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I am attempting to test user interaction with an off the shelf product.

The current process is to run through a manual script and record how long certain processes take to populate data, it may populate a datagrid, a tree, a list box, etc...
It will also need to be able record how long it takes to generate a pdf report.
We do not require extremely accurate time just to the nearest second or less than a second.

I need to know if there is a simple Automated testing product that will handle the above criteria.

Sean
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  • What operating system does your off the shelf product run on ? Is it a standalone app or do you access it with a web browser ? The answers will help to narrow down the list of tool. – gareth_bowles Mar 03 '10 at 18:49
  • The product runs natively in windows as client, it also has a terminal server functionality similar to hyper-v. – Sean Mar 08 '10 at 16:58

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Link to a previous answer of mine with links to other posts on the same topic. But there are quite a few commercial and open source gui automation solutions out there.

Automated Recording Tools

Update based on terminal server comment:

Unfortunately if your are dealing with a terminal server app, the terminal part of the client ui is going to be seen by most automation tools as a single bitmap.

However, you may be able to try automation tools like CitraTest or Eggplant or Sikuli, which are image-based, rather than object-based.

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Tom E
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  • I tried using AutoIT which was awesome for the client side part of the product. When it came to the products terminal server-ish (very similar to Hyper-V in functionality) side of the product AutoIT could not "see" the application. I am not sure of any product will be able to help me in that case as it is a proprietary terminal server app, and may be inherently un-automatable. – Sean Mar 11 '10 at 15:58