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alan-mullin
Occasional Contributor
6 years ago

Testing with a dynamic built menu structure

Our product is an application, using Electron, that builds its menu at runtime based on what items are installed / mounted.   I have three manuals installed, and the structure looks like, with subo...
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  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    I think, for easy of testing and constructing the mapping structure, it would be best to have them all installed for your automations.  That just makes sure that the application isn't dynamically changing all over the place.

     

    However, it is not impossible to mount and unmount during the tests.  Just that it will take a lot more code and development time to handle.  You'll end up NOT mapping those menu structures/manuals and using Find, FindChild and similar methods for locacting and identifying your objects.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

I think, for easy of testing and constructing the mapping structure, it would be best to have them all installed for your automations.  That just makes sure that the application isn't dynamically changing all over the place.

 

However, it is not impossible to mount and unmount during the tests.  Just that it will take a lot more code and development time to handle.  You'll end up NOT mapping those menu structures/manuals and using Find, FindChild and similar methods for locacting and identifying your objects.

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    alan-mullin
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    I had forgotten about Find and FindChild... but yes, the solution that is easier for me to create (and likely for others to maintain) sounds like a good one.

     

    We only test one at a time, but there are no pre-conditions to have only one manual installed at any given time.

     

    Thank you very much for your help.