The Evaluator Script Language is simple and readable, requiring little or no programming experience on the part of users, although programming constructs may be used to build more 'intelligent' tests.
Tests are easy to maintain and update using any text editor.
How Evaluator Works To the system under test, Evaluator looks like a 'real' user, sending input via keyboard or mouse, waiting until the application is ready before sending further input, and checking output at the screen or printer. Because of this 'non-intrusive' mode of operation, Evaluator can be used to test almost any software environment regardless of operating system, language or what development tool or GUI builder was used to produce the application. Evaluator FT is designed to overcome many of the problems associated with automating the testing of Graphical User Interfaces. On the one hand, traditional bit-map comparison tools cannot handle screen objects which change in appearance and position, on the other, tools which identify objects by class and structure are limited by what they can identify. Such tools often depend on knowledge of specific development environments, and are unable to test objects which only appear as bit-maps on the screen.