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[Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Christian G. <ml...@nu...>]

Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is not
really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows with As3?

Thanks for any tips, chr

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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Robert S. <rob...@gm...>]

>
> So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
>

When you say ASUnit are you talking about the XUL UI?.  I am running Windows
Vista, and I have not succesfully gotten the XUL UI to launch.  I think
there may be some incompatibility issues there.  I can however write,
compile, and run ASUnit tests successfully with FlashDevelop and the Flash
Debug Player: http://geekswithblogs.net/rstackhouse/.

I am afraid I am not familiar with the
"SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagersissue".  Do you have an error
message or a link to where someone else has
documented this problem?

Robert

On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano <ml...@nu...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
> make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is not
> really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
> issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
> Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows with
> As3?
>
> Thanks for any tips, chr
>
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Christian G. <ml...@nu...>]

Hi Robert, I'm refering to this thread:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=IJEOJMKCLCEKDIBJEMGHEEGPENAA.info%40robertpenner.com

I just looked for that error in the mailing list archive.

My problem is on running the tests, not creating them. At the moment
I'm creating them kind of manually thus I'm not using XUL UI to run
them (instead I'm compiling AsUnitTestRunner.as). Should I use a
different procedure?

I get compile error "Access of possibly undefined property
topLevelSystemManagers through a reference with static type Class."
and in fact that property is missing in Flex SWCs.

Where is the trick?


Thanks, chr


On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> > So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > SystemManager.topLevelSystemMa
> > nagers issue.
>
> When you say ASUnit are you talking about the XUL UI?.  I am running Windows
> Vista, and I have not succesfully gotten the XUL UI to launch.  I think
> there may be some incompatibility issues there.  I can however write,
> compile, and run ASUnit tests successfully with FlashDevelop and the Flash
> Debug Player: http://geekswithblogs.net/rstackhouse/.
>
> I am afraid I am not familiar with the
> "SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue".  Do you have
> an error message or a link to where someone else has documented this
> problem?
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano <ml...@nu...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
> > make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is not
> > really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
> > issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
> > Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows with
> As3?
> >
> > Thanks for any tips, chr
> >
> > --
> >
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> >
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Robert S. <rob...@gm...>]

Could you supply one of the tests that is giving you grief?  I can't
reproduce the problem on my end unless I have your test class.  This sounds
like a compile time error not a runtime error.  How are you compiling your
tests?  With MXMLC? By hand? With Ant or NAnt?

It also sounds like you are trying to use Flex Components, this may be part
of the cause of your problem.  There is a lot of bootstrapping that goes on
with Flex Components.  Which makes me wonder, is the compiler error coming
from the class under test or the test suite?

Robert

On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano <ml...@nu...> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert, I'm refering to this thread:
>
>
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=IJEOJMKCLCEKDIBJEMGHEEGPENAA.info%40robertpenner.com
>
> I just looked for that error in the mailing list archive.
>
> My problem is on running the tests, not creating them. At the moment
> I'm creating them kind of manually thus I'm not using XUL UI to run
> them (instead I'm compiling AsUnitTestRunner.as). Should I use a
> different procedure?
>
> I get compile error "Access of possibly undefined property
> topLevelSystemManagers through a reference with static type Class."
> and in fact that property is missing in Flex SWCs.
>
> Where is the trick?
>
>
> Thanks, chr
>
>
> On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> > > So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemMa
> > > nagers issue.
> >
> > When you say ASUnit are you talking about the XUL UI?.  I am running
> Windows
> > Vista, and I have not succesfully gotten the XUL UI to launch.  I think
> > there may be some incompatibility issues there.  I can however write,
> > compile, and run ASUnit tests successfully with FlashDevelop and the
> Flash
> > Debug Player: http://geekswithblogs.net/rstackhouse/.
> >
> > I am afraid I am not familiar with the
> > "SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue".  Do you have
> > an error message or a link to where someone else has documented this
> > problem?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano <ml...@nu...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
> > > make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is not
> > > really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
> > > issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
> > > Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows
> with
> > As3?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips, chr
> > >
> > > --
> > >
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Robert S. <rob...@gm...>]

Christian,

I found this buried in that thread:

Unfortunately, the new Flex Builder release includes some significant
> refactoring to the framework and so the file that we released is now out
> of
> date. To fix this issue, you can copy/paste the following into the file
> that
> the compiler is complaining about and you should be good to go.
>

After Lukes signature line on that message in the thread is the fix for the
problem (patched .as file).

