Chapter 17 Testing Delphi Applications
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C H A P T E R 17
Testing Delphi Applications
This chapter describes the Delphi 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 support in Rational Robot. It
includes the following topics:
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About Rational Robot support for Delphi
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Making Delphi applications testable
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Testing a component's properties
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Testing a component's data
About Rational Robot Support for Delphi
With Rational Robot, you get comprehensive support for testing your Delphi
applications. With its Object Testing technology, Robot examines data and
properties that are not visible to the user. Robot uses Object-Oriented Recording to
recognize a Delphi component by its internal name.
Use Robot to test Delphi and third-party components, including:
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Visual Component Library (VCL) components
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Win 32 controls
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ActiveX controls
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Data-aware components
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Nonvisual components
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Internet-enabled controls
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Visual inheritance forms
NOTE: Robot supports the testing of applications built with Delphi 3.0, 4.0, and
5.0 for Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000.
