Eddie Velasquez wrote: Why? Off the top of my head, in no particular order:
Scripting language just like VB except with fewer features.
Editor barely a step up from Notepad
Debugger barely qualifies as one
No support for non-ActiveX custom controls
Incomplete support for several common controls (esp. ListView)
Pain-in-the-ass licensing scheme
Large, involved installation can invalidate testing environment
Doesn't play well with .NET (they may have corrected this by now though)
Confusing UI, general flakeyness, annoying tie-ins to other Rational products
It *is* a fairly complete solution, and has probably met the needs of many. Given the huge amount of time our QA team (and Rational support with them) has spent struggling with it however, and noting that its cost makes it a serious investment for most groups, i would look long and hard for a different product or solution before considering Robot.
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