Patent ID: 8434065
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of regulating access to variables of an automated testing tool, said method comprising: initiating said automated testing tool on a computer system; accessing an electronic document of said automated testing tool; populating said electronic document with at least one variable and at least one value used during execution of a first test script by the computer system, said value corresponding to said variable; in response to a request to access said variable during execution of a second test script by the computer system, retrieving said value of said variable from said electronic document and providing access to said variable and said retrieved value such that passing of said value between test scripts in a batch of test scripts or between batches of test scripts is reduced; and in response to a request to update said variable to have a second value during execution of the second test script by the computer system, storing said second value in said electronic document in association with said variable.