[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
Thanks all for showing keen interest. As rightly said by FK; we cant automate by using WATIR alone for the environments discussed above. The client has provided me direct environment to work with and hence for me; this issue is resolved. Thanks again. On Jun 9, 9:38 pm, Felipe Knorr Kuhn fkn...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tested interacting with the IE window launched by Citrix? I believe it spawns just like a regular IE window, so you can use AutoIT to launch Citrix and login, then launch your Watir scripts, attaching to that window. FK 2009/6/9 Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com Hi, I am trying to automate a web application built on sharepoint technology. But, the application is available only on client network and hence I am not having access to the application on my local intranet. For accessing the application following steps are performed: 1. Login to remote network by using Citrix server. 2. Open the IE from the list of given applications. 3. Open the URL of AUT. Can someone please tell me whether WATIR supports automation of application which are running on remote network. NOTE: I am not logging into remote network using remote desktop or by accessing a remote machine. THanks in advance. Regards, Rahul- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
Hi, Any pointers/help will be deeply appreciated. I am stuck and having no clue how to proceed. Expecting a quick help/response. Thanks Regards, Rahul On Jun 9, 1:00 pm, Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to automate a web application built on sharepoint technology. But, the application is available only on client network and hence I am not having access to the application on my local intranet. For accessing the application following steps are performed: 1. Login to remote network by using Citrix server. 2. Open the IE from the list of given applications. 3. Open the URL of AUT. Can someone please tell me whether WATIR supports automation of application which are running on remote network. NOTE: I am not logging into remote network using remote desktop or by accessing a remote machine. THanks in advance. Regards, Rahul --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Login to remote network by using Citrix server. 2. Open the IE from the list of given applications. 3. Open the URL of AUT. How are you doing this? From a browser? Can you log in manually and then start Watir tests? Željko -- http://watirpodcast.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
Yes. Steps to connect to application: 1. Login using citrix server e.g. https://citrixremoteserver.com 2. Choose Internet Explorer from the list of applications (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT etc) displayed on the https://citrixremoteserver.com browser 3. On the Internet Explorer browser opened; open the application by typing in the URL. e.g. http://www.application-under-test.com/ Client is using IE 6 where as IE7 is installed on my machine. Which suggests that application is being accessed remotely where as what I understand WATIR runs as an interface between the browser (local) and application. So, its difficult to automate the application when we are accessing it remotely. Please suggest if there is some workaround for it. On Jun 9, 3:16 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Login to remote network by using Citrix server. 2. Open the IE from the list of given applications. 3. Open the URL of AUT. How are you doing this? From a browser? Can you log in manually and then start Watir tests? Željko --http://watirpodcast.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
Can you send a screen shot or a link to real site so I could take a look? I really do not understand what is going on. You have IE7 open and you see IE6 inside it? What technology is it using to do that (ActiveX, Java...)? Željko --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
It sounds like you are doing a remote desktop type of connection. In that case Ruby, Watir, etc would need to be installed on the remote system. Perhaps they can give you a special desktop (tied to a particular login) which had those things installed. Automating anything 'through' remote desktop (e.g. automation running on the local machine, and not the remote system) is a pretty tricky business, since the remote desktop is a little bit different.. Most of the remote desktop clients are built on Terminal Server or something very similar (citrix started out as a 'thin client' company specializing in that kind of thing).. So what's running on the local PC is pretty much akin to a GUI Terminal of sorts.. all the actual code execution takes place on he remote system. That means your system can see at a 'visual' level the browser UI, but doesn't have access to internals like the DOM. Automation might be possible via auto-it but without testing I could not tell you for sure. And even if it was possible, you'd likely be restricted to using x,y coordinates to click on things, which can result in very brittle scripts that require a lot of maintance. Your other option would be to talk to them and see if a VPN option is available.. If you could connect to the AUT via VPN, then the browser would be running on your test system, and ruby/watir/etc would have full access to the broswer DOM and you would be able to do the automation (although you might need to install IE6 if that's what they are using, to get the truest test of how the system behaves) On Jun 9, 3:49 am, Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com wrote: Due to security reasons I can share the snapshot. On Jun 9, 3:38 pm, Željko Filipin zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch wrote: Can you send a screen shot or a link to real site so I could take a look? I really do not understand what is going on. You have IE7 open and you see IE6 inside it? What technology is it using to do that (ActiveX, Java...)? Željko- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
On Jun 9, 3:49 am, Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com wrote: Due to security reasons I can share the snapshot. Tip: use Snag-it. trial install is available and the license is cheap for the tremdeous utility it offers in doing screen captures and markups. then use blur feature to make any sensitve info (system names etc) un-readable. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[wtr-general] Re: automating application running on remote network
Have you tested interacting with the IE window launched by Citrix? I believe it spawns just like a regular IE window, so you can use AutoIT to launch Citrix and login, then launch your Watir scripts, attaching to that window. FK 2009/6/9 Rahul Ahuja mightyah...@gmail.com Hi, I am trying to automate a web application built on sharepoint technology. But, the application is available only on client network and hence I am not having access to the application on my local intranet. For accessing the application following steps are performed: 1. Login to remote network by using Citrix server. 2. Open the IE from the list of given applications. 3. Open the URL of AUT. Can someone please tell me whether WATIR supports automation of application which are running on remote network. NOTE: I am not logging into remote network using remote desktop or by accessing a remote machine. THanks in advance. Regards, Rahul --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Watir General group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
