In this issue, the focus is on Test Automation. We have an informative article on Automation of Rich internet applications using Selenium. Rich and Interactive content has been one of the growing trends in the Software world and like any other new technology trend, it comes with it’s own set of challenges apart from benefits. One of the challenges is Test Automation and the ability of tools to achieve this in the tradition-al way. Apart from that we have included references and links to articles on Test Automation. We hope that going through them will enrich your knowledge of Test Automation and provide new insights.

1. February 2014
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FlashFlex Auto-
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From the Editor …
Welcome to yet another edition of Test digest !!!
Thank you for the support and constructive feed-
back that we have been receiving. In this issue, the focus is on
Test Automation. We have an informative article on Automation
of Rich internet applications using Selenium. Rich and Interactive
content has been one of the growing trends in the Software world
and like any other new technology trend, it comes with it’s own
set of challenges apart from benefits. One of the challenges is Test
Automation and the ability of tools to achieve this in the tradition-
al way.
Apart from that we have included references and
links to articles on Test Automation. We hope that going through
them will enrich your knowledge of Test Automation and provide
new insights.
Happy Reading !!!

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Automating Flash/Flex components, which are used for animation, vid-
eo, and interactive content in web pages poses few challenges. We cannot directly
use Eclipse IDE with Selenium library for Flash/Flex automation. But Selenium sup-
ports Flash/Flex automation using ‘Adobe Flash Builder’ tool. This is a licensed tool &
trial version is available for 45 days.
Objective of this article is to implement automation for Flash/Flex ap-
plication. Here we will be automating the below YouTube player.
Any online available Flash/Flex application cannot be automated using
‘Adobe Flash Builder’ with ‘Selenium’. The reason being, we will not be able to identi-
fy the objects of Flash/Flex application available online. Hence access to ‘Source code
of Flash/Flex application‘ or ‘Application Action Script API Reference document‘ is
required for automation.
Here, for the ‘YouTube’ application, Google Developers has published the ‘YouTube
Action Script 3.0 Player API Reference’. Below is the URL for Action Script API Refer-
ence document :
https://developers.google.com/youtube/flash_api_reference
Vijaya Kumar Rangaiah

3. Flash Builder Premium can be downloaded from the below URL
https://creative.adobe.com/products/flash-builder
Download the ‘Flash Builder Premium’ in required language support
& platform for ‘Windows’ or ‘Mac’ OS version. Install the downloaded version, in-
stalled version looks similar to open source ‘Eclipse IDE’ tool.
Adobe Flash Builder (previously known as Adobe Flex Builder) is an
integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform that
speeds development of rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desk-
top applications, particularly for the Adobe Flash platform. Adobe Flash Builder 4 is
available in three editions: Standard, Premium and Educational.
Flash-Selenium components for automation can be downloaded from below URL
http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/downloads/list
Download the required Flash component,
based on which Scripting language you will be
using for automation (Java, C #, PHP, Ruby
etc.). We will be using Java for automation
script, which can be downloaded from below
URL :
http://flash-selenium.googlecode.com/files/
flash-selenium.jar
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Create a New Java Project in ‘Flash Builder’ &
configure the Java build path with ‘selenium-server-standalone-2.24.1.jar’ & ‘flash-
selenium.jar’
Copy & paste the below java code to New Java Project Created, which is
written using JUnit using Selenium RC & Selenium WebDriver for testing the YouTube
Flash Application.
/* Automation of Youtube - Player Application using Selenium
WebDriver */
package flash.test;
import org.junit.*;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.FlashSelenium;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.Selenium;
public class Flash_youtube {
private final static String URL = "http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=efRNKkmWdc0";
private Selenium selenium;
private FlashSelenium flashApp;
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
private WebDriver wd;
Thread.sleep(10000L);
flashApp = new FlashSelenium(selenium, "movie_player");
wd = new FirefoxDriver();
flashApp = new FlashSelenium(wd, "movie_player");
wd.get(URL);
}
@After
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
wd.quit();
}
@Test
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Innovation
distinguishes
between a
leader and a
follower
-- Steve Jobs

