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hierarchy of GUI
objects
Parent-child relationships between GUI objects.
Hungarian notation
Naming convention in which a variable's name begins with one or more
lowercase letters indicating its data type. For example, the variable name
sCommandLine indicates that the data type of the variable is
STRING
.
identifier
Name used in test scripts to refer to an object in the application. Logical,
GUI-independent name. Identifier is mapped to the tag in a window
declaration.
include file
File that contains window declarations, and can contain constant, variable,
and other declarations.
load testing
Testing that determines the actual (not simulated) impact of multi-machine
operations on an application, the server, the network, and all related elements.
localize an application
To make an application suitable for a specific locale: for example, to include
foreign language strings for an international site.
manual test
In QA Organizer, a test that is documented but cannot be automated and,
therefore, cannot be run within the testplan. You might chose to include
manual tests in your testplan in order to centralize the testing process. To
indicate that a test description is implemented manually, you use the keyword
value manual in the testcase statement.
mark
In QA Organizer, a technique used to work with one or more tests as a group.
A mark is denoted by a black stripe in the margin bar of the testplan. Marks
are temporary and last only as long as the current work session. Tests that are
marked can be run or reported on independently as a subset of the total plan.
master plan
In QA Organizer, that portion of a testplan that contains only the top few
levels of group descriptions. Within the master plan you can expand (display)
its subplans, which contain the remaining levels of group description and test
description. The master plan/subplan approach allows multi-user access to a
testplan, while at the same time maintaining a single point of control for the
entire project. A master plan file has a .pln extension. See also subplan.
message box
Dialog box that has only static text and pushbuttons. Typically, message
boxes are used to prompt a user to verify an action (such as "Save changes
before closing?") or to alert a user to an error.
method
Operation, or action, to perform on a GUI object. Each class defines its own
set of methods. Methods are also inherited from the class's ancestors.
minus (-) sign
In a file, an icon that indicates that all information is displayed. Click on the
minus sign to hide the information. The minus sign becomes a plus sign.