JPH05113900A - Automatic testing system for system operation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and accurately perform a system operation test according to procedure registered in advance, to reduce burden on a tester, and to improve the accuracy of the test. CONSTITUTION:This system is comprised of a click recognizing part 2 which recognizes a clicking operation by a mouse, a click information analyzing part 3 which decides a control instruction from click information in the click recognizing part 2 and instructs a control instruction execution part 4, a click information registration input/output part 5 which registers the information from the click recognizing part 2 on a click information registering part 6 in advance, and takes out registered Information when the operation test is executed, and an automatic click issuing part 7 which generates the same click information as that taken out from the click recognizing part 2 when the mouse 1 is clicked and delivers it to the click information analyzing part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system operation automatic test method, and more particularly to a system operation automatic test method for automatically performing a system operation test of an information processing apparatus which performs interactive processing using a screen and a mouse.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when performing a system operation test of an information processing apparatus that performs interactive processing using a screen and a mouse, a check sheet is prepared that describes items and contents to be tested, For each device, the tester checked the operation while repeating necessary mouse operations based on the check items.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional test method, the tester must repeatedly perform the mouse operation in order to perform a series of system operation tests. Even a used tester needs a lot of time and labor to complete all of the check items, which is a great burden on the tester. Further, there is a problem that a tester who is not accustomed to the operation has a high probability of making an erroneous operation and cannot always obtain the same result.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system operation automatic test system which allows an operator who is not accustomed to operating a mouse to easily carry out an operation test without error.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A system operation automatic test method of the present invention includes a click recognizing unit for recognizing a click operation by a mouse and generating click information in a functional form, and a corresponding control by analyzing the click information. In an information processing device that includes a click information analysis unit that takes out an instruction and instructs the control instruction execution unit, and performs an interactive process using a screen and a mouse, the click information branched from the click recognition unit at the time of registration is given a predetermined value. The information is converted into a format and stored in the click information registration unit in the order of occurrence, and the information stored in the click information registration unit at the time of the test is read in the order of storage And a click automatic issuing unit for generating the click information from information and passing it to the click information analyzing unit.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The system operation automatic test method of this embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 1, a click recognition unit 2 that recognizes a click operation by the mouse 1, a click information analysis unit 3 that determines a control command from the click information of the click recognition unit 2 and instructs the control command execution unit 4, and a click From the click information registration input / output unit 5 for registering the information from the recognition unit 2 in the click information registration unit 6 and for extracting the information of the click information registration unit 6, and the information extracted by the click information registration input / output unit 5, The automatic click issuing unit 7 generates the same click information as that output from the click recognizing unit 2 when the mouse 1 is clicked and passes it to the click information analyzing unit 3.

When the click recognition unit 2 recognizes a click by the mouse 1, the position information of the mouse cursor at the time of the click is used as the click information analysis unit 3 and the click information analysis unit 3 as the click information in the function format corresponding to the screen display content at that time. It is passed to the click information registration input / output unit 5. As the function form at this time, the following four types are typical.

The click information analysis unit 3 analyzes the click information in the function format passed from the click recognition unit 2 or the automatic click issue unit 7, extracts the corresponding control command, and transfers it to the control command execution unit 4. The control command execution unit 4 executes the control command passed from the click information analysis unit 3.

In order to use the system operation automatic test method of the present embodiment, first, the click information registration input / output unit 5 is instructed to start the registration process, and the click recognition unit 2 generates the function-type click information. The passed mouse cursor position information at the time of clicking is stored in the click information registration unit 6 in a predetermined format.

Next, the automatic execution of the system operation test is activated, and the information registered in the click information registration section 6 is sequentially taken out by the click information registration input / output section 5 and passed to the click automatic issuing section 7. From this information, the automatic click issuing unit 7 generates the click information similar to that at the time of the click operation by the mouse 1, and passes it to the click information analysis unit 3, so that the click information of the system can be obtained without actually performing the click operation of the mouse 1. The operation test can be performed.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a general process in a normal time in this embodiment, which corresponds to a basic process for operating the system. That is, when the mouse 1 is operated to position the mouse cursor at a desired position on the screen and a click operation is performed (step 11), the click recognition unit 2 recognizes this and passes the click information to the click information analysis unit 3 ( In step 12), the click information analysis unit 3 analyzes the click information and extracts the corresponding control command (step 13), and the control command execution unit 4 executes the control command (step 14). In the system operation test, this basic process is usually repeated for each test item.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the registration processing in this embodiment. The click information obtained in steps 15 and 16 in the same manner as in FIG. 2 is passed from the click recognition unit 2 to the click information registration input / output unit 5 together with the click information analysis unit 3, where the function name and argument form And is registered in the click information registration unit 6 (step 1
7), registration data corresponding to a mouse operation for one test item of the system operation test is created. The click information analysis unit 3 executes the corresponding control command in steps 18 and 19 to display the next screen. By repeating this operation until all screen operations are completed,
Registration data simulating a mouse operation necessary for a series of system operation tests is sequentially stored and registered.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing for executing the system operation test. When activated, the click information registration input / output unit 5 accesses the click information registration unit 6 (step 20), reads the registered data registered in advance line by line, and sequentially clicks the automatic issuing unit 7.
(Step 21). As a result, the automatic click issuing unit 7 generates the click information in the same function format as the click operation by the mouse 1 (step 22), and creates the same situation as if the click operation was performed by the mouse 1. The click information is analyzed by the click information analysis unit 3, and the control command is passed to the control command execution unit 4 to be executed (steps 23 and 24). By repeating the above operation until there is no registered data, a series of system operation tests automatically registered in the click information registration section 6 will be performed.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a data format when registering click information of the mouse 1, and registration data for one mouse click operation is stored in one line. The mouse click operations include (1) clicking on the graphic displayed on the screen, (2) selecting the menu displayed on the screen, (3) inputting numbers using the numeric keypad window,
(4) There is data selection in the list window. On the right side of FIG. 5, function names for performing these processes are described. "Click", "Menu display", "Tenkey window display", "List window display", etc. correspond to this. On the left side of FIG. 5, the window name and coordinates (X, Y) of the click operation target at that time, the selected menu option, the input numerical value, and the selected selection value are described.

