbox besides the object. However, if the object is a volatile object, for example a menu, then picking it may be...
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Navigate and overlook test script code efficiently
Read moreCreating and maintaining Squish tests requires a fair bit of editing the test scripts. It can become very tedious to navigate in bigger script files with arrow keys or by searching. In this article I present means to navigate directly to script functions and types. The navigation also provides...
