Desktop Testing with AIQ - Legacy Desktop Designer Reference

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Testing with AIQ - Legacy Desktop Designer User Interface OverviewCreating a Desktop TestDesktop Designer Example - Kindle Desktop App Reference

DesktopThis Designerpage is a new testing interface available in AIQ release 5.2.0 that takes advantage of AIQ’s Mobile Designer technology so that you can test desktop applications across diverse environments, including Citrix. You can use Visual Accessors to create new test scripts using simple as point-and-click. Fallback accessors and self-healing script capabilities are built-in to help make creating robust and resilient test scripts effortless.

Here is a brief introductory video on the features and benefit of Desktop Designer.

Benefits and Highlights

You can your test scriptsretained as a Scenarioslegacy reference for teams that still maintain Desktop Designer assets. For current AIQ authoring, prefer Scenario Editor and viewthe supported desktop testing workflow for the resultstarget onenvironment.

When to use this reference

• Use it only when maintaining an existing Desktop Designer test or troubleshooting an older desktop automation flow.
• For new work, create or migrate tests through the Dashboard.current

AIQ workflow

Record a videoinstead of starting new Desktop Designer-only content.

Confirm operating system, driver, browser, and desktop application versions before rerunning older scripts.

Maintenance guidance

1. Review whether the legacy script is still required.
2. Update selectors, waits, and environment assumptions before execution.
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