Mainframe3270 library

Introduction

Mainframe3270 is a library for Robot Framework based on py3270 project, a Python interface to x3270, an IBM 3270 terminal emulator. It provides an API to a x3270 or s3270 subprocess.

Instalation

In order to use this library you need to install the x3270 project.

pip install robotframework-mainframe3270

Windows

You need to install the x3270 project and put the directory on your PATH.

The default folder is "C:\Program Files\wc3270" and this needs to be in the PATH of the Environment Variables.

Unix

You can install the x3270 project from their instructions page. Or if it is available in your distribution through the sudo apt-get install x3270

More information on the Wiki page of this project.

Example

*** Settings ***
Library           Mainframe3270

*** Test Cases ***
Example
    Open Connection    Hostname    LUname
    Change Wait Time    0.4
    Change Wait Time After Write    0.4
    Set Screenshot Folder    C:\\Temp\\IMG
    ${value}    Read    3    10    17
    Page Should Contain String    ENTER APPLICATION
    Wait Field Detected
    Write Bare    applicationname
    Send Enter
    Take Screenshot
    Close Connection

Importing

Arguments:

visible = True
timeout = 30
wait_time = 0.5
img_folder = .

You can change to hide the emulator screen set the argument visible=${False}

To change the wait_time see Change Wait Time, to change the img_folder see the Set Screenshot Folder and to change the timeout see the Change Timeout keyword.

Running with Docker

Docker image contains everything that's needed to run the Mainframe tests. Currently image is not pushed to Docker hub, so steps to use it

Build image:
- Python 2: docker image build --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR=2 -t mainframe3270-p2 .
- Python 3: docker image build --build-arg PYTHON_MAJOR=3 -t mainframe3270-p3 .

Run all tests: docker container run --rm -it mainframe3270-p<PYTHON_MAJOR>

Reports are stored to /reports. Those can be get to host by mapping it as volume. E.g. in Windows CMD with current directory mounting command is docker container run --rm -it -v %cd%\reports:/reports mainframe3270-p<PYTHON_MAJOR>

If wanting to run just single/specific tests, it can be mentioned at the end of command. Currently only single argument can be given, so multiple tests can be given with wildcards like: docker container run --rm -it -v %cd%\reports:/reports mainframe3270-p<PYTHON_MAJOR> *PF* (this executes just single tests, as PF is mentioned only in one).

When developing tests, also source code and tests can be mounted to container. Command to run tests using current sources with Python 3 (without need to recreate container all the time):

Windows: docker container run --rm -it -v %cd%\reports:/reports -v %cd%\tests:/tests -v %cd%\source:/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/Mainframe3270 mainframe3270-p3 (reports -dir needs to be created beforehand)
Linux/MacOSX: docker container run --rm -it -v $(pwd)/reports:/reports -v $(pwd)/tests:/tests -v $(pwd)/source:/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/Mainframe3270 mainframe3270-p3

Notes

By default the import set the visible argument to true, on this option the py3270 is running the wc3270.exe, but is you set the visible to false, the py3270 will run the ws3270.exe.

Keyword Documentation

You can find the keywords documentation here

Keyword Tests

To run all the library tests, you will need to create a user in the https://www.pub400.com/ website.

WIKI

For more information visit this repository Wiki.

Authors

Altran - Altran Web Site
Samuel Cabral
Joao Gomes
Bruno Calado
Ricardo Morgado

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Webinar

Mainframe3270