Setup Robot Environment

Use python to call C# dll function
Environment prepare:

1. Environment prepare: Close firewall, user control, system update

2. Install java JDK and configure environment variables.
   Reference: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/c85b7a6414f2ee003bac95d5.html

3. Install python and configure environment variables, then install pip (need install 32bit Python)
   Download: https://www.python.org/downloads/
   Configure python environment variables: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/48206aeafdcf2a216ad6b316.html (need to add both c:\python27 and c:\python27\scripts into path)
   Install pip command: easy_install pip (in CMD, need to change to python home/scripts path: cd C:\Python27\Scripts, then run this command)
   Reference: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/e73e26c0d94e0524adb6a7ff.html

4. Install IronPython (only has 32bit version, so python related tools need to install 32bit version)
   Download:
   http://ironpython.net/
   https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/releases/download/ipy-2.7.7/IronPython-2.7.7.msi
   Install pythonnet to avoid load dll error: pip install pythonnet (need to change to python home path: cd C:\Python, then run this command)

5. Install wxPython: (should use 32bit version, use by Robot RIDE)
   a. pip install -U wxPython
   b. download link:
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.12.1-py27.exe/download

6. Install Robot Framework and RIDE (2 ways)
   a: install via pip command (will install the latest version, but without desktop icon for RIDE, it’s more appropriate for Testing environment)
   Install command: pip install robotframework (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework)
   pip install robotframework-ride (https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/wiki/Installation-Instructions#installing-from-source)
   open RIDE command: cmd C:\Python24\Python.exe C:\Python24\Scripts\ride.py

   b. Install via exe file (will have desktop icon for RIDE, it’s more appropriate for DEV environment )
   Download link:
   https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework
   https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework-ride

7. For develop environment, also need to install Visual Studio and "Python Tools for Visual Studio"

8. Put “clr.pyd” and “Python.Runtime.dll” under “C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages” (optional)

9. Run “ride.py” in command line
   if it popup error like “getDefaultPublisher() -> Publisher: SyntaxError: Invalid syntax”,
   then please follow link “https://python-forum.io/Thread-WxPython-PyPubSUb-in-Python-2-7-Error”.