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Contents

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Examining Pilot Run Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 12

Pilot Run Folder Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 12
Viewing the Script Outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 13
Viewing Coverage Results for a Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 14
Viewing the Log for a Defect Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 17
Reporting a Defect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 18
Viewing a UAW Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 19
Using Pilot Scenarios to Simulate User Action Sequences . . . . . . . . . 5- 23
Using Pilot Mix-Ins to Test Random Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 25
Additional Adjustments for Pilot Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 28

Changing Default Settings for Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 29
Opening and Editing a Best Script in Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 30

Obtaining Code Coverage for Robot Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 30

Creating a Custom TestFactory Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 32
Checking for Memory Errors in Visual Basic and C++ Applications

(Windows NT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 34

Preparing to Test for Memory Errors in the AUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 35
Running a Pilot to Check for Memory Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 36
Running Scripts to Check for Memory Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 38

Testing Controls in the AUT During Pilot Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 39

Selecting a Style and Modifying Data Entry Settings for UI Objects

and UI Object Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 39

Managing Data Entry Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 46
Modifying Properties to Control TestFactory Actions During Pilot

Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 46

Specifying the Entry Data Used to Test Input Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 52
Excluding Controls from Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 55
Restoring the Default Property Values for UI Objects and

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 57

6 Developing and Running a Test Suite

Overview of Test Suite Functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 1
Creating a Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 2

Creating a Test Suite Using the Find Objects Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 2

Running a Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 5

Running a Test Suite on Your Local Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 5