Windows Application Automation Testing Using Winapp Driver And C# Beginner

Suman Kumar Sahu

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Suman Kumar Sahu5y ago
using System; using System.Threading; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting; using OpenQA.Selenium; using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows; using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote; namespace CalculatorAutomationWinappDriver { [TestClass] public class UnitTest1 { //Appium Driver URL it works like a windows Service on your PC private const string appiumDriverURI = "http://127.0.0.1:4723"; //Application Key of your UWA //U can use any .Exe file as well for open a windows Application private const string calApp = "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"; protected static WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> calSession; [TestMethod] public void TestMethod1() { DesiredCapabilities appCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(); appCapabilities.SetCapability("app", calApp); appCapabilities.SetCapability("deviceName", "WindowsPC"); //Create a session to intract with Calculator windows application var calSession1 = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(appiumDriverURI), appCapabilities); //Automate Button and Get answer from Calculator //find by Name calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Nine")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("One")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Two")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Three")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Multiply by")).Click(); //find by automation id calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("num9Button").Click(); calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("equalButton").Click(); //getting value from textbox string ExpectedValue = calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("CalculatorResults").Text; string ExpectedValue1 = ExpectedValue.Replace("Display is ","").Replace(",",""); //Testcases Assert.AreEqual(82107,Convert.ToInt64(ExpectedValue1)); } } }
Manish kabra5y ago
Hi I am also finding the same issue mentioned by Juan Quiroga System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:4723 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket
- Manish kabra5y ago
  Please note Develeoper mode I have made it on
Juan Quiroga5y ago
Hi my friend, am having the following issue while trying to run the code at the following line of code: calSession = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(appiumDriverURI), appCapabilities); The error is the following: OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: 'Unexpected error. System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:4723 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress) at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Service.AppiumCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute) at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary`2 parameters)'
- Suman Kumar Sahu5y ago
  Use below code given in comment
- Suman Kumar Sahu5y ago
  Using System; using System.Threading; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting; using OpenQA.Selenium; using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows; using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote; namespace CalculatorAutomationWinappDriver { [TestClass] public class UnitTest1 { //Appium Driver URL it works like a windows Service on your PC private const string appiumDriverURI = "http://127.0.0.1:4723"; //Application Key of your UWA //U can use any .Exe file as well for open a windows Application private const string calApp = "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"; protected static WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> calSession; [TestMethod] public void TestMethod1() { DesiredCapabilities appCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(); appCapabilities.SetCapability("app", calApp); appCapabilities.SetCapability("deviceName", "WindowsPC"); //Create a session to intract with Calculator windows application var calSession1 = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(appiumDriverURI), appCapabilities); //Automate Button and Get answer from Calculator //find by Name calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Nine")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("One")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Two")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Three")).Click(); calSession1.FindElement(By.Name("Multiply by")).Click(); //find by automation id calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("num9Button").Click(); calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("equalButton").Click(); //getting value from textbox string ExpectedValue = calSession1.FindElementByAccessibilityId("CalculatorResults").Text; string ExpectedValue1 = ExpectedValue.Replace("Display is ","").Replace(",",""); //Testcases Assert.AreEqual(82107,Convert.ToInt64(ExpectedValue1)); } } }
- Suman Kumar Sahu5y ago
  Can you please do developer mood on your system. Please let me know if it doesn't works.
Tommy6y ago
Test method Calculator_Windows.UnitTest1.TestMethod1 threw exception: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'Dispose' in type 'OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Service.AppiumCommandExecutor' from assembly 'appium-dotnet-driver, Version=3.0.0.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.
- Suman Kumar Sahu5y ago
  Can you check which version you are using?
Tommy6y ago
I am getting below error msg on running above code
Andreas Neuber6y ago
Thanks for this great article! Just in case sb wonders how to find App ID of program - this worked for me: Powershell > get-StartApps | Where-Object {$_.Name -like '*<name of app>*'}
Ravi Kiran7y ago
How to capture screenshot of the application under test? do we have some config settings just like we have in Coded UI?
- Ravi Kiran7y ago
  Suman Kumar Sahu Thanks !! yeah I know this code, but I wanted to know if we have something like docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/test/analyzing-coded-ui-tests-using-coded-ui-test-logs?view=vs-2015
- Suman Kumar Sahu7y ago
  //Use below code according to your requirements //Take the screenshot Screenshot image = ((ITakesScreenshot)driver).GetScreenshot(); //Save the screenshot image.SaveAsFile("C:/temp/Screenshot.png", ImageFormat.Png);
Ronbar bar7y ago
Do you know why the WinAppDriver doesn't work with Windows application form?
- Ronbar bar7y ago
  I have a Windows desktop application developed in C# that the WinAppdriver is not able to locate the components.
- Suman Kumar Sahu7y ago
  U need to create a session for .exe file. and it will work for all kind of windows application.I think you need to manage session for it if that is a classic windows old application.
Rohit Maheshwari7y ago
Any alternative for Windows 7?
- Suman Kumar Sahu7y ago
  It won't supports for windows 7. Winnum Driver or else AutoIT.You can use for automate.:)
krishna raju7y ago
How to get the appId for other applications.
- Suman Kumar Sahu7y ago
  Mainly appid is Path of Application .That may be .exe,,,private const string calApp = "c/myfolder/myapp.exe"; if you have other question you can ask me on this id [email protected]
- Parth Darji7y ago
  I specified AppID as you suggested, but it is giving following error: "{"error":"unknown error","message":"Failed to locate opened application window with appId: c:\folder\...}". Can you provide me a solution.
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- Suman Kumar Sahu8y ago
  Sorry didn't get you...
Ciruthika Kanesharajah8y ago
Nice explanation

