Effective GUI Test Automation: Developing an Automated GUI Testing Tool -- Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: GUI Testing: An Overview -- Unique Features of GUI Testing -- Developing an Automated GUI Testing Tool -- Expectation of Automated Testing -- Automated Test Teams -- How to Automate GUI Testing -- GUI Testing and Script Languages -- Using C# for Automation -- Test Scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Available GUI Testing Tools vs. the Proposed Tool -- Current GUI Testing Infrastructures -- Capture/Playback Is Not Automatic -- Test Monkeys -- Intelligent Automation -- Automatic GUI Testing Tools in the Marketplace -- CompuWare TestPartner -- IBM Rational Test Tools -- Mercury Interactive Tools -- Segue's SilkTest -- Open Source GUI Test Tools -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the Commercial Testing Tools -- Computer-Assisted GUI Testing -- The Common Features of Capture/Playback -- Editing the Recorded Test Script -- Implementing Testability Hooks -- Reusability for Regression Testing -- The Proposed GUI Testing Approach -- Active GUI Test Approach -- Generating Testing Data First -- Data-Driven Test Scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 3: C# Win32 API Programming and Test Monkeys -- Understanding the Custom DLLs -- C# API Programming -- PInvoke Basics -- The Marshal Class and the DllImport Attribute -- Data Type Presentation -- A Simple C# API Example -- C# API Text Viewer -- A Base Class -- An API Utility Class -- ConstantViewer Class -- DllImportViewer Class -- StructViewer Class -- GUI of the C# API Text Viewer -- Starting with a Test Monkey -- A Dumb Test Monkey -- A Smarter Monkey -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Developing a GUI Test Library -- GUI Test and the Custom User32.dll -- Exploring the User32.dll -- Dumpbin.exe -- Dependency Walker.

Building a Dynamic Linking Library for GUI Testing -- The Spy++ Tool -- Functions from the User32.dll for GUI Testing -- Expanding the Testing Capabilities -- A GUI Test Application -- Summary -- Chapter 5: .NET Programming and GUI Testing -- XML Programming -- Writing XML Files -- Reading XML Files -- XPathNavigator Class -- XmlDocument Class -- Object Serialization -- Binary Serialization -- SOAP Serialization -- XML Serialization -- NET System.Collections Namespace -- Type Class -- NET System.Reflection Namespace -- Late Binding -- NET System.Threading Namespace -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Testing a Windows Form in General -- Overview of Software Architecture -- Presentation Layer -- Business Layer -- Data Layer -- GUI Components on the Presentation Layer -- Buttons -- ComboBoxes -- DialogBoxes -- Labels -- Menus -- TextBoxes -- Other Controls -- Expanding the GUI Test Library -- Methods for XML Accessibility and XML Serialization -- Methods for Late Binding -- Two Helper Classes -- Building a General Basis of a GUI Test Script -- Starting the Test Script Project -- Implementing the Command Buttons -- Coding the Timer Controls to Trigger GUI Events -- Visualizing the GUI Event Outcomes -- A Semi-Automatic Way of Verifying the Test Script -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Architecture and Implementation of the Automatic GUI Test Tool -- Meeting Current and Future GUI Test Requirements -- The General Architecture of the Improved GUI Testing Tool -- Starting the AutomatedGUITest Project -- The Startup Form of the AutomatedGUITest Tool -- An Interface to Specify the Form of the Application under Test -- The Implementation of a GUISurveyClass -- Adding an Interface for Testing Data Confirmation -- Developing a General-Purpose GUI Test Script -- Putting Together the AutomatedGUITest Tool -- Starting the Application under Test -- Conducting a GUI Survey.

Specifying Data for the GUI Test -- Running the Test -- Conducting the First Automatic GUI Testing -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Methods of GUI Test Verification -- Verification Requirements -- Front-end Actions and Back-end Business Functions -- Verifying Changes of an Application under Test -- Verifications Based on the Users' Interest -- Automated Verifications -- Simple Object Verification -- Specific Object Verification -- Lump Sum Verification -- Best Practice Verification -- Enhancing the AutomatedGUITest Tool -- Updating the GUITestDataCollector Interface -- Building a GUI Test Verification Class -- Updating the AutomatedGUITest Startup Form -- Updating the GUITestScript Class -- Adding the XML Document Viewer for Result Presentation -- Conducting a Fully Automated GUI Test -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Testing Label and Cosmetic GUI Controls -- How to Test Label and Other Cosmetic Controls -- Upgrading the AutomatedGUITest Tool -- Adding a Method to the GUITestVerification Class -- Expanding the Testing Capability of the GUITestScript Class -- Updating the GUITestActions class -- Testing Cosmetic GUI Properties -- Collecting Testing Data -- Editing and Rerunning the Data Store -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Testing a TextBox Control with Input from a Keyboard -- The SendKeys Class of the .NET Framework -- Code for Special Keys Using the SendKeys Class -- Methods of the SendKeys Class -- An Example to Connect to Your FTP Server -- Updating the Tool for Testing TextBox Controls -- Adding a Field to the GUIInfo Structure -- Modifying the Control Handling Methods in the GUITestActions Class -- Revising the Late Binding Method in the AutomatedGUITest.GUITestScript Class -- Adding a TextBox to the GUITestDataCollector Form -- Adding a Step to Send Keystrokes to a GUI Component -- Testing the C# API Text Viewer with the Updated Capabilities -- Summary.

Chapter 11: Testing RadioButton and CheckBox Controls -- Characteristics of RadioButton and CheckBox Controls -- Updating the AutomatedGUITest Project -- Overloading a Method in the GUITestUtility Class -- Adding Code to the TestExpectation Class -- Enhancing the Testing Scope of the GUITestScript Class -- Testing RadionButton Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Menu Clicking for GUI Test Automation -- Characteristics of Menu Testing -- Window Handle and Menu Handle -- Menu and Submenu -- Class Name of Menu Windows -- Updating the GUITestAction Class with API Programming -- Marshaling a Few More Win32 Functions -- Adding Methods to Identify Menu Items -- Navigating a Menu Click Pathway -- Performing a Click on a Menu Item -- Updating the GUITestActionLib. xml Document -- Enabling Menu Survey Capability -- Enabling the AutomatedGUITest Tool for Menu Survey -- Invoking the Menu Survey Method -- Handling a Possible Error -- Updating the GUITestScript Class -- A Menu Testing Example -- Summary -- Chapter 13: User-Defined and COM-Based Controls -- Basics of User-Defined GUI Controls -- Custom .NET GUI Controls -- ActiveX Component from Microsoft Visual Studio 6 -- Needed Components for Testing User-Defined Controls -- Preparing a Testing Bench for Customized GUI Controls -- A New Method for the GUITestUtility Class -- Invoking the Test Bench from the AutomatedGUITest Tool -- Handling Exceptions in the GUITestScript Class -- Two More Examples -- Testing a Customized .NET GUI Control -- Testing an ActiveX GUI Control -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Testing Issues for Non .NET Applications -- Adding a Method to Start Traditional Applications -- An Overview of the System.Diagnostics Namespace -- Updating the GUITestUtility Class -- Making the AutomatedGUITest Tool Probe the GUI Interface -- Adding a PictureBox Control as a GUI Probe.

Coding the Three Events for the GUI Probe -- Invoking a Non .NET Application for GUI Survey -- Updating the GUITestScript Class -- Putting the New Methods into Action -- Summary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.