Automated testing for functions that interact with the user

[gswifort]

I implement wrapper functions, e.g. for Ed.Editor.entSel. Does anyone have an idea how to test them automatically (without user interaction)?

Example:

def entsel(*types: type[Rx.RxClass] | type[Db.DbObject], prompt="Select object: ", point=False):
    args = [prompt]
    if types:
        args.append([i.desc() if not isinstance(i, Rx.RxClass) else i for i in types])

    with cast_to_arx_exception:
        status, ent_id, pick_point = Ed.Editor.entSel(*args)
    PromptStatus.raise_for_status(status)
    if point:
        return ent_id, pick_point
    else:
        return ent_id

[CEXT-Dan]

I had looked into this myself, there’s a module pymouse to simulate mouse clicks, but I don’t know how it can be used. Maybe from a new thread and a timer

I had thought about adding default prompts, but then thought they should honor locale.

BTW, I want to say, PromptStatus is not always an error, and it could return a kword, but I found that I had a bug in that kwords were ignored

This should work in the next release

def PyRxCmd_entselkw():
    try:
        Ed.Editor.initGet(1, "Import Create")
        es, id, pnt = Ed.Editor.entSel("\nEnter an option [Import/Create]: ")
        if es == Ed.PromptStatus.eKeyword:
            input = Ed.Editor.getInput()
            match input:
                case "Import":
                    print("\nImport was pressed")
                case "Create":
                    print("\nCreate was pressed")
                case _:
                    print("\nSet a default value")
        elif es == Ed.PromptStatus.eNone:
            print("\noops try again")
        elif es == Ed.PromptStatus.eCancel:
            print("\nyou canceled")
        elif es == Ed.PromptStatus.eRejected:
            print("\nWrong type!")
        elif es == Ed.PromptStatus.eOk:
            print("\nWoohoo! {} {} {}".format(es,id,pnt))
        elif es == Ed.PromptStatus.eError:
            print("\nError!")
    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()

[gswifort]

Yes, I wanted to approach it this way

es, id, pnt = Ed.Editor.entSel("\nEnter an option [Import/Create]: ")
try:
    PromptStatus.raise_for_status(es)
except eKeyword:
    input = Ed.Editor.getInput()
    ...
else:
        print(id)

[gswifort]

I think I found a way to test methods that require user interaction.

from pyautogui import write as gui_write

from pyrx import Ed, command


@command
def doit():
    gui_write("100,200\n")  # queue a command to write coordinates
    res = Ed.Editor.getPoint("\nEnter point: ")
    print(res)
    gui_write('(HANDENT "24D")\n')  # queue a command to write a handent
    res = Ed.Editor.entSel("\nSelect entity: ")
    print(res)

Enter point: 100,200
(PyEd.PromptStatus.eOk, PyGe.Point3d(100.00000000000000,200.00000000000000,0.00000000000000))

Select entity: (HANDENT "24D")
>><ENTITY NAME: cf76b750>
Select entity: (PyEd.PromptStatus.eOk, PyDb.ObjectId(240cf76b750), PyGe.Point3d(0.00000000000000,0.00000000000000,0.00000000000000))

[CEXT-Dan]

GRX passes, but I can see a message invalid point

[gswifort]

AutoCAD does not close

I'll fix it.

BricsCAD fails with an error, and also hangs

I recently obtained a BricsCAD license. It doesn't seem to respond to PostMessage, so I'll have to investigate further. PYPTREPL doesn't work either (you have to manually focus it for the code to execute).

GRX passes, but I can see a message invalid point

I need to update the test runner. I need to move the QUIT call from .scr to the host module.

[CEXT-Dan]

'BricsCAD license'
Nice, so you can test on all platforms? They all have their own little quirks

[gswifort]

I don't have gstarcad yet

[CEXT-Dan]

I don't have gstarcad yet
It has an unlimited trial; you just can’t save after the 30 days. It has the most complete API of all the clones, but it’s a bit finicky. It crashes with our test suite so I don’t run the unit tests on it often.

They have their own Python API (PYGRX), I had run a few tests on it, it’s pretty cool!

sample

from pygcad.core.runtime import *
from pygcad.pygrx import *
import timeit

@command()
def move_points_grx():
    try:
        mat = GcGeMatrix3d()
        mat.setToTranslation(GcGePoint3d(100, 100, 0).asVector())
        database = gcdbWorkingDatabase()
        status, blk_table = database.getBlockTable(GcDb.OpenMode.kForRead)
        status, blk_record = blk_table.getAt(GCDB_MODEL_SPACE, GcDb.OpenMode.kForRead)
        blk_table.close()
        status, iterator = blk_record.newIterator()
        iterator.start()
        while not iterator.done():
            (status, entity) = iterator.getEntity(GcDb.OpenMode.kForWrite)
            entity.transformBy(mat)
            entity.close()
            iterator.step()
        del(iterator)
        blk_record.close()
    except Exception as err:
        gcutPrintf("[ERROR]:%s" % err)
        
      
@command()  
def gdoit():
    try:
        ...
    except Exception as err:
        print(err)