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Automation is the process of having a computer do a repetitive task or a task that requires great precision or multiple steps, without requiring human intervention.

Automation is the process of having a computer do a repetitive task or a task that requires great precision or multiple steps, without requiring human intervention.

The term was originally used to refer to the operation of machinery without human supervision, frequently in manufacturing processes.

It is now used to refer to a variety of processes, including:

Examples of Stand-Alone Automation Tools

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automating android CTS with python

I'm trying to automate the full CTS setup and execution with python & monkeyrunner on Ubuntu and most of it has gone very well. As the very final step, I try executing the following python command to start the CTS on a specific…
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Selenium WebDriver and Junit Class design

I am fairly new to Selenium WebDriver and JUnit, I am testing a web app and was wondering is my class design correct in Junit for testing the UI? As I have seen instances of where people have used composition. Any advice would be greatly appreciated…
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How to enter password for prompt windows using applescript

I'm new to applescript and is currently stuck in access the prompt window asking for my password. I'm creating a launcher for my daily use application and i want to automate the launching process. Right now, I'm only launching two application,…
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How to locate a particular image in watir?

[1] pry(main)> require 'watir-webdriver' => true [2] pry(main)> browser = Watir::Browser.new => # [3] pry(main)> browser.goto 'm.racingnetwork.com.au' =>…
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automatic login to wordpress dashboard from another site

I want to log in automatically to WP admin/dashboard from another site without going thru the login process.. I've tried the following but with no…
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Random data for test automation in python

I am using unittest and selenium to automate my browser testing. How would I go about making a test which I can run multiple times, where a user creates a ticket. The ticket has to has a title name, each time I run the test I want the title name to…
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Automation for Generating Reports

We are using Stata to combine and analyze data for all of our agencies in a district each month. I'd like to somehow create reports of the data analysis automatically for these monthly reports. The report includes a summary table of the reported…
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Unspecified error when calling Word CentimetersToPoints via OLE

The following code fails with an OLE 800040005 "unspecified" error on the CentimetersToPoint call when executed in Delphi (XE), the similar VBS or VBA version passes var w : OleVariant; w := CreateOleObject('Word.Application'); w.Visible :=…
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How to get handle for menu items of an application running in the back ground from an application in C#

I am working on a application, which would be the face of lot of other tools running in background. I am facing an issue. During the launch of a background application ,it needs to load a specific file(file-->load--> file name). Let the front end…
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Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet.Cells[x,y].Style?

I found some code which uses Style property of Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet.Cells[x,y] but it is treated as an object in my Visual Studo code editor: Workbook wb = new Application.Workbooks.Add(XlWBATemplate.xlWBATWorksheet); Worksheet…
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How to execute any .exe by using a batch file?

I know that I can start an exe by doing: start "" /b filename.exe But that requires me to know the name of filename.exe, how could I do that for any general file ending with .exe? I tried the obvious wildcard implementation: start "" /b…
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Determining all required DNS Queries to show a website

I need to create a list of all DNS Queries required to display a large number of sites (ideally up to 1 000 000). The list needs to assign the queries to the page that required them. Example: Visiting google.com required a DNS query for google.com,…
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Where can I get a list of all of the Robotium commands?

Where can I get all Robotium commands? (*waitForView*, *appBar*, clickExit*... all of them) I searched the web and couldn't find a complete listing anywhere.
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Interact with another program with C#

I wish to interact with other Windows applications from my C# application. This should be able to be done in the background, while a user continues doing something else. The target applications are not mine, but I do know what they are, so their…
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How to change 3rd monitor programmatically

When I'm using my laptop, I use 3 displays: The laptop display A second monitor (connected through VGA) A TV (connected through HDMI) My videocard doesn't support 3 monitors, so I'm constantly switching from 2 to 3: when I'm on the computer, I use…
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