Have you tried getting ASUnit from the Subversion repository and building
that?

On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Could you supply one of the tests that is giving you grief?  I can't
> reproduce the problem on my end unless I have your test class.  This sounds
> like a compile time error not a runtime error.  How are you compiling your
> tests?  With MXMLC? By hand? With Ant or NAnt?
>
> It also sounds like you are trying to use Flex Components, this may be
> part of the cause of your problem.  There is a lot of bootstrapping that
> goes on with Flex Components.  Which makes me wonder, is the compiler error
> coming from the class under test or the test suite?
>
> Robert
>
> On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano <ml...@nu...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Robert, I'm refering to this thread:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=IJEOJMKCLCEKDIBJEMGHEEGPENAA.info%40robertpenner.com
> >
> >
> > I just looked for that error in the mailing list archive.
> >
> > My problem is on running the tests, not creating them. At the moment
> > I'm creating them kind of manually thus I'm not using XUL UI to run
> > them (instead I'm compiling AsUnitTestRunner.as). Should I use a
> > different procedure?
> >
> > I get compile error "Access of possibly undefined property
> > topLevelSystemManagers through a reference with static type Class."
> > and in fact that property is missing in Flex SWCs.
> >
> > Where is the trick?
> >
> >
> > Thanks, chr
> >
> >
> > On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm... > wrote:
> > > > So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemMa
> > > > nagers issue.
> > >
> > > When you say ASUnit are you talking about the XUL UI?.  I am running
> > Windows
> > > Vista, and I have not succesfully gotten the XUL UI to launch.  I
> > think
> > > there may be some incompatibility issues there.  I can however write,
> > > compile, and run ASUnit tests successfully with FlashDevelop and the
> > Flash
> > > Debug Player: http://geekswithblogs.net/rstackhouse/.
> > >
> > > I am afraid I am not familiar with the
> > > "SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue".  Do you have
> > > an error message or a link to where someone else has documented this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano < ml...@nu...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
> > > > make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is
> > not
> > > > really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
> > > > issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
> > > > Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows
> > with
> > > As3?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any tips, chr
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Christian G. <ml...@nu...>]

Since the thread was pretty old and embed code present on my files, I
didn't think it was necessary, but actually now is compiling :)

My tests are failing though ;)

I presume the issue is sorted then.


Thanks a lot, chr

On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> Christian,
>
> I found this buried in that thread:
>
> > Unfortunately, the new Flex Builder release includes some significant
> > refactoring to the framework and so the file that we released is now out
> of
> > date. To fix this issue, you can copy/paste the following into the file
> that
> > the compiler is complaining about and you should be good to go.
> >
>
> After Lukes signature line on that message in the thread is the fix for the
> problem (patched .as file).
>
> Have you tried getting ASUnit from the Subversion repository and building
> that?
>
>
> On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> > Could you supply one of the tests that is giving you grief?  I can't
> reproduce the problem on my end unless I have your test class.  This sounds
> like a compile time error not a runtime error.  How are you compiling your
> tests?  With MXMLC? By hand? With Ant or NAnt?
> >
> > It also sounds like you are trying to use Flex Components, this may be
> part of the cause of your problem.  There is a lot of bootstrapping that
> goes on with Flex Components.  Which makes me wonder, is the compiler error
> coming from the class under test or the test suite?
> >
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano < ml...@nu...> wrote:
> > > Hi Robert, I'm refering to this thread:
> > >
> > >
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=IJEOJMKCLCEKDIBJEMGHEEGPENAA.info%40robertpenner.com
> > >
> > > I just looked for that error in the mailing list archive.
> > >
> > > My problem is on running the tests, not creating them. At the moment
> > > I'm creating them kind of manually thus I'm not using XUL UI to run
> > > them (instead I'm compiling AsUnitTestRunner.as). Should I use a
> > > different procedure?
> > >
> > > I get compile error "Access of possibly undefined property
> > > topLevelSystemManagers through a reference with static type Class."
> > > and in fact that property is missing in Flex SWCs.
> > >
> > > Where is the trick?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, chr
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/11/07, Robert Stackhouse < rob...@gm... > wrote:
> > > > > So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemMa
> > > > > nagers issue.
> > > >
> > > > When you say ASUnit are you talking about the XUL UI?.  I am running
> Windows
> > > > Vista, and I have not succesfully gotten the XUL UI to launch.  I
> think
> > > > there may be some incompatibility issues there.  I can however write,
> > > > compile, and run ASUnit tests successfully with FlashDevelop and the
> Flash
> > > > Debug Player: http://geekswithblogs.net/rstackhouse/.
> > > >
> > > > I am afraid I am not familiar with the
> > > > "SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue".  Do you
> have
> > > > an error message or a link to where someone else has documented this
> > > > problem?
> > > >
> > > > Robert
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/11/07, Christian Giordano < ml...@nu...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi guys, yesterday I spent almost the whole, working, day trying to
> > > > > make it work. I started with Sprouts but then I found out that is
> not
> > > > > really Windows compatible and I couldn't make it work (the fork()
> > > > > issue). So I went straight to ASUnit to came across the
> > > > > SystemManager.topLevelSystemManagers issue.
> > > > > Is there a way, official or not, to make asunit working on Windows
> with
> > > > As3?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any tips, chr
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > >
> ___________________________________________________________________
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Luke B. <lb...@pa...>]

Hey Christian,

It sounds like you're running a *very* old build of AsUnit. Out of
curiosity, where or when did you get it? I suspect we may have a build
hanging around somewhere that is out of date.

Regarding testing Flex applications, you should be able to use AsUnit to
test Flex applications by extending FlexRunner rather than AsUnitTestRunner.
Here is an example Flex 2 Application file from one of our projects:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FlexRunner xmlns="asunit.textui.*" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
creationComplete="runTests()">
    <mx:Style source="../css/Lifebin.css"/>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import asunit.textui.TestRunner;

            public function runTests():void {
                start(AllTests, null, TestRunner.SHOW_TRACE);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</FlexRunner>

Just out of curiosity, has anyone run AsUnit with Flex 3 projects? Any
problems? How about AIR/Apollo?


Thanks,


Luke Bayes
http://www.asserttrue.com

Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Christian G. <ml...@nu...>]

actually I'm quite sure my library came from the framework zip put on
the website.

chr

On 10/11/07, Luke Bayes <lb...@pa...> wrote:
> Hey Christian,
>
> It sounds like you're running a *very* old build of AsUnit. Out of
> curiosity, where or when did you get it? I suspect we may have a build
> hanging around somewhere that is out of date.
>
> Regarding testing Flex applications, you should be able to use AsUnit to
> test Flex applications by extending FlexRunner rather than AsUnitTestRunner.
> Here is an example Flex 2 Application file from one of our projects:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <FlexRunner xmlns="asunit.textui.*"
> xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="runTests()">
>     <mx:Style source="../css/Lifebin.css"/>
>     <mx:Script>
>         <![CDATA[
>             import asunit.textui.TestRunner;
>
>             public function runTests():void {
>                 start(AllTests, null, TestRunner.SHOW_TRACE);
>             }
>         ]]>
>     </mx:Script>
> </FlexRunner>
>
> Just out of curiosity, has anyone run AsUnit with Flex 3 projects? Any
> problems? How about AIR/Apollo?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Luke Bayes
> http://www.asserttrue.com
>
>
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Re: [Asunit-users] Unit tests with As3 on Windows

[Luke B. <lb...@pa...>]

Who's in charge over there at AsUnit!?

;-P

I just pushed the most current build, apparently we ditched that whole idea
of clobbering framework code at some point and things appear to be working
just fine with Flex 2 and Flex 2.0.1 and even Flex 3!

You can pull down the latest framework code from the framework link at:

http://www.asunit.org/#getStarted

Unfortunately, building the XUL UI isn't exactly trivial and neither is
publishing releases on Sourceforge, so I'm going to leave the MXP and XUL UI
builds potentially a bit broken for now. If anyone finds themselves having
problems with Flex 2 projects in XUL UI, you'll need to grab the latest
framework zip from that link.

I also *finally* added a link on the website to an article that Jonathan
Marston wrote awhile ago, here it is again:

http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/28/asunit-testing-with-flash-cs3-and-actionscript-3/


Thanks for bringing this stuff up!



Luke Bayes
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