# Ruby + tk

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk/141892>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 1, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk/141892 "2008-07-01T14:20:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![gazala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gazala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazala)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk/141892/1 "2008-07-01T14:20:48Z")

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Hi ,  
I want to test one application developed in java + motif + exceed  
on windows platform. i want to perform GUI + functionality testing of  
product.  
Can ruby + tk will help me in this case?

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**Author:** ![gazala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gazala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazala)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk/141892/2 "2008-07-02T10:28:44Z")

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On Jul 1, 2008, at 5:17 AM, Gazala Shaikh wrote:

> Hi ,  
> I want to test one application developed in java + motif + exceed  
> on windows platform. i want to perform GUI + functionality testing of  
> product.  
> Can ruby + tk will help me in this case?

On tip/head/edge we just recently added our story runner steps for  
Monkeybars (a JRuby Swing GUI library). It’s very new and hasn’t seen  
a lot of use yet, so I can’t promise it to be really great, or if it  
will even work for your case. It might be worth a look though.

Also, using JRuby you could use Java’s Robot class, which can  
programatically send keyboard and mouse events.