Question

I’m a student (studying in programming) doing an intership in a company, but was hired in the department of “testing”.

I am asked to create a c++ program to automate (for testing purposes) the installation of the software developed in house.

The installation goes through a Wizard to choose a couple of options (checkbox, dropdownlist, button, radiobutton) and then proceeds to install everything (it also asks at the end if the user wants to install another component).

The main idea is to set all the options of the installation in a window of the program, which would install the software afterward. The tester won’t have to stay and set the “install options” manually during the completion of the installation.

What I want to know is, is it possible to make it as a C++ app? And, if yes, and do you know any library that would be useful for this task?

Answer 1

• AutoIt

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys).