From: Dino <myt...@ya...> - 2003-09-17 10:16:34
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HI, I have an application running on windows, which I need to automate. Expect is very good candidate for this. But I couldn't find any stable release of Expect on windows, with all the functionality (as for Unix) implemented. Kindly let me know if there is/going to be any certified release in near future. Thanks & Regards, Dino --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software |
From: David G. <dav...@po...> - 2003-09-17 20:39:18
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Dino <myt...@ya...> wrote: > >HI, > >I have an application running on windows, which I need to automate. Expect is very good candidate for this. > >But I couldn't find any stable release of Expect on windows, with all the functionality (as for Unix) implemented. > >Kindly let me know if there is/going to be any certified release in near future. > >Thanks & Regards, > >Dino Please contact Jeff Hobbs <je...@ac...>. He can probably assist. A good port of Expect will take a whole lot of time to make happen. The main difficulty is that Expect mixes unix specific code in the areas that should be generic. Rationalizing and refactoring the entire framework will not be easy. All previous attempts to co-exist in the existing framework have flopped. -- David Gravereaux <dav...@po...> $ make war make: *** No rule to make target `war'. Stop. Try `love' instead. |
From: David G. <dav...@po...> - 2003-09-17 21:21:04
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David Gravereaux <dav...@po...> wrote: >Dino <myt...@ya...> wrote: > >> >>HI, >> >>I have an application running on windows, which I need to automate. Expect is very good candidate for this. >> >>But I couldn't find any stable release of Expect on windows, with all the functionality (as for Unix) implemented. >> >>Kindly let me know if there is/going to be any certified release in near future. >> >>Thanks & Regards, >> >>Dino > >Please contact Jeff Hobbs <je...@ac...>. He can probably assist. A good >port of Expect will take a whole lot of time to make happen. The main difficulty is >that Expect mixes unix specific code in the areas that should be generic. >Rationalizing and refactoring the entire framework will not be easy. All previous >attempts to co-exist in the existing framework have flopped. IOW: It is time to do the nasty rewrite from scratch. Or don't and code yourself into yet another corner which is a place adjacent to the cost cutting corners, as well. Please assist by throwing cash at Jeff. -- David Gravereaux <dav...@po...> $ make war make: *** No rule to make target `war'. Stop. Try `love' instead. |
From: David G. <dav...@po...> - 2003-12-21 22:17:51
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To all who may view this: ActiveState now has a Win32 port of Expect that works well. Please contact Jeff Hobbs <je...@ac...> for more info. -- David Gravereaux <dav...@po...> [species: human; planet: earth,milkyway(western spiral arm),alpha sector] |