Automatic mail generation with attachment irrespective of development language

Hi

I came across a very old and very interesting tool called 'BLAT' which facilitate to send an email with attachment. Using BLAT you need not to worry about the development language.
BLAT provides blat.lib, blat.exe and blat.dll so we can use whatever we want.

I use EXE file and can use this either from ANT or command line. following is an example to use it via ANT:




cheers!
Vaibhav

Effective use of xpath in automation (Recursive Descent Xpath)

using xpath in the automation can let you down any time. so there is a big question what do we do when there is no option left except using xpath. so we have recursive descent xpath.it actually search for particular context element.
for example:




following is the description of recursive descent xpath from Microsoft:

An expression that uses the double forward slash (//) indicates a search that can include zero or more levels of hierarchy. When this operator appears at the beginning of the pattern, the context is relative to the root of the document.For example,
the following expression refers to all elements anywhere within the current document:

how to automate sproutcore appliaction through watir

Automation of a sproutcore application is still a headache for programmers. We can automate sproutecore application through selenium and watir as well.

I have successfully created a sample script which runs from both selenium and watir as well.
Actually, I have managed some api which run according to the environment like watir or selenium.

The question how you automate a sproutcore application while there is no such HTML tag on the page. Complete application runs through JavaScript. We can not click on any event directly from id. So, how can we deal with this problem?
So guys cheer up in the sproutcore everything is a link. So I have classified the event into three parts:

1. text field
2. button
3. Check box or radio button.

For the first case we deal it normally as we did normally with watir

$browser.text_field(:id,”id”).set(“hello sproutcore”)

The second and third case is different as we can not click on the button or any event directly.

We need to find out the controller and corresponding method associated to the event. We need to execute JavaScript. Well guys, there is a hell lot of difference to click on button or check box. Have a look at the controller.

There is a direct method associated to the button. Check out the view page this is an action while radio button and check box bind the value. Now go to the controller you will see that the corresponding method is actually bind from the variable. That means it always observes the value of the variable and performs action accordingly.

Ok. I am giving you an example how to automate it from watir.

I have create a sample application which have a button with the id=”toggle_button”.
I just find out the source code and go to the index of “toggle_button”. The reason being I need the controller and method information as you can see the following source code:


toggleButton: SC.ButtonView.extend({
action: "SproutHello.appController.toggleGreeting"
}).outletFor("#toggle_button") ,


So now I have all information. I just need to create a JavaScript and just execute it.

body_array = page_source()
action_str = body_array[body_array.index("}).outletFor(\"##{button_id}\")")-1]
action = action_str.split("\"")[1]
ff.js_eval("var w_all = getWindows(); var w_one = w_all[#{window_count}]; w_one.content.#{action}();")


So, guys start playing with clicking on button. :)

We can not click on check_box with the above code the difference is in the javascript because check box and radio button the working as toggle. If it is on then you need to turn it off and vice versa. So you need to get the value and set the value.

body_array = page_source()
action_str = body_array[body_array.index("}).outletFor(\"##{event_id}\")")-3]
action = action_str.split("\"")[1]
_obj = action.split(".")
_get = "w_one.content" + "." + _obj[0].to_s + "." + _obj[1].to_s + ".get(\"" + _obj[2] + "\")"
_set = "w_one.content" + "." + _obj[0].to_s + "." + _obj[1].to_s + ".set(\"" + _obj[2] +"\",!" + _get.to_s + ")"
ff.js_eval("var w_all = getWindows(); var w_one = w_all[#{window_count}]; #{_set}")


Don’t get confused with window count this is to check how much firefox windows are open and on which script should work upon.

Enjoy sproutcore automation
:)
gud luck.