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Workaround for Set Window Size Issue on Safari 10.1 Webdriver

If you are using Safari 10.0 and the webdriver provided by Apple for browser automation, don’t upgrade to Safari 10.1. If you have upgraded Safari, you probably have noticed that set window size is not working. To work around the issue, you need the help of AppleScript.

import os
from selenium import webdriver

browser = 'Safari'  # or 'Chrome'
driver = getattr(webdriver, browser)()

if browser == 'Safari':
    x, y = 0, 22
    cmd = "osascript -e 'tell application \"Safari\" to set bounds of front window to {%d, %d, %d, %d}'" \
          % (x, y, width+x, height+y)
    os.system(cmd)
else:
    driver.set_window_size(width, height)

import os

from selenium import webdriver

browser = 'Safari' # or 'Chrome'

driver = getattr(webdriver, browser)()

if browser == 'Safari':

x, y = 0, 22

cmd = "osascript -e 'tell application \"Safari\" to set bounds of front window to {%d, %d, %d, %d}'" \

% (x, y, width+x, height+y)

os.system(cmd)

else:

driver.set_window_size(width, height)

How to clone a hard drive

Most of time when you want to move data from one hard drive to another, you can just use copy command provided the operating system. However if the drive contains an OS, boot sectors, and hidden partitions, you will need to use “clone”. To clone a hard drive, you will need a machine that can… Read More »

How to download files in a list of URLs

CURL is a useful command line tool to script some tasks. One of the common tasks is to download a list of files from some URL locations. For example, there is a list of files as below.

http://example.com/images/0001.JPG
http://example.com/images/0002.JPG
http://example.com/images/0003.JPG
http://example.com/images/0004.JPG

http://example.com/images/0001.JPG

http://example.com/images/0002.JPG

http://example.com/images/0003.JPG

http://example.com/images/0004.JPG

If the file names are a sequence of alphanumeric series, the following command can be used.

curl http://example.com/images/[0001-0004].JPG -O

1	curl http://example.com/images/[0001-0004].JPG -O

How about… Read More »

How to write text on screenshots

When test automation takes a lot of screenshots, it’s very important to keep track of them. Usually a test report has links to related screenshots. There is no problem to trace a failed test case to its screenshots. However, when an engineer looks at a screenshot, can the screenshot tell the engineer some essential information… Read More »

How to set up Robot Framework for web testing

Download and install Python 2.7. Install Selenium Libraray for Python

pip install selenium

1	pip install selenium

Install Robot Framework

pip install robotframework

1	pip install robotframework

Install Pygments

pip install pygments

1	pip install pygments

Install Robot Framework IDE

pip install robotframework-ride

1	pip install robotframework-ride

Install Selenium2Library

pip install robotframework-selenium2library

1	pip install robotframework-selenium2library

Install wxPython 32-bit Windows Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/ Download and install wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.12.1-py27.exe 64-bit Windows Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/ Download and install wxPython2.8-win64-unicode-2.8.12.1-py27.exe Mac OS X Use Homebrew to install wxPython

brew install wxpython

1	brew install wxpython

Update the… Read More »

Showcase UI Automation PowerShell Extensions

In the old days, digital videos are recorded into a DV tape. When importing a DV tape to AVI, it creates a 13GB file. Pinncle Studio can detect scenes by frame content or by timestamp, but it won’t break down the 13GB file by scenes for users. Users can do it manually one by one.… Read More »

How to run Windows 10 IoT Core in VMware Workstation

Currently Windows 10 IoT Core has three builds for Raspberry Pi 2, MinnowBoard Max, and DragonBoard 410c. To try it out on a x86 or x64 VM, the one for MinnowBoard Max should be used. Go to the web site to download it or click the direct link here. The downloaded file is an ISO image… Read More »

How to convert a VHD/VHDX to VMDK for VMware Workstation

When you have a disk image in VHD or VHDX format and want to use it in VMware Workstation, you may find that VMware does not provide any support for these formats. There are some conversion tools on Internet, but you are not sure if they are safe to use. The solution here is to… Read More »

Why the error message says VT-x is not enabled

When installing or using Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) or VMware Workstation on Windows, you may get an error message says that the system does not support VT-x. However you are sure that Intel Virtualization Technology is enabled in BIOS. It may be more confusing if you disable Virtualization Technology. The error message may… Read More »

How to record Windows desktop with FFmpeg

It is desirable to record the desktop when automation is running unattended. When a test failed, the recording can be used for investigation. The easiest way to do that is to use FFmpeg. On Windows the recording can be started with the following command.

ffmpeg -f gdigrab -i desktop output.mp4

1	ffmpeg -f gdigrab -i desktop output.mp4

The recording is saved to the file named output.mp4. If there are… Read More »