launchapp

Syntax

launchapp ('<application binary name>'[, argument] [,use additional environment variables for accessibility])

second and third arguments are optional. environment default argument is 1. So the GTK_MODULES and GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY will be set and added to the enivronment variable. Currently the second argument is applicable only when the test is run in local environment.

Description

Application name specified as an argument will be launched.

Refer: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/ldtp/ldtp/python/ldtputils.py

Example

Launch file-roller application.

from ldtputils import *

launchapp ('file-roller')

launchapp ('gaim', 1) # Invoke the application after setting environment variables

launchapp ('file-roller' '/home/ldtp/test.tar.gz', 0) # Invoke the application with optional command line argument

Author:

Nagappan <nagappan@gmail.com>

Shankar Ganesh <shagan.glare@gmail.com>