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Introduction to Desktop app testing in Katalon Studio

Note:

  • Windows Desktop app testing is temporarily unavailable in Katalon Studio 10.x. Please use version 9.x to access this feature. For more details, refer to the 10.0.0 release notes.

Katalon Studio fully supports automation test for desktop apps written in the following platforms: Universal Windows Platform (UWP), Windows Forms (WinForms), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Classic Windows (Win32).

Requirements​

  • Katalon Studio version 7.0.0 onwards.

  • WinAppDriver is running on the test machine. To learn how to set up and run WinAppDriver, see: Set up WinAppDriver.

Windows execution type​

run with windows

select environment

Windows keyword​

To add a Windows keyword in the manual view:



To add a Windows keyword in the script view, enter Win, then press Ctrl+Space:



To have a picture of Windows built-in keywords, navigate to Keywords Browser > Built-in Keywords > Windows Keyword:



Windows object​



Spy Windows object​

Record Windows Action​

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