Introduction

This blog is for beginners. It's mainly to teach you how to automate a Windows Application using C#, Winapp driver (Appium), & Selenium. In this blog, we are going to automate the Calculator app.

Winapp driver (Appium)

Winapp is a Product of Microsoft, using this driver we can automate Windows applications, classic Windows applications, universal Windows applications, and mobile applications. We can use this driver on the top of a Selenium library.

It is the latest Windows automation driver. It has advantages over Winum Driver & autoT.

Set up required for this:

Windows 10 OS
Visual Studio 2013+
Winapp driver.exe
Inspect.exe for identifying your element value
Calculator app for automate
Your PC should be on Developer mode (ON)

Steps to follow,

Download the Winapp driver from here,

Download the WindowsApplicationDriver.msi
Open the Download folder and process WindowsApplicationDriver.msi up to install Windows application driver.
Click it for installation.
After installation is complete go to C>>Program Files (x86) >>Windows Application Driver.
Double click on WinAppDriver.exe for run the Windows application Driver as below:
Now, time to install windows Inspect.exe.

To download inspect tool click here,

Windows Application Automation Testing Using Winapp Driver And C# Beginner

Note
You can download any tool to inspect elements or find elements. After downloading, run inspect.exe and see the control id, name, class etc.

Now, we will move to the coding part,

Open Visual Studio
Click on File>>New>>Project
Click on Test for creating a unit test project.
Open NuGet Package Manager to install Appium Driver.

Installation steps

Click on Tools >>NuGetPackageManager>>Manage NuGet PackageFor Solution.

Open the UnitTest1.cs file and paste the below code.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote;
namespace CalculatorAutomationWinappDriver
{
[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
//Appium Driver URL it works like a windows Service on your PC
private const string appiumDriverURI = "http://127.0.0.1:4723";
//Application Key of your UWA
//U can use any .Exe file as well for open a windows Application
private const string calApp = "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App";
protected static WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> calSession;
[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{
if (calSession == null)
{
DesiredCapabilities appCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
appCapabilities.SetCapability("app", calApp);
appCapabilities.SetCapability("deviceName", "WindowsPC");
//Create a session to intract with Calculator windows application
calSession = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(appiumDriverURI), appCapabilities);
//Automate Button and Get answer from Calculator
//find by Name
calSession.FindElement(By.Name("Nine")).Click();
calSession.FindElement(By.Name("One")).Click();
calSession.FindElement(By.Name("Two")).Click();
calSession.FindElement(By.Name("Three")).Click();
calSession.FindElement(By.Name("Multiply by")).Click();
//find by automation id
calSession.FindElementByAccessibilityId("num9Button").Click();
calSession.FindElementByAccessibilityId("equalButton").Click();
//getting value from textbox
string ExpectedValue = calSession.FindElementByAccessibilityId("CalculatorResults").Text;
string ExpectedValue1 = ExpectedValue.Replace("Display is ","").Replace(",","");
//Testcases
Assert.AreEqual(82107,Convert.ToInt64(ExpectedValue1));
}
}
}
}

Now, you can automate calculator.

Some basic steps to find elements using Inspect.exe:

Now, we can automate any Windows application using C# as shown above. A very important note: Don't worry if you are new in identifying Elements on Inspect.exe.

Note
In the upcoming blog, I will be automating a classic Windows application.