Running a Manual Test Script

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:
  1. Display the script you want to run in the Text Editor.
  2. In the Manual Tester menu, click Run > Run Script.

    Manual Tester displays the execution viewer and highlights the first statement in the script.

  3. 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 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 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:

      Result section with data available icon

      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 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 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 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.
  4. 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 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.

  5. 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.

Parent topic: Running Manual Test Scripts

Related concepts
About Viewing Results in the Test Log

Related tasks
Customizing Results in the Execution Viewer
Entering Text into an Application
Verifying Text

Related reference
Execution Viewer

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