Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:09:15 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <20101110180915.00005202@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101110175717.GB23184@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <op.vlxpejtrhalquq@n200> <20101110175717.GB23184@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:57:17 -0800 Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > However, for automating repeated tasks (as distinguished from running > automated tests of the GUI itself), scripting a GUI is the wrong way > to do it. It's layering on an entirely unnecessary layer of > abstraction (the UI), and then working around it. This is why at least on Windows there's often a C/COM/.NET API that allows the same level of control that the GUI provides, so that customers can automate tasks. -- Bruce Cran
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