Jin Cheng Yu

US Patent:

7529977, May 5, 2009

Filed:

May 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/421363

Inventors:

Ganesh Sankarakumar Parvathy - Redmond WA, US
Dipti A Patil - Sammamish WA, US
Jin Yu - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 38, 714 26, 714 27, 714 28, 702123, 717109, 717125

Abstract:

Automated extensible user interface testing supports testing of a user interface of a program. Test data is accessed, the test data including multiple test steps. Each test step describes at least a part of a test to be performed on the user interface. For each of the multiple test steps, one or more application program interface (API) methods to invoke to carry out the part of the test is determined. This determination is based at least in part on the test data and on an identification from the API of methods supported by the API. Each of the one or more API methods is then invoked to carry out the part of the test. Verification can be performed to ensure, for example, that specified files were created, or registry values were changed, or user interface elements appear and exist.