JPH05173822A - Test execution system for test program of computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically execute the test requiring hands by generating information dependent upon keying response in a file without manual operation at the time of running the test requiring hands and reading out this information. CONSTITUTION:With respect to the file stored in a filing device 14, a section name and a unit name are added to data required for keying response. An operator inputs a command from a console device 15 to start a test program requiring hands, and execution of a unit requiring hands is permitted by a data switch, and the executing unit and the file in the filing device are compared with each other when it is executed; and if this comparison results in coincidence, an input/output controller 13 receives the indication of a central arithmetic processing unit 11 to read out data in the file and automatically transmits the keying response. Thus, the test program is quickly executed without manual operation when the test program is executed for a long time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a test program for setting various states in a device under test, and when performing a test requiring manual intervention, in particular, automatically without manual operation, The present invention relates to a method of reading information necessary for a keystroke response from a file.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a program for testing a computer system, when a block or unit for executing a test requiring human intervention is specified, a keystroke response message is manually responded to a keystroke request message displayed on a console, and a test program Was running.

[0003]

In such a conventional test execution method, it is necessary to respond to the keystroke request message every time there is a request and to insert the message, and when running the test for a long time. However, there was a problem that it took extra time for the message response operation and that the operator also had to be there at all times.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a test execution method in a test program of a computer system which automatically executes the test program without a keystroke response by an operator. There is.

[0005]

A test execution method in a computer system test program according to the present invention eliminates an operation due to human intervention when a test requiring a human intervention is executed in a program for testing a computer system, and automatically executes a file. In a method of transmitting a response to a manual intervention request from an apparatus, a file for storing information necessary for a keystroke response when executing a manual intervention test, a storage unit for storing the file, and a storage unit for storing the file. It is composed of means for dividing the inside into sections and creating a file, means for reading the file, and means for determining the presence or absence of manual intervention when the test program is executed.

[0006]

According to the above configuration, when the execution of the manual intervention test is determined and permitted by the means for determining the presence or absence of manual intervention during the execution of the test program, the information necessary for the keystroke response is used as data, Since the matching data is read out from the created storage file of the storage means and is set as the response content of the keystroke response message, the test requiring human intervention can be automatically executed.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a test execution system in a test program of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a storage device 12 and an input / output device 13 used by the central processing unit 11 are connected to each other, and a file device 14 is connected to the input / output control device 13. The file device 14 stores a file in which information necessary for keystroke response is stored. A console device 15 is connected to the input / output control device 13,
It is used by the operator to start the test program and to display the execution result.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of processing in the test program of the computer system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data switch information diagram of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, n represents a bit for controlling the execution of the manual intervention test at the n-th bit of the m-bit hexadecimal data.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the file device of FIG.

In FIG. 4, i represents a file, and S
i is the section name, and Ui is the unit name.

Next, the operation of the test program in the computer system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The manual intervention test program is executed by the operator inputting a command from the console device 15 and activating the command (FIG. 2-21). Whether or not the manual intervention test is executed is determined by the data switch.

The data switch will be described with reference to FIG. The data switch is specified when the test program is started, and is hexadecimal data having a length of m bits as shown in FIG. 3, and only the specified block unit is executed for each of 1, 2, ..., M bits. In addition, it contains control information for executing a test such as performing block unit start / end printing. The n-th bit (n ≦ m) from the beginning is set as a bit for controlling the execution of the manual intervention test. That is, it is determined whether the execution of the manual intervention test is permitted (1) / prohibited (0) by observing 1 (on state) / 0 (off state) of the n-th bit from the head of the data switch. When the execution of the manual intervention test is permitted by this data switch, the minimum execution unit in the section includes units that require manual operation, and the units are executed in sequence (Fig. 2-22 (2)). If execution of the manual intervention test is not permitted, the manual intervention unit is skipped (Fig. 2-22 (1)). A method of automatically transmitting a response to the manual intervention request from the file device 14 when the execution of the manual intervention test program is permitted will be described below with reference to FIG.

Units requiring manual intervention in the test program are selected, and the information necessary for keystroke response of each unit is created in advance as data (data 1 to i). The section names S1 to Si of the units requiring human intervention and the unit names U1 to Ui are added to the data 1 to i, and a file i is created with this as one storage unit.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which files of i units that require manual operation are stored in the file device 14.

Now, in (FIG. 2-23), the files i are taken out one by one from the file device 14, and the section name and unit name of the test program being executed are set to the section name stored in the taken out file. The unit name is compared, the i file in the file device 14 is searched for a matching file, and the data stored in the file is read. By using the data as the response content of the keystroke request message, it becomes possible to automatically execute a test requiring human intervention.

According to the method described above, when the entire test program including the units requiring human intervention is executed in the program, the program is automatically and promptly run during running without any manual operation. be able to.

[0021]

As described above, the information necessary for the keystroke response of the present invention is used as data, and the matched data is read out from the storage file of the storage means created separately for each section and the contents of the keystroke response message are read. By using the test execution method described above, when the test program is executed for a long time, it can be automatically executed by reading the file storage device without the keystroke response by the operator, so that the vehicle can run quickly. There is an effect that can be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a test execution method in a test program of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of processing in a test program of the computer system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data switch information diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the file device shown in FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 central processing unit 12 storage device 13 input / output control device 14 file device 15 console device n human intervention test execution control bit i file

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When performing a test requiring manual intervention in a program for testing a computer system, the manual intervention test is executed in a method of eliminating the operation by the manual intervention and automatically transmitting a response to the manual operation request from the file device. At this time, a file in which information necessary for keystroke response is stored, storage means for storing the file, means for dividing the storage means into sections, and means for reading the file And a test execution method in a test program for a computer system, characterized in that it has means for determining the presence or absence of manual intervention when the test program is executed.