PyWinAuto For UI Automation

What is PywinAuto?

 - URL : http://pywinauto.googlecode.com/hg/pywinauto/docs/index.html

 - pywinauto is a set of python modules to automate the Microsoft Windows GUI. At it’s simplest it allows you to send mouse and keyboard actions to windows dialogs and controls.

 - Window의 GUI에 접근하여 마우스,키보드 작업을 자동화할 수 있는 라이브러리이다. 임의의 창을 특정하거나, (없으면 실행하는 것도 가능하다) 창의 모듈을 특정하여 키 입력이나 마우스 입력을 전달하여 사용자가 미리 정의한대로 작업을 자동화하는 것이 가능하

Installation

Install Python 2.7

Source  : http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto/

pywinauto 에서는 win32의 Sendkeys 함수를 이용하는데 그것의 Wrapping python 모듈이 필요함

http://code.google.com/p/sendkeys-ctypes/downloads/detail?name=SendKeys-ctypes-0.2.zip&can=2&q=

환경변수 추가

Path : C:\Python27

pywinauto 모듈 소스가 있는 곳에 가서 설치 

C:\PyWinAuto\pywinauto-0.4.0

> python setup.py install

마찬가지로 sendkeys-ctypes-0.2.zip 도 풀어 설치

C:\PyWinAuto\SendKeys-ctypes-0.2

> python setup.py install

Sample Code

from pywinauto.application import Application #app = Application.start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe") app = Application.start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe") app.window_().TypeKeys({F11}) app.window_().TypeKeys('https://www.yogiyo.co.kr') time.sleep(5)

Some similar tools for comparison

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  • winGuiAuto (http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/winGuiAuto.py.html)
• Other scripting language tools
  • Perl Win32::GuiTest (http://erngui.com/prog/perl/guitest/)
  • Ruby GuiTest (http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=win32-guitest)
  • others (http://opensourcetesting.org/)
• Other free tools
  • AutoIt (http://www.autoitscript.com/)
  • See collection at: http://tejasconsulting.com/open-testware/feature/gui-test-driver-survey.html
• Commercial tools
  • WinRunner (http://www.mercury.com/us/products/quality-center/functional-testing/winrunner/)
  • SilkTest (http://www.segue.com/products/functional-regressional-testing/silktest.asp)
  • Many Others (http://www.testingfaqs.org/t-gui.html)

I think...

Tool 자체가 Web이 아닌 Window에 특화되어 있다는 느낌을 받음

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