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4 Developing and Working with the Application Map

About TrueMap Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 2
Mapping the AUT for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 2

Setting Up the Mapping Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 3
Using the Application Mapper Wizard to Map the AUT for the

First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 5

Stopping the Mapping Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 9

Viewing and Evaluating the Mapping Summary Report and the Application

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 10

Viewing the Mapping Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 10
Expanding and Navigating the Application Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 11

Application Map Objects and Their Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 13

Properties of Objects in the Application Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 15
Finding Objects in the Application Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 19

Excluding Specific Functions in the AUT from Mapping and Testing . . . 4- 22
Improving the Application Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 23
Using Interaction Objects to Guide the Application Mapper through

the AUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 23

Interaction Objects and Interaction Object Components . . . . . . . . . . 4- 24
Setting Up an Interaction Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 24
Setting the Properties for a UI Object Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 29
Excluding an Interaction Object from Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 36
Using Interaction Objects to Map Alternative Paths in the AUT . . . . 4- 36

Using UI Object Properties to Specify Input and Interaction Order

for Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 41

Specifying Actions to Use for Mapping a UI Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 42
Specifying a Required String Case for Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 42
Controlling the Interaction Order for UI Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 44
Restoring the Default Values for UI Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 46

Creating and Mapping a Region Object for an Unmapped Control . . . . . 4- 47

Creating a Region Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 48
Changing the Size or Position of a Region Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 49
Setting the Action or Input for a Region Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 50
Adjusting the Hot Spot for a Region (or Other UI) Object . . . . . . . . 4- 51
Deleting a Region Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 51