Sikuli - an automation tool for Windows, Linux and MacOSX

[officer_dibble]

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/sikuli/

This looks extremely interesting. So far not a huge amount of luck in running it on Windows - but I'm going to give it a go on my Mac later.

[Griffin]

Yes, that is really interesting! I like that it can use images as well as code/text. =) The Bejeweled example was pretty funny.

[phil]

Very cool and useful. Thanks for sharing!

Now, I just need to find a way to make it run on a remote server, so I can invoke automation tasks without my laptop.

(using a mac)

[Bradinator]

looks like a pretty cool tool. I don't know of anything I could do with it though... any uses you actually have in mind for it?

[officer_dibble]

I have a few boring bits of tasks it could be useful for eg:

Switching proxies to allow me to download the free MP3s from Amazon.com ;)

Opening up the company I work for's content management system, logging on and bringing up the task window (I can't control this via ubot because it involves pop up windows and frames). Running and loading this at start up would be a major boon.

Running the accept all friends feature in FriendBlaster Pro.

If you have repetitive tasks that you can't eliminate or delegate and don't involve advanced human input then automation is worth looking at. But you have to be careful that you don't spend all day programming your computer to do something in 1 minute which normally takes you 10 minutes.

[Bradinator]

well since I don't quite understand the program, let me see if you think I could get it to work for me at my new job.

Here is the scenario:
Call comes in and call taker puts info into the computer (not ever me)
I pull up that info and verify some info from a 3rd party site
Depending on what the site says, I may do nothing or i may fill out 1 of about 6 pdf documents with info from the call and info from the site.


Any chance I could use that to automate the process? Or is it a little too complicated?

[officer_dibble]

well since I don't quite understand the program, let me see if you think I could get it to work for me at my new job.

Here is the scenario:
Call comes in and call taker puts info into the computer (not ever me)
I pull up that info and verify some info from a 3rd party site
Depending on what the site says, I may do nothing or i may fill out 1 of about 6 pdf documents with info from the call and info from the site.


Any chance I could use that to automate the process? Or is it a little too complicated?

It depends a lot on the software you're using and how clear what the site says is ie is it something only a human can realistically read (eg human handwriting) v checking if a tick box is ticked or not. Even then you might not all be able to automate all of the process - but you might gain some benefits from automating even part of a process.

[Bradinator]

ok thanks, i will look into it some more.

Its all computerized, so handwriting wouldn't be a problem. It can be a little complicated though and the company getting paid requires everything being 100% correct. So, I don't know if the company would like me trying anything like this.

thanks for posting and for the replies.