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public void verifyFlexAppSumIsCorrect() throws Exception {
// wait till video load – buffering (3)
while (Integer.parseInt(flashApp.call("getPlayerState")) == 3){
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
// Play the video for 10 seconds
Thread.sleep(5000);
flashApp.call("pauseVideo"); //Pause the Video
System.out.println("After pauseVideo");
Thread.sleep(5000);
flashApp.call("playVideo"); //Play the Video
Thread.sleep(5000);
System.out.println("After playVideo");
flashApp.call("seekTo","140","true"); //Seek to 140 sec
Thread.sleep(5000);
System.out.println("After seekTo");
flashApp.call("mute"); //Mute the Video
Thread.sleep(5000);
flashApp.call("setVolume","80"); //Set the Volume to 80%
Thread.sleep(50000);
}
}
In the HTML source code, ‘Flash/Flex component’ will be added to the
web page.
Providing the Selenium & Flash/Flex instance to FlashSelenium object :
flashApp = new FlashSelenium(selenium, “movie_player”);
‘movie_Player’ is the tag id of Flash/Flex component of Embed or Object tag.
Note: Embed or Object tag is used in the HTML code to add the Flash/Flex component
in the web page. Embed or Object tag id & Selenium object instance must be passed to
‘FlashSelenium’ API.
Below is the <embed> tag, which is renders the movie (ads) :
We will not able to get any id, Xpath, CSS values for any of the events like
‘Play’, ‘Pause’, ‘Mute’, ‘seekTo bar’, etc. Hence the Parameters ‘pauseVideo’,
‘playVideo’, ‘seekTo’, ‘mute’, ‘setVolume’ are called in method flashApp.call(Parameters).
Provided in YouTube API reference document.
Run ‘Flash_youtube.java’ as Junit Test. YouTube Play, Pause, SeekTo, Mute, SetVolume
functions are executed.
Advantage of using ‘Adobe Flash Builder’ tool:
 It support Java projects
 Flexibility to port the Java frameworks for Flash/Flex automation.
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6. P A G E 6
Testing Silverlight 4 Applications With TestComplete
How you can perform functional testing of Silverlight applications with TestComplete
http://support.smartbear.com/screencasts/testcomplete/testing-silverlight-4-apps/
Automation using FlexMonkey
This video walks through the basics of using the open source FlexMonkey automated testing tool for Flex apps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOSYw1531E
Webinars >>
Flash/Flex Test Automation with the Ranorex Automation Framework
How to perform Flex Automation using Ranorex Automation Framework and its tools
http://www.ranorex.com/Documentation/Ranorex-Tutorial.pdf
Functional UI testing of Adobe Flex RIA : A brief
Some highlights of Funtional testing of Flex RIA using QTP, Selenium, Ranorex, FlexMonkey
http://faratasystems.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/faratacms/presentations/Functional-UI-testing-of-Adobe-Flex-RIA.pdf
Selenium Tutorial for Beginners
Selenium Tutorial for Beginners
http://www.pushtotest.com/selenium-tutorial-for-beginners-blog.html
Comparative Analysis of Various Automated Test Tools for Flex Application
This a comparison study of automated testing frameworks for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) made using Flex framework
http://www.rimtengg.com/iscet/proceedings/pdfs/misc/102.pdf
Flash Automation Testing with FlexMonkey
This article talks about the automation testing using FlexMonkey
http://www.gorillalogic.com/node/350
eBooks , Whitepapers & Columns >>
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Flash and Flex UI Testing with TestComplete
How you can perform functional testing of Adobe Flash and Flex applications with TestComplete
http://support.smartbear.com/screencasts/testcomplete/testing-flash-overview/
Making Selenium a scriptless test execution engine
Selenium & Scriptless test execution
http://www.techgig.com/expert-speak/Making-Selenium-a-scriptless-test-execution-engine-469
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