Qt4 GUI Testing with Hooq :: Blog

One other thing; the code is based on qtscriptgenerator - so, for example, you can easily access QSqlDatabase from javascript, to check that actions in the UI have given effects on the data store.

Great and important project! Ui testing is definitely missing in KDE's development process. Do you know the QtUiTest from canceled QtExtended? http://qtopia.net/doc/qtextended4.4/qtuitestmodule.html

I know there is a commercial tool called Squish to do automated Qt UI testing, but this suits me better. BTW, thanks Fred for helping me out getting this to run on OpenSUSE 11.2.

Looks very promising! Going to try it.

Need a little help....The button Record doesn't enable if I write a test name. The Script is loaded: Loaded qt.core QtScript plugin Loaded qt.gui QtScript plugin When I first started the application, I didn't have QtScript installed, but now I have and I still can add new test name(The button Record doesn't enable) Do you have any idee ? Thank you

Have you added a test set, with a valid executable path? Hooq will enable the button if a test set is selected, a test name is entered, and a valid application path is entered for the test set.

Thank you, the command for running aplication was wrong, I fixed, and it works now.

Do you have any ideea how to click on a QToolButton ? What method do I call ? Where do I found any documentation ? Thank you

Now I succed. All you have to do is record you movements and then play. Very greate application. Congratulations All the better

Hello, i am trying to make work the demo application, i have followed the steps written in the article but when i press Record the demo application it is not launched, the test it is directly added to the list, in the console where i have launched hooq a line it is added with "". If i use the edit button of the recently added test i get this "requireHooqScriptVersion(2);", if i use the run button inside the editor i get this from the console "void Interpreter::run()" i am using in Linux and i have installed qtscriptgenerator, what can be the problem? Apart from that question do i have any way to use hooq with pyqt applications? Thanks for the project.

I have no idea about pyqt, I'll look into it; could you email me what gets shown after running hooq with --spam?

When testing arora with hooq, if the events from the aplication are to fast, it doesn't record them all. For example, if you type something in adress bar very fast, only a part of characters are captured by hooq. Any ideea how to fix this ?

What platform are you using, and are you using any virtualisation? I'm aware of an issue like that in windows under VirtualBox. As a temporary solution (which may have side effects), you can comment out "QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new CanaryEvent(&m_ignoreEvents))" in injectedHooq/Logger.cpp

Thank you, that works

Hi Fred, wonderful application, I got it working great on ubuntu 9.10 with your demo app. With regards to pyQT applications, however, the applications do not start, I think your shared library never gets inserted. below is the output with -spam I would love to get hooq working with pyqt, but have a VERY limited understanding how the runtimes work. ========================================================= neil@slim-maroon:~$ hooq --spam Loaded qt.core QtScript plugin Loaded qt.gui QtScript plugin void Interpreter::run() void MainWindow::startApplication() "~"GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0-ubuntu\n" ~"Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n" ~"License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n" " "~"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n" ~"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type \"show copying\"\n" ~"and \"show warranty\" for details.\n" ~"This GDB was configured as \"x86_64-linux-gnu\".\n" ~"For bug reporting instructions, please see:\n" ~"<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...\n" " "&"\"/usr/bin/openmolar\": not in executable format: File format not recognised\n" (gdb) " "&"set auto-solib-add off\n" " "^done (gdb) &"break _start\n" " "&"No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command.\n" " "~"Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) [answered N; input not from terminal]\n" ^done (gdb) " "&"set args \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\n" ^done (gdb) &"run\n" " "~"Starting program: \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\n" &"No executable file specified.\n" " "&"Use the \"file\" or \"exec-file\" command.\n" ^error,msg="No executable file specified.\nUse the \"file\" or \"exec-file\" command." (gdb) " "&"sharedlibrary libdl\n" " "~"No loaded shared libraries match the pattern `libdl'.\n" ^done (gdb) &"sharedlibrary libc\n" " "~"No loaded shared libraries match the pattern `libc'.\n" ^done (gdb) " "&"sharedlibrary libQtCore\n" ~"No loaded shared libraries match the pattern `libQtCore'.\n" ^done (gdb) " "&"break QCoreApplication::exec()\n" " "&"No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command.\n" " "~"Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) [answered N; input not from terminal]\n" ^done (gdb) &"continue\n" " "&"The program is not being run.\n" ^error,msg="The program is not being run." (gdb) " "&"call dlopen(\"/usr/bin/../lib/libinjectedHooq.so.1.0.0\", 2)\n" " "&"No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command.\n" " "^error,msg="No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command." (gdb) " "&"call __dlopen(\"/usr/bin/../lib/libinjectedHooq.so.1.0.0\", 2)\n" &"No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command.\n" " "^error,msg="No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command." (gdb) &"sharedlibrary injectedHooq\n" " "~"No loaded shared libraries match the pattern `injectedHooq'.\n" ^done (gdb) " "&"call startHooq()\n" &"No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command.\n" " "^error,msg="No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command." (gdb) &"continue\n" &"The program is not being run.\n" " "^error,msg="The program is not being run." (gdb) &"backtrace\n" &"No stack.\n" ^done (gdb) &"quit\n"

