Hi, On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:08:13 +0100 Robert May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, from a Win32:GUI point of view I would think that building > Win32::Gui::Test on top of the existing Win32::GUI framework makes a lot > of sense. From a Win32::GuiTest point of view I think there needs to be > some thought as to whether having it installable as a separate module, > without Win32::GUI makes sense - as has already been mentioned, > Win32::GUI is not a small download, and may be rather heavy-weight for > someone looking for a test framework to test Win32 paps built in other > environments. In some of my previous e-mails I have pointed some problems, which I see with a merge (i.e. resources to do the actual work and backward compatibility). But from the design point view I am leaning more dowards your suggestion of having gui test functions in Win32::GUI::Test domain. I feel it would nicely solve a dilemma, which I have with Win32::GuiTest - what else to implement in Win32::GuiTest and shall we implement it if its already in Win32::GUI. I do not consider heavy-weightness of Win32::GUI as a problem. Its size is nothing in comparizon with average GUI application. This is how I see the future, in case we consider merge feasible and reasonable: 1. Win32::GUI team has a look on what is implemented in Win32::GuiTest. Have a look on the manual. It is up to date: http://www.piotrkaluski.com/files/winguitest/docs/index.html . The source code is available at www.sourceforge.net/projects/winguitest. 2. We figure out what is already available and what has to be ported to Win32::GUI (remember about interprocess boundary problems, see the manual, "Advanced tutorial"). 3. Win32::GUI team ads new functions to their module. 4. If it works, the development of Win32::GuiTest will be limited to bug fixes. Any development of new functionality will be done in Win32::GUI::Test. What do you think? Just one more think. I believe this discussion is important, since it may have serious impact in both components. Therefore I suggest that we submit all posts to the perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net list and we avoid e-mails sent to individual people directly. It will help others to follow the progress of the discussion. And please do not post to perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net and in the same time to me (as CC). The result is that I am getting messages twice :-) --Piotr
