Re: Can I store element info in a library and access it from other scripts
Re: Can I store element info in a library and access it from other scripts
- Subject: Re: Can I store element info in a library and access it from other scripts
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:52:29 -0700
On Aug 23, 2008, at 11:02 PM, Rahul Mirakhur wrote:
Hello All,
Though I have been using Mac's for quite a few years and using
AppleScripts for few basic needs, I had been troubled by a problem
at work for sometime and wanted to see if I could get some kind of
solution here. I am a software tester in Macintosh domain and here
is my problem.
PROBLEM
I need to automate an application say "MyApp" whose UI is being
worked upon while I am expected to write up the required
applescripts to reduce the time taken during regression. As the time
between final UI version and time to finish testing is less, I need
to write the scripts as the UI is being developed and fix the
scripts in case they get broken due to change in UI.
The major problem I face is my 20 odd scripts get ready and
developer changes the UI layout a bit which totally breaks all my
scripts and I end up sitting long hours "tweaking" all my scripts.
The changes are trivial but they end up taking a lot of time. Here's
an example:
Code BEFORE UI change:
click button "Click here" of group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window
"MyApp"
Code AFTER UI change:
click button "Click here" of group 1 of group 1 of group 2 of group
1 of window "MyApp"
As you can see, the change was that the button has been embedded in
an additional group (initially there were 3 but then it became 4).
Though this change is trivial, it affects all my scripts and I end
up updating all scripts manually.
MY QUESTION
I toyed with an idea to list all my application controls in one
library as variables and then refer to those variables through all
of my scripts thereby, insulating me from changing them everywhere.
If developer changes the UI, all I have to do is change one library
and all scripts still work.
However, I am unable to implement this successfully as I can not
find a way to make my scripts successfully access the control info
from outside the script.
I was hoping that I would be able to do something like this:
Library: set bttnClickHere as "button \"Click here\" of group 1 of
group 1 of group 2 of group 1 of window \"MyApp\""
My Script code: click Lib's bttnClickHere
This way, even if the button is embedded in another group, I have to
change one variable and all my scripts remain untouched.
I am not sure if what I envision is possible or not, or if I am
doing something wrong...would really appreciate any help/direction
in this problem of mine.
You might want to take a look at: <http://applemods.sourceforge.net/faq/index.html
>.
Here Hamish shows how to do AppleScript libraries and you have the
advantage that these ideas have been tested over a number of years.
Philip Aker
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