http://testautomationblog.com/2009/10/04/test-partner-review-final/ On software test automation and quality assurance Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:41:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://testautomationblog.com/2009/10/04/test-partner-review-final/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 TAB Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:29:12 +0000 http://testautomationblog.com/?p=83#comment-2916 That's a good point. In fact TestPartner is probably an ok choice for automating native Windows applications. It even has a feature called 'image maps' which allows you to automate controls that are not recognized by the tool, based only on the way how they appear on the screen. I used it once to create tests for a graphical diagramming application similar to Visio. The image maps are in fact bitmaps (for example a picture of the button that you want to click), that TestPartner can search on the screen. If it sounds unreliable, that's probably because it is – you have to keep the windows color, resolution and font settings always the same, but it can be your last resort if nothing else works. That’s a good point. In fact TestPartner is probably an ok choice for automating native Windows applications. It even has a feature called ‘image maps’ which allows you to automate controls that are not recognized by the tool, based only on the way how they appear on the screen. I used it once to create tests for a graphical diagramming application similar to Visio. The image maps are in fact bitmaps (for example a picture of the button that you want to click), that TestPartner can search on the screen. If it sounds unreliable, that’s probably because it is – you have to keep the windows color, resolution and font settings always the same, but it can be your last resort if nothing else works.

]]> http://testautomationblog.com/2009/10/04/test-partner-review-final/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Trish Khoo Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:23:46 +0000 http://testautomationblog.com/?p=83#comment-2915 I agree. I used to work at a company that used TestPartner for some time and we found it very buggy and generally unpleasant to use, especially in teams of more than one automater. For web applications I would definitely not use it as there are much better alternatives, but for desktop apps this may be a good option. I agree. I used to work at a company that used TestPartner for some time and we found it very buggy and generally unpleasant to use, especially in teams of more than one automater. For web applications I would definitely not use it as there are much better alternatives, but for desktop apps this may be a good option.

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