When you run a manual test script, you perform statements in the
script one by one.
Note: By default, the execution viewer is 15% transparent
so that you can see the application you are testing while the viewer is displayed.
You can use the % Transparent slider to change the
amount of transparency in the execution viewer. Moving the slider to the left
makes the execution viewer less transparent; moving it to the right makes
it more transparent. A setting of 0 removes all transparency and displays
the execution viewer as a solid window. To establish the current setting as
the default, double-click % Transparent. You can also
adjust the degree of transparency in the Main Preferences page of the Preferences
dialog box.
To run a manual test script:
- Display the script you want to run in the Text Editor.
- In the Manual Tester menu, click Run > Run Script.
Manual Tester displays the execution viewer and highlights the first
statement in the script.
- Move through the script one statement at a time, checking off steps
as you do them and verifying results of verification points and reporting
points:
- If the statement is a step, perform the step in the application you are
testing. When complete, in the Result section click Apply.
Manual
Tester inserts a small check mark
to the left of the step and highlights the next statement in the
script.
- If the statement is a step and a data available icon
is displayed in the Result section,
text is associated with the statement and is available to paste into the application.
For example:
Place the cursor in the appropriate field of the application
you are testing and press Ctrl+V.
Manual Tester
inserts the text into the application at the cursor location.
Note: Manual
Tester displays the text that is associated with the statement in the Paste
Data property in the Properties view.
- If the statement is a verification point or a reporting point, in the Result section
select the appropriate result (for example, pass) from
the list and click Apply.
Manual Tester inserts the
result (for example, pass) to the left of the statement
and highlights the next statement in the script.
- If the statement is a verification point or a reporting point, and a data
available icon
is displayed in the Result section, text is
associated with the statement and is available to compare with the text that
is actually displayed in the application. Go to the appropriate field in the
application, and copy the text to the clipboard (press Ctrl+C).
In Manual Tester on the execution viewer toolbar, click the Compare copied
text to expected text button
.
If the expected
text and the actual text are the same, Manual Tester displays a message. If
the expected text differs from the actual text in the application, Manual
Tester displays the Text Difference dialog box.
Note: Manual Tester
displays the expected text associated with a statement in the Compare
Data property in the Properties view.
- If you do not want to check every step off individually, but you do want
to confirm each verification point and reporting point, on the execution viewer
toolbar click the Skip to next Verification Point or Reporting Point button
.
Note: If you are running the test and want to change the
script, in the execution viewer menu click Run > Stop/Return to
Script. Manual Tester stops execution, closes the execution viewer,
and redisplays the Manual Tester window.
- When you finish processing all the statements in the script, in
the execution viewer toolbar click the Save the test results and end the test
button
. Manual Tester displays the Save As dialog box. By
default, Manual Tester uses the name of the script with the extension .execution for
the name of the log file.
- To create an test log file with the default name, click Save.
Manual Tester saves the test log file, closes the execution viewer,
and redisplays the Manual Tester window.