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Question #241041 on Sikuli changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/241041

    Status: Open => Answered

RaiMan proposed the following answer:
--1. filling a form ...
should not be done by searching images if tabbing through the form is possible.
You only need to search the starting point (first field) and then go through by only tabbing.
Even the starting point might be calculated relative to some known region (e.,g. the App window or some logo or headline).
... and with tabbing instead of searching, your workflow will be much faster and more reliable.

... but if you use searching "field-images" instead of
   click("1386860853482.png") ------Image of a text box
    type(a)
this does the same:
    type("1386860853482.png", a)
because internally first the image is found, then it is clicked to get the focus and the the type takes place.

As a general advice: restrict the search region as much as possible, to make your searches faster and more robust against false positives:
w = App.focusedWindow() # the region w now is the area of the frontmost window
w.type("1386860853482.png", a) # would only search in the region w

... there are many more options to restrict the search area

--2. your script: not using the stripped values

test = []
f = open("C:\\test.txt","r")
for line in f.readlines(0):
    (a, b, c, d, e) = line.strip().split()
    test.append([a.strip(), b.strip(), c.strip(), d.strip(), e.strip()])
    click("1386860853482.png") ------Image of a text box
    type(a)

... you should use test[0] instead of a to use the stripped value

--3. your script: put the payload in a def and selecting YES or NO

def fillForm(testCase, useBoxYes = true):
    click("1386860853482.png") ------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[0])
    click("1386860853485.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[1])
    click("1386860853487.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[2])
    type("\t")
    type(Key.DOWN*5) ----------------------------------Selecting an option from drop down

    if useBoxYes:
        click("1386860853485.png") -------------------------------Image of a "YES" Check box
    else:
        click("image of NO checkbox.png") -------------------------------Image of a "NO" Check box

    click("1386860853488.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[3])
    click("1386860853489.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[4])

... and the loop (with a pythonized change for the filling of test ;-)
f = open("C:\\test.txt","r")
for line in f.readlines(0):
    test = line.strip().split()
    test = [e.strip() for e in test]
    fillForm(test) # will fill and click  YES
    #fillForm(test, false) # will fill and click  NO 

using a def for the fill case has another advantage:
you can do manual onetime tests easily:
fillForm(("atext", "btext", "ctext", "dtext", "etext"), false)

before going in production with the file.

--3. image names as parameter
generally no problem:
where there is an image you might put a variable containing a valid image file name.

So the above decision wether to click yes or no could be done this way
(supposing YES or NO as a sixth field in the file)

def fillForm(testCase):
    click("1386860853482.png") ------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[0])
    click("1386860853485.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[1])
    click("1386860853487.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[2])
    type("\t")
    type(Key.DOWN*5) ----------------------------------Selecting an option from drop down

    click(testCase[5])  # click the given image

    click("1386860853488.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[3])
    click("1386860853489.png")------Image of a text box
    type(testCase[4])

... and the loop
f = open("C:\\test.txt","r")
imgYES = "1386860853485.png"
imgNO = "image of NO checkbox.png"
for line in f.readlines(0):
    test = line.strip().split()
    test = [e.strip() for e in test]
    test[5] = imgYES
    if test[5] == "NO":
        test[5] = imgNO
    fillForm(test)

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