can we able to automate ESRI windows application map

Question

  i am trying to automate a windows/Desktop application which has ESRI Map operation functionalities. I tried with Unified Functional Testing version 14.03  (UFT) and TestComplete version 12.50 automation tools.    When I try to identify any object inside map, I could not able to identify any object inside map. Because it identifies Map as a Image. So I am not able to do any operations (Like Click, Get property values,Exists,Zoom in,Zoom out) in Map. ​ Please suggest us if any specific tool which supports ESRI Map operations

Answer 1

classical UI automation tools work with UI objects programmatically to perform actions against them. Maps and similar UI elements usually do not contain any standard objects and are drawn by a custom engine. This makes it very difficult to automate these actions.

 to automate UI of such applications is us OCR ,image-based search, gestures simulation and other similar approaches. TestComplete gives users all such advanced possibilities.