SilkTest User's Guide: Test Plans - Using a template of the GUI hierarchy as an outline

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Test Plans - Using a template of the GUI hierarchy as an outline

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ESTPLANS

Using a template of the GUI hierarchy as an outline

(Note that the conversion is one direction only. You cannot use the macro to
take a testplan and convert it into a Word document.)

Characters that do
not convert

A small number of characters may not convert properly. If this occurs you
will have to make the corrections yourself by editing the testplan after the
conversion. For example, the quote (") character may not convert properly in
certain fonts.

Using a template of the GUI hierarchy as an outline

Because a testplan is initially empty, you may want to insert a template,
which is a hierarchical outline you can use as a guide when you create a new
testplan. The template contains placeholders for each GUI object in your
application. Although you may not want to structure the testplan in a way
which mirrors the hierarchy of your application's GUI, this can be a good
starting point if you are new to creating testplans.

Note In order to be able to insert a template, you must first record a
test frame, which contains declarations for each of the GUI objects
in your application. See Chapter 4, "Recording a Test Frame".

Procedure To insert a template:

Select Testplan/Insert Template.

The Insert Testplan Template dialog appears, which contains a multi-
select list box that lists all the GUI objects declared in your test frame.

Select each of the GUI objects that are related to the application features
you want to test (because this is a multi-select list box, the objects do not
have to be contiguous).

For each selected object, two lines of descriptive text are inserted into the
testplan.