GSoC: dinput8 Action Mapping - dialog testing

[Marcus Meissner]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 06:25:49PM -0300, Lucas Zawacki wrote:
> Hello. I need some help here.
>
> Before commiting the ConfigureDevices patches tried to add a couple
> simple tests for the function, the problem is that I now have to test
> a dialog. What is the best way to do it? I'm thinking of creating
> another thread and sending the desired messages to the dialog, is that
> a good option? I'm open to suggestions.

This is over my head...

There are some dlls that test dialogs, like dlls/comdlg32/tests but
it does not seem obvious how they do it.

(I unthreaded this e-mail so more people can read it ... Perhaps
post new stuff in new e-mail threads for more comments.)

Ciao, Marcus

[Michael Mc Donnell]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Marcus Meissner  wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 06:25:49PM -0300, Lucas Zawacki wrote:
> > Hello. I need some help here.
> >
> > Before commiting the ConfigureDevices patches tried to add a couple
> > simple tests for the function, the problem is that I now have to test
> > a dialog. What is the best way to do it? I'm thinking of creating
> > another thread and sending the desired messages to the dialog, is that
> > a good option? I'm open to suggestions.
>
> ...
>
> There are some dlls that test dialogs, like dlls/comdlg32/tests but
> it does not seem obvious how they do it.

I created a dialog test in dlls/shell32/tests/brsfolder.c. The dialog
under test has a callback function which is called when it finishes
initialization. I used that callback to create a timer that selects
things via PostMessage and enters text via keybd_event. Feel free to
ask about it.

Is it your own dialog you are testing or a built-in?

Regards,
Michael Mc Donnell

[Lucas Zawacki]

> Is it your own dialog you are testing or a built-in?

It's the dialog I created for IDirectInput::ConfigureDevices. I'll
give a look in your tests and ask if I need help.
Thanks

[Lucas Zawacki]

There's actually a problem with what I was intending to do. In windows
the function doesnt truly create a dialog, it's more like a DirectX
rendered application and just now I realized that the test will not be
compatible. So I think I'll give up testing this, at least for now.