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cs4ec3as@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca writes in article <1992Sep23.185508.11977@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>:
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>     I have just accepted a job offer and the starting date is Oct. 5, 1992.
>  My initial duties will be to use Microsoft Test to test existing
>  Windows Application, these applications are written in TPW. Could
>  anyone please post a description of how MICROSOFT TEST works ?

Haven't got the manual at home, so can only manage a brief description:
Test executes a script to run your program.  You write the script in
a superset of Basic (Quick Basic I think).  Alternatively, you
can create a script using the recorder function.

In the scripting language, you can get it to go through any action
a user could.  While Test is running, it will log error conditions,
and trap them.  You can check that the output appears correctly
on screen (eg you can do fuzzy or exact comparisons of screen
areas), and that the specified text appears in a button or list.
Etc etc.  The scripting language is powerful, and the checks it
can make are comprehensive.

Since all the tests are in your script - the key to using Test
effectively is to write a script that completely exercises
your application.  So, your script should be bug free ... 
There's always a catch :-)
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