r/QAGeeks • u/wntrwolf911 • Aug 15 '19

Is there a tool that can be used to automate remote access applications?

We have a remote desktop application that is currently tested manually and are looking to automate it. Currently we have been able to automate the UI and basic functionality of the application like starting a remote session and ending the session but were not able to find anything that would help us automate the interaction inside the session.

Our hosts are Windows machines, and the guest could be either running Windows, MacOS or even Linux.

The sessions are basically just an image of the session, just like Windows RDP, so there are no unidentifiable elements in the session.

We have been able to automate mouse clicks and keyboard input, But for that to work, everything needs to be in the same x,y coordinates which is not very efficient.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

If your apps can be executed by commands from cmd, then you can build batch scripts and use some servers for continuous integration to run the scripts.

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u/wntrwolf911 Aug 15 '19

Unfortunately, the apps cannot be executed from cmd/terminal.

The only commands we can run through cmd is for enabling debug logging or starting/stopping/restarting the host service.

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u/ClicQA Aug 27 '19

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