Patent ID: 7194479
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of generating test data to test an application, the method comprising: defining in a property file a set of data field identifiers with a data value corresponding to each of the data field identifiers; defining in the property file at least one test string format as a sequence of a subset of the data field identifiers in the property file, wherein the definitions in the property file do not adhere to a COBOL copybook syntax; providing a command prompt instruction for generating a test file; generating a string of test data the data to the test file based on the instruction, wherein the string of test data is structurally equivalent to a data string output by a COBOL application and includes a sequence of the data values that are not delimited by any special character and arranged in accordance with the sequence of corresponding field identifiers defined by one of the test string formats in the property file; testing the application with the test file; and modifying the contents of the test file with a change test file command prompt instruction.