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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTD.2011.18D.5.343

An automation method for GUI test using a UIA library  

Choi, Chang-Min (충남대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Chung, In-Sang (한성대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Kim, Hyeon-Soo (충남대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
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The KIPS Transactions:PartD / v.18D, no.5, 2011 , pp. 343-356 More about this Journal
Abstract
When preparing test cases and running the test the existing GUI test tools require many tester's interventions. To cope with such problem this paper suggests a new method to build test cases for GUI test. This method identifies the potential control flows within the GUI and constructs the GUI map. The UIA library in .NET Framework is used to extract information about the GUI controls and the GUI map is constructed by the extracted information. Test scenarios are generated from the extracted information about the GUI controls using the grouping mechanism. Based on the grouping mechanism, various test scenarios which are test cases in GUI tests can be made by replacing a GUI control by another one in the same group. The existing GUI test tools do not support the concept of test coverage. Since, however, our method survey which part of the GUI map is executed or not during running the test, the test coverage can be measured by using the GUI map.
Keywords
GUI Test; Test Case Automatic Generation; Test Scenario; UIA Library;
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