Automated Program Tests With A Easy-to-use Autoclicker

By Author: Denis Safonov
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Even if your software doesn't have many control units (buttons, menu items, settings), it's not an easy thing to test them all after each new version. Sometimes, a developer pays no attention to this business, because he labored at new functions and didn't change the old ones, and they should work properly. This may result in new releases with wrong main functions.

In the article you can see how to produce software testing with the easy-to-use autoclicker. You should only play the tasks you need to make certain that your software functions perfectly or to find every bug at once.

In this article AutoClickExtreme autoclicker will produce testing of Backup Expert (a very well known backup software). We'll test the prime program function - back up of a certain folder with size proving of the resulting archive.

To make the experiment clear, we are planning to pack one and the same folder - "D:\automated software testing\backup expert\test folder". The first thing, we'll house the folder in the archive, and directly before each test we'll delete the folder "D:\automated ...
... software testing\backup expert\test folder" and restore it from the archive. All the things shouldn't be done manually, but with the aid of an ordinary *bat file. We'll name it "start testing.bat".

rmdir /Q /S "D:\automated software testing\backup expert\test folder"
mkdir "D:\automated software testing\backup expert\test folder"
xcopy /S "D:\automated software testing\backup expert\arch\test folder" "D:\automated software testing\backup expert\test folder\"
start C:\"Program Files"\"Backup Expert"\BackupExpert.exe

In our Test folder we can see nearly 100 files situated in the primary folder and in it's subfolders. The whole size is 5 529 784 bytes. This very size is to be found in the packed folder characteristics (unpacked size).

Now everything is organized for the autoclicker work. This software should press Record and straight after what we stop it with pressing Shift twice to insert the *bat file (it is to restore the original test folder). Then we agree to launch the application.

Then, in the autoclicker application we are to press "Continue Record" and, by means of Pixel Conrol solely, we record all the clicks on Backup Expert (we must do all tasks offered by the wizard to direct the product what and how to pack). Straight after creating the job "Automated software testing", using Pixel Control we should record the task to run packing. In autoclicker table of events all of us must spot Pixel Control parts.

The last 3 events are coloured blue, for they were pasted after the primary Record had been got done. All three events are highly purposeful: event 45 - made to wait till the packing is accomplished by detecting the message: "Status: Successful", event 46 - to start the resulting archive, action 47 - must control the size. It should be equal to 5 529 784 bytes, for the test folder must be restored and it's size is to be the same.

Our first test is created. The estimated time to get done the Record is 20 minutes including all pauses for meditating. It took 30 minutes more to perform "start testing.bat" file, as I had to search for a number of the functions in Google. And you may need 10 minutes more to make ready the test folder. All in all , the first test took us an hour, it's not very swift, at first glance, but now it takes only 17 seconds to make automated software testing of the prime function with the autoclicker. But all the next following tests will surely take by far less time. You can also create a Record for changing and packing of the optional files in the test folder by using the option "backup type = Differential (new and modified since last full backup)" + accurate result control. It's possible to control packing of the most exotic cases. Surely, AutoClickExtreme autoclicker will not completely substitute for alive (thoughtful) software testing, but it is able to be your safe assistant.