Creating a Automation Toolpak robot to connect to a legacy web application using Selenium Import feature

This article walks through creating a robot using Automation Toolpak that can connect to a Legacy web application which does not expose an API.

Prerequisites

Before creating the robot, you need to do the following steps:

1. Download the .NET Framework 4.6.1 installer from link below and install it.

         https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=49981

2. Download Selenium IDE for Chrome and install it.

3. Download the Automation Toolpak tool zip from Github using “Clone or download” button.

       https://github.com/srirambalajigit/AutomationToolpak

4. Open the v1.0 folder and double click on AutomationToolpak.msi to install the Automation  Toolpak tool.

5. Go to Samples/LegacyWebApp folder and double click on “StartLegacyWebApp.exe”

The below video walks through the steps of creating a Robot which connects to legacy web app. We initially create a Selenium project to record the steps that the robot has to perform. Then, we import this Selenium project to Automation Toolpak to create a Robot.