FIG. 6 is an example of actual registration data, and the operation during the actual registration processing will be described according to this example. First, the click operation is performed at the position of coordinates X = 30 and Y = 40 in the window “A” displayed on the screen. As a result, the menu screen is displayed and the menu item "open" is clicked.
After the "open" process is performed, the window "B" is displayed, the click operation is performed at the position of the coordinates X = 20, Y = 100 in the window, and the ten key window is displayed and the number 1000 is displayed by the mouse. Input by 1. After the control accompanying it ends, X = in the window "C"
A click is made at the position of 60, Y = 200, a list window is displayed, and the mouse 1 is used to "data (1)".
Was selected. Information of such a series of mouse click operations is stored in the click information registration unit 6 as registration data shown in FIG.

Next, the mechanism of the automatic click issuing section 7 for pseudo-generating mouse click processing from the registration data stored in the click information registration section 6 will be described with reference to FIG. First, a function for generating a click process is created from the registration data shown in the first line of FIG. 6 passed from the click information registration input / output unit 5. In this example, the window name (window “A”) and coordinates (X = 30,
Y = 40) is passed as an argument. As a result, a pseudo mouse click automatically occurs at the position of X = 30 and Y = 40 in the window “A”, and the control associated therewith is performed by the click information analysis unit 3 and the control command execution unit 4. Next, the registration data on the second line of FIG. 6 is passed from the click information registration input / output unit 5, and the processing that the item “open” is clicked in the menu displayed by executing the previous command is executed by the function “ A menu option (open) is passed as an argument to "menu-func" to generate a pseudo. In this way, by giving necessary information as an argument to the function related to mouse click and executing the function, the same situation as the mouse click operation is generated in a pseudo manner.

Finally, with reference to the above description, the operation of this embodiment will be summarized along the flow of the processing actually performed.

First, the click information registration input / output unit 5
Is started in the input mode, and registration processing of mouse click information shown in FIG. 3 is performed. When the input mode is activated, the position information by the mouse click received by the click recognition unit 2 is transmitted to the click information registration input / output unit 5 and the click information analysis unit 3. The click information registration input / output unit 5 that has received this information sequentially registers it in the click information registration unit 6 based on the format shown in FIG. The other click information analysis unit 3 analyzes this information, extracts a control command, and transmits it to the control command execution unit 4. The control command execution unit 4 executes the control command, and the system creates the state of waiting for a mouse click again. By repeating such a series of flows, the click information registration unit 6 stores the registration data for the system operation test.

Next, the processing for performing the system operation test shown in FIG. 4 is executed by setting the click information registration input / output unit 5 in the output mode. The click information registration input / output unit 5 confirms the registration data stored in the click information registration unit 6, and if the registration data exists, fetches it line by line and transmits it to the click automatic issuing unit 7. Based on this information, the automatic click issuing unit 7 generates a pseudo mouse click process, and the click information analyzing unit 3 and the control command executing unit 4 execute the process when the mouse click is performed at the specified position, and then again. The process returns to the control loop of the click information registration input / output unit 5 and is repeated until there is no registration data. By confirming this series of operations, it is possible to confirm the operation of the system without the tester himself performing a mouse click operation based on the check sheet.

[0022]

As described above, the system operation automatic test method of the present invention can automatically and accurately perform the system operation test according to the procedure registered in advance, reducing the burden on the tester and improving the test accuracy. There is an effect that can be improved.
In addition, it is easy to increase the number of test patterns to be registered, and various operation tests can be performed, and quality can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a normal general operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of registration processing of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation at the time of conducting a test of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of registration data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of actual registration data according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 mouse 2 click recognition unit 3 click information analysis unit 4 control command execution unit 5 click information registration input / output unit 6 click information registration unit 7 click automatic issue unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A click recognition section for recognizing a click operation by a mouse to generate click information in a functional form, and a click information analysis section for analyzing the click information and extracting a corresponding control instruction to instruct a control instruction execution section. In an information processing device that includes an interactive processing using a screen and a mouse, the click information branched from the click recognition unit at the time of registration is converted into a predetermined format and stored in the click information registration unit in the order of occurrence. , A click information registration input / output unit that reads out the information stored in the click information registration unit at the time of performing a test in the order of storage, and generates the click information from the information read by the click information registration input / output unit An automatic system operation test method characterized by having an automatic click issuing unit.