Patent ID: 6058493
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of converting a successful automated test of a first software product to a manual test of a second software product, where the second software product is a revision of the first software product, the method comprising the steps of:automatically testing the first software product by a test software module which exercises said first software product and determines a test status of said first software product, said test software module having one or more test steps;storing in a storage area a textual description of simulated manual user input functions performed by automatic test steps executed by said test software module on the first software product;determining that said test status indicates that the first software product successfully passed said automatic test;in response to said determining step, writing said textual description to a tangible medium; andmanually testing said second software product by manually performing the user input functions described in the textual description written to said tangible medium.