can windowtester use other input data when play back

[musamban1a]

after i have finished recording, there are some other sets of data which are different from what i record. how can i use these data by one test class.
that means when i play back, the windowstester can import these data automaticlly

[Phil Quitslund]

Could you provide a concrete example of what you're trying to do? It sounds interesting... but I'm not sure I get it. Once I know a bit more I look forward to sharing thoughts!

-phil

[musamban1a]

thanks phil

here is a example

ui.enterText("EVERGREEN");
ui.keyClick(WT.TAB);
ui.enterText("0783W");
ui.keyClick(WT.TAB);
ui.click(new XYLocator(new LabeledTextLocator("Desc of Goods"), -352,
26));
ui.keyClick(WT.CTRL, 'a');
ui.keyClick(WT.BS);
ui.enterText("TEST ENTRY TAB 0234nh768");

in the code, a group of text value have been set when run the play back. but there are some other groups of data i want to test. i have to record it over an over again and save them as different test class.
i just want to save these data to a excel file and windowtester can analysis and take data group by group from it. then i just record one time and it is easy to maintain the test project.

-darren

[Phil Quitslund]

Hi Darren,

I would refactor the test case pulling out the good entry details into a helper method. Here's a sketch of what I mean.

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public class TestGoods extends UITestCaseSWT {

   static final class Good {
      String name;
      String type;
      String description;
   }

   private static final Good SAMPLE_GOOD = new Good();
   static {
      SAMPLE_GOOD.name = "EVERGREEN";
      SAMPLE_GOOD.type = "0783W";
      SAMPLE_GOOD.description = "TEST ENTRY TAB 0234nh768";
   }
   
   public void testExample() throws Exception {
      Good[] goods = getGoods();
      for (Good good : goods) {
         enter(good);
      }
   }

   private Good[] getGoods() {
      //ultimately get the goods from a datastore...
      //for now just a sample entry      
      return new Good[]{SAMPLE_GOOD};
   }


   private void enter(Good good) throws WidgetSearchException {
      enterGood(good.name, good.type, good.description);
   }

   private void enterGood(String name, String type, String description) throws WidgetSearchException {
      IUIContext ui = getUI();
      //probably need a selection here to establish initial focus
      ui.enterText(name);
      ui.keyClick(WT.TAB);
      ui.enterText(type);
      ui.keyClick(WT.TAB);
      ui.click(new XYLocator(new LabeledTextLocator("Desc of Goods"), -352,
      26));
      ui.keyClick(WT.CTRL, 'a');
      ui.keyClick(WT.BS);
      ui.enterText(description);
      //validation here?
   }
}

Obviously this is not quite right (it's missing validation at the very least), but I hope it gives you some ideas. Let me know what you think!

-phil