Fred, Not sure if it helps, but the python equivalent of your demo app is this... http://paste.debian.net/64234/

Hello, I would love to use Hooq to test my KDE desktop applet. I use the KDE plasmoidviewer to launch my applet for testing. Recording an action works fine, but replaying not so much, unfortunately. The applet is launched correctly but any mouse actions seem to have no effect. I tried clicking links and buttons and accessing context menu, all of which has no effect when replaying. If by chance you are a KDE user maybe you could try this? Basically you could try any KDE applet. For instance use "/usr/bin/plasmoidviewer" with "folderview" as parameter. Here is an example of such a recording, which clicks on a button in the widget: requireHooqScriptVersion(2); msleep(2199); var QWidget_3 = objectFromPath("FullView-0::QWidget-3"); QWidget_3.pressMouseButton({"button": Qt.LeftButton, "buttons": Qt.LeftButton, "modifiers": Qt.NoModifier, "x": 73, "y": 67}); msleep(137); QWidget_3.releaseMouseButton({"button": Qt.LeftButton, "buttons": Qt.NoButton, "modifiers": Qt.NoModifier, "x": 73, "y": 67}); msleep(863); var FullView_0 = objectFromPath("FullView-0"); FullView_0.close();

Will Hooq work if Qt is built using these Qt configuration options which rename the Qt libraries and use a custom namespace? -qtnamespace AcmeQt -qtlibinfix Acme

Regarding PyQt4. I got this to work, but it required a modification to GdbInjector.cpp. You will need to add ' m_gdbStream << QString("call dlopen(\"/usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4\", %1)").arg(QString::number(RTLD_NOW)) << endl;' before the 'm_gdbStream << "sharedlibrary libQtCore" << endl;' line. The path to the libQtCore.so.4 library should be exactly the same as PyQt4/QtCore.so links to (use ldd to find out). Recompile and install hooq. In the GUI use /usr/bin/python as the application and the absolute path to your python script as an argument.

Hi, I have download the file hooq-hooq-master.tar.gz (http://gitorious.org/hooq/hooq/trees/master) but I don't see the file msi.nmake when I open the tar.gz. I can see the file on the same page where I have download the tar.gz. I must use this file? Thanks.

Hi There, I have been trying to build hooq on MacOS, however I haven't had much luck building it. Did anybody have any success building it on MacOS or Windows? If yes, could you please provide the steps that you went through to get hooq up and running. Much appreciate your help. Thanks Neeraj

For the Qt Windows SDK 2010.02.1 (Qt 4.6.2 based on MinGW) I've uploaded precompiled binaries of Hooq at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/kst/files/Snapshots/"> download Hook-for-Qt-SDK-for Windows-2010.02.1-7z.exe.

I am trying to record a new test with Hooq and once I record the test and look at the generated test script it just shows one line: requireHooqScriptVersion(2); I am not sure what does that mean. I was wondering if anybody else ran into the same issue and what do I need to do to fix it.

I have the same problem as Neeraj. I used the binaries linked to by Peter. I believe the 'requireHooqScriptVersion(2);' is just a standard header statement to say what version of 'HooqScript' a particular test script uses. My guess is that if that is the only line, nothing is being recorded as one clicks on things. A sort of empty script.

I am new to Hooq. In the MSI_README.txt, it says: - hooq-release from "nmake install" of hooq - hooq-debug from "nmake install" of hooq what does it mean?

When create a test suite and a test case, after finishing the recording, where does the hooq store the script and how can find the script it generated? hooqcli can run the script which generated by hooqGUI? Because I want to write a shell script to run the script which generated by hooqGUI, how can I do it?