TIG for solaris

Eggplant Functional
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Hi all,

We are testing an application on solaris. We need to validate lots of text generated in the application.

Eggplant’s TIG feature is most suited for our testing. Sadly i could not find any TIG’s for solaris.

Can some one please guide me regarding the same.

Thanks,
Kris

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There is no TIG executable for Solaris. To generate Text Images for Solaris, you will need to create what we call a “scripted TIG.” There is a document at http://www.testplant.com/documentation/Writing%20a%20TIG.pdf that describes this process. Essentially you’re typing the text on a Solaris machine (either on the SUT itself or on a similarly configured Solaris box), then capturing an image of the typed text and trying to match it against the application. This can be a fairly simple thing to set up if you just need text in single font/size/decoration with consistent colors; it becomes more complex if you need to use several fonts, change the properties, or use different font colors and background colors. But once it’s written, its use is transparent; if you set it as the text platform, your text image calls will use it to generate text images with no other changes.

It’s very difficult to create a standalone TIG application for any *nix implementation. The UNIX Font Rendering FAQ, “? knowing which font formats are supported, or where font files are installed/located depends on the implementation of your X11 Server, or of the X11 Font Server, which itself depends on your system’s setup.” That makes building a TIG server for UNIX platforms challenging. That said, we do hope to provide improved TIG functionality for other platforms in the future.

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I made a mistake on the link to the TIG documentation – that document outlines how to write a TIG executable. The description of how to create a scripted TIG can be found in the Using Eggplant manual; look for the “TIG Scripts” section. Please contact support via email if you have further questions.

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Thanks Matt

Thanks a bunch for your help.

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I’ve got some perl scripts that may be of use to you. Let me know if you are interested.