Thanks to all who replied, looks like it is possible with a bit of work. For completeness looking at test complete by smart bear was also suggested in case others are following the discussion
http://smartbear.com/product/testcomplete/overview/ <http://smartbear.com/product/testcomplete/overview/> On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 2:06:50 PM UTC, Mark Waite wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 6:44 AM, mobcdi <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> Seems the vm steps are covered by this plugin >> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/vSphere+Cloud+Plugin but >> what I'm not clear is possible is how to test applications that need to >> emulate an end user clicking menus >> > > I'm not aware of a plugin to perform that type of test, but there are > several different test automation tools available which can be invoked from > a Jenkins job and which can attempt end user clicks on menus. I'm not sure > any of them are worth the effort to configure and maintain for your use > case, but they are available. > > Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GUI_testing_tools for a > good listing of tools for GUI testing. > > Mark Waite > > >> On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 5:04:29 PM UTC, mobcdi wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Is the following use case suitable for Jenkins and if so are there any >>> of the many plugins you would recommend to help? >>> >>> In an enviroment with a large number of windows applications could >>> Jenkins be used for testing new versions of applications work well together >>> and also work with updates to the Windows client/desktop OS ? >>> >>> The applications would be for the most part manually created custom >>> packages of commerical applications (think MS Office, Adobe Suites that >>> kind of thing) and the aim would be to automate the testing of both changes >>> to the underlying OS either from a config change or a patch as well as >>> updates/patches to the applications themselves? >>> >>> I would envisage a series of tests would include >>> >>> - starts correctly >>> - Can create a new file >>> - Can open and save an existing file >>> - Carry out application specify tests e.g in Adobe PhotoShop export >>> image as pdf >>> >>> I would expect the Windows test machines would be a vm based on a custom >>> template /image >>> >>> Is this dream a reality already or the stuff of nighmares? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/29d25fd4-3006-452a-b913-28bf051d1d22%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/29d25fd4-3006-452a-b913-28bf051d1d22%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Thanks! > Mark Waite > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/d737c987-45c9-43c1-b91b-35c8d2678e16%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
