Example: Opening Windows Settings from the Start Menu¶
In the previous example we created an Alyvix test case consisting of a single test case object. Most of the time though, you’ll need to chain together multiple test case objects to synthesize more complex behavior in your apps. So let’s extend our previous example to run a second action: opening the Windows Settings app.
Launch Alyvix Editor with the same file name from our previous example:
C:\Alyvix\testcases> alyvix_editor -f start-test
Editor will load the
start-test.alyvix
test case created in the previous example.We need to capture the screen once the Start menu has already opened, so change the delay number in Delay [sec] 0 from
0
to something higher like5
, then click on ADD:Once you click ADD, you’ll have 5 seconds to open the Windows Start Menu (you’ll need to click on the Start button yourself in that time) before Alyvix captures the screen.
After the screen flashes white, press Escape to return to screen capture mode, and then right click on the Settings icon at the left side of the Start Menu. This will autocontour the icon.
Press Escape again to return you to Editor with the new selection in the Designer panel at the right. Assign a left click action as in the previous example by changing the value of the Action dropdown from
None
toClick
:In the Selector panel at the bottom left, change the name of our new test case object from VisualObject1 to a new one like PressSettingsIcon:
Using its icon seen above, drag the new test case object into the Scripting panel underneath the existing script element (similarly, clicking the
icon will add it to the end of the script):
Now call Alyvix Robot by pressing the
button at the top left. You’ll see the Start Menu open, and then a few seconds later a click on the Settings icon, at which point the Windows Settings app will open.
At the top of Editor, open the Console panel. This contains the timing results for each script element.
Finally, save and exit Alyvix Editor using the SAVE and EXIT buttons at the top.