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[1.1] Control apllications in both Linux and Windows

Asked by Marius

Hi,

I have an issue: I have Windows 7 as operating system and a Linux virtual machine running on Windows 7. I want to test an application( application A) in Linux virtual machine. This can be done using Sikuli. But, at each step I also have to control an application(application B) which is running in Windows. Then I have to get back to the Linux virtual machine and control again my application A. So I have to switch between Windows and Linux virtual machine.
These steps are repeating hundreds of times.

Can anyone please help me with some hints?
Thank you,

Marius

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Best RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

Exactly the usage case I have waited for ;-)

What would you think about one script running on the Windows machine and handling both the host and the guest in one script?

If you are not in a hurry to have this solved within hours, we can talk about testing with a preversion of 1.1, which supports a lightweight remote server, that would run on the Linux guest and be seen from the script running on the Windows host just as any other local screen, but with its own mouse and keyboard.

If this is not suitable for you, you have to establish a two way communication between the 2 scripts, that allows to switch between them (e.g. simplest using some file handling on a shared device up to implementing some XML-RPC based communication).

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Marius (mariusalex09) said : 		#2

Hello RaiMan,

Thank you very much for the quick answer. Definitely, first solution is the best one. As I am not in a hurry, I can wait without any problems for 1.1 release. Nice to hear that such feature will be available.

Best regards,

Marius