commercially available automated test software and the emulator

[vindigoqa]

Has anyone used commerically available automated software running against the Brew emulator to build regression tests for your application?

I'm trying to figure out if something like WinRunner from Mercury Interactive would work with the Brew emulator.

[drysz]

I have had good success writing regression tests using PERL to drive the grinder (with the 2.0 Emulator). The one piece lacking from the emulator was the screen capture ability which I understand will be in the new version of the emulator. This feature will get you closer to an automated test tool. You can create a baseline of expected result images and then each time you run your tests you can capture new ones and diff against your baseline. This is primitive at best. Reminds me of the early Winrunner days.

[vindigoqa]

How did you find out that the next version of the Grinder would let you do screen capture? I assume it would be bitmaps?

I've got a question into Brew support and I haven't heard anything about Grinder changes yet.

[drysz]

I sent BREW support an email a few weeks ago asking if there was support for performing screen captures in the emulator. I was told the next version of the emulator would have this ability.
Hopefully this feature is accessible from PERL!

I am assuming these will be bitmap captures. The ability to read text from the emulator screen would be a great feature.

[chandahalli]

Hello,
I am trying to automate my application using Grinder with the help of Perl script.All the things are working fine except the pop up messages. If i am able to read the text on the pop up/application screen present in Emulator, may be my problem will be solved pls help me regarding to this.




Thanking You,

Nagaraju C M