Re: Testing Lua Application

[Milind Gupta <milind.gupta@...>]

Thank you for all the replies and suggestions. I was looking for a windows solution now but having a linux solution would be useful in the future. I tried some of the software and they seem good to record and duplicate the movement. I was looking for something like a lua library so that I can actually write a test script that reads the GUI placement information from my application and then adjusts the mouse position accordingly so it works in different screen resolutions and different placements of the application window etc.

           The solution I am going for, if anyone is interested is writing a C module in Lua which I will share here once I have it tested and used a little bit since it seems that you just need a few lines of C code to move the mouse.

Thanks all for the suggestions,

Milind

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Joseph Wallace <tangent128@gmail.com> wrote:

On 08/20/2014 04:05 PM, Milind Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
>       I am writing an application in Lua using IUP GUI toolkit. I am
> thinking of ways I can test the GUI interface. Is there a library or method
> so that I can write a lua script to move the mouse, click and type?
> Basically perform the functions of the mouse and keyboard, thus emulate the
> user.
>
> Thanks,
> Milind
>

If you are using Linux, my lua-evdev module would allow you to create
and control a fake mouse and keyboard:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2014-08/msg00541.html

It might be operating at an inconveniently low level, though.

-Tangent