Configuring a Windows application

In IBM® DevOps Test UI (Test UI), you can test the native Windows desktop applications. To test the Windows applications, you must first configure the Windows applications in the common web interface.

After you configure the Windows application in the common web interface, you can use the Windows application anytime later to record Windows tests.
  1. Go to the Web UI Test perspective.
  2. Click the Application Configuration icon Create the parent folder on the toolbar.

    A browser window opens and the Application Configuration page is displayed. The page displays the list of all applications that you configured in Test UI.

  3. Click Add and select Desktop.

    The Desktop Application dialog is displayed.

  4. Select one of the following types of the Windows desktop application that you want to configure:
    • EXE: Click EXE to configure classic Windows desktop applications.
    • UWP: Click UWP to configure Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications.
  5. Enter the following detail based on the type of the Windows application:
    • Exe path: Enter the path that contains the .exe file of the classic Windows application on your computer.
    • Application ID: Enter the application id of the Windows application. For example, if you want to configure alarm app, you must enter Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App.
      Note: To get the id of the Windows application, you must run the Windows application, and then click Properties to copy the application id.
  6. Enter a name for the Windows application in the Name field.
  7. Enter the version number for the Windows application in the Version field.
  8. Enter details about the Windows application in the Description field.
  9. Click Advanced Options to enter more details about the Windows application.
You have successfully configured a Windows application.

You can record tests on the configured Windows application. See, Recording a Windows test.