automation

Create Word 2010 Document Programmatically

Every week I produce a word document with some copy, tables and charts from various sources on our network. It can take a bit of time and sometimes I make mistakes or forget stuff that should go in. I want to automate this process as much as possible. So basically I want to make a Word Template or Console App that when I open/run it it...

TFS 2010/Msbuild fails, StackOverFlowException

Hi! I'm having trouble with an upgraded 2008 build. I'm using the Upgrade template. Everything builds fine, but when I get to GetImpactedTests it crashes. Anyone experienced something similar? Can I turn off GetImpactedTests? Can't find a property for it. TF270015: 'MSBuild.exe' returned an unexpected exit code. Expected '0'; actual...

iPhone test automation - benchmark tools?

Hi we are expanding one of our projects in a major bank to include access via mobile devices. We are evaluating a few tools - inc. perfecto mobile, experitest and deviceanywhere. From our initial evaluation perfecto and device anywhere cover a larger set of handsets inc feature phones. Experitest on the other hand is strong and simple to...

Programmatically upload and launch iPhone/iPad application on a device

I am looking for some way to programmatically upload an iPhone/iPad application to a device through USB connection from Mac OS X and launch the application on the device. I know how to do it manually from XCode. The goal is to create test automation of an application on iPhone/iPad device/simulator. Thank you. ...

Create automation macro support within an application

Hi All, I need to get an automation macro like thing within our desktop application. The desktop app will probably be in VB.NET or C#.net. The reason is to enable the user to record and replay certain tasks that they'd like to automate. Something like macros within office apps and visual studio. The first thing that comes to my mind is ...

Word OLE Automation Watermark adding in MS-Office COM Object

Hi, I am using PHP COM Object but i guess it is the same in all other languages. How do i add watermark to a .doc / .docx Microsoft Word using COM / OLE Automation? try { $word = new COM("word.application") //$word = new COM("C:\\x.docx"); or die(error::asString("couldnt create an instance of word", 20100408.01812, true...

scripting "system preferences" "language & text"

I need to change, using applescript, the listbox "region", in the system preferences|language & text section. I can't access this listbox - see code below. tell application "System Preferences" activate get the name of every pane of application "System Preferences" set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.Localization" ...