WinCeWebDriver

This is a WebDriver remote end written in .NET CF 3.5 for C# Windows CE / Windows Mobile 6.5 Web server is intended to be used for RESTful web services

Running integration tests

1. Ensure you can connect to your WM6.5 device over Wi-Fi (assigning static IP also helps).

2. Deploy SimpleWebDriver to a WM6.5 device (ensure .NET CF 3.5 is installed on it), then run the executable.

3. Deploy SimpleWinceGuiAutomation.AppTest to the device (don't run it)

4. Build and run SimpleWebDriver.Tests from command line:

$ SimpleWebDriver.Tests.exe <IP> <PORT>

where

• <IP> stands for IP adress of the device
• <PORT> stands for the port the webserver is listening on (8080 by default)

How to use?

Run some scripts following the webdriver protocol.

Subset of WebDriver protocol supported

1. session create / delete (limitation: single app at a time!)

2. status

3. get title

4. source (get the object tree the driver is operating against as JSON)

5. screenshot (both full-screen and selected element)

6. single and multi-element queries

   • css selector
   • link text, partial link text
   • tag name

7. element state requests (rect, enabled, selected, text, name)

8. element interaction (send keys & clear, click)

CSS selectors supported

We translate some WinForms controls to their HTML counterparts:

WinForms	HTML
Button	button
TextBox	input[type="text"]
ComboBox	select
CheckBox	input[type="checkbox"]
ListBox	ul
Label	label
Radio	input[type="radio"]

Therefore, we can translate some CSS selectors to queries over the WinAPI window hierarchy:

1. you can match by tag name (e.g. button, panel), optionally suffixing an attribute query (e.g. [type="checkbox"])
2. next, you can combine the expressions from above with these operations (left-associative):

• A > B (select direct children of A matching B)
• A B (select descendants of A matching B)
• A ~ B (select sibling of A that matches B)
• A + B (select immediate sibling of A that matches B)

Since it is not clear from WinAPI how to order windows, to define the "document order", we just sort all controls by Top then Left coordinates.

Limitations

1. SendKeys doesn't support characters beyond Latin
2. It's still WinAPI so there isn't too much info about controls
   1. if your custom controls are not WinAPI-friendly, you may not be able to test them!
3. Only one app at a time (can be changed, if needed)

Credits

WinCeWebServer SimpleWinCeGuiAutomation

WebDriver implementation contributed by Artyom Shalkhakov (artyom DOT shalkhakov AT gmail